Going beyond server virtualization, Egenera will make Egenera PAN Manager software available on other vendors' hardware platforms as part of its new software business. PAN Manager delivers Data Center Virtualization by combining server virtualization with network and storage virtualization to transform IT infrastructure into flexible, scalable assets that can be allocated as needed – resulting in faster time-to-market, dynamic scalability and cost-effective high availability.

Egenera PAN Manager software complements widely deployed server virtualization (hypervisor) solutions by delivering infrastructure virtualization that provides:

• Simple and seamless provisioning and management for both physical and virtual servers, virtual networks and storage
• Cost-effective high availability through Egenera's patented N+1 availability technology;
• Verifiable disaster recovery through Egenera's patented N+1 DR technology;
• Simple right sizing and scalability through dynamic repurposing
• Effective chargeback capabilities, logical, secure partitioning, and named pools of resources