We are proud to announce a preview of the new 5nine Agentless Anti-Malware and Virtual Firewall for Windows Server 8 Beta!

Installed as a WFP-extension – 5nine Anti-Malware and Virtual Firewall 3.0 continues to support 5nine v-Firewall 2.x PowerShell APIs and Management GUI similar to the popular 5nine Virtual Firewall and Anti-Virus version 2.x. Agentless, easy to deploy and powerful, the Security and Compliance Solution for Windows Server”8” and the NEW version of Windows Server Hyper-V is built using advanced Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) architecture and APIs for the new Hyper-V Virtual Switch. Thus the new version of 5nine Anti-Malware and vFirewall does not require installation of In-Guest drivers to perform Intra-VM filtering and protection.

The new 5nine Security and Compliance Solution is built exclusively for the upcoming Windows Server “8” Hyper- V architecture to meet increasing demand for Anti-Malware and Compliance solutions for Microsoft virtualization and for Microsoft Private Cloud.

This preview from 5nine Software has become a reality due to very elegant and powerful WFP and Microsoft’s Hyper-V Virtual Switch and extensions developed by 5nine.

Click here to download the preview of the new 5nine Agentless Anti-Malware and Virtual Firewall for Windows Server 8 Beta!

Here are 5 reasons why 5Nine Security Manger is the right choice:

Reason #1 – You Need It

5nine Virtual Firewall controls network traffic between virtual machines (VMs) and allows to manage the security of your Hyper-V environment, programmatically, on per-VM basis. Besides the firewall functionality, the ‘smart Anti-Virus’ detects and blocks malicious activities and improves the security of Hyper-V virtualized environment – without causing capacity bottlenecks.

Reason #2 – Features

- Controls Network Traffic
- Security Heartbeat Service
- Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware protection
- Bandwidth Throttling
- Stateful Packet Inspection
- Deployment options
- Compliance Audits

Reason #3 – Compliance

Compliance is a crucial piece of any service provider or enterprise. No matter what standards you have to comply with, protecting your virtual infrastructure is a key piece of the puzzle.

Reason #4 – Value

5nine Security Manager is less expensive than the competition and available as a free trial

Reason #5 – Vision

5nine Security Manager is from a visionary in Hyper-V tools and praised by many Virtualization experts. It’s used by leading service providers and large enterprises in their Hyper-V infrastructure.

To view a video on 5Nine V-Firewall for Hyper-V or to download a free trial or purchase the software go to CLICK HERE.

• Tasks in VM Security
• How tasks are managed across Hyper-V environments today
• Whether VM-centrism is security friendly
• What’s missing from WFS
• Tactics to make management of multiple VMs across multiple clients better
• Specific benefits to providers

• Backup – backup and recovery virtual machine  in you Hyper-V cloud infrastructure. Features include bare metal restore, Microsoft VSS support, and support for up to a 16-node Hyper-V cluster.
• Monitor – monitor the status of your Hyper-V servers and virtual machines in your Hyper-V cloud. What is up and what is down? What server is out of memory or storage? What is the resource utilization trend in my Hyper-V cloud?
• Virtual Firewall and Anti-Virus - manages and secures virtual network traffic, security heartbeat that stops VMs if rules aren’t being enforced, anti-virus and anti-malware protection, bandwidth throttling, and stateful packet inspection

It’s a COMPLETE management suite for your Hyper-V cloud. For more information and a free evaluation, visit the 5nine Hyper-V Cloud Management Suite product page.

Find out what virtualization expert, Greg Shields, had to say about managing and monitoring Hyper-V in the cloud in this webinar.

Hosting companies, cloud providers, and enterprises using Hyper-V Private Cloud asked us for a simple, fully scriptable and cost effective tool that performs backup and restore. The new 5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V is that tool.

The newly released 5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V is a part of 5nine Cloud Manager for Hyper-V that includes 5nine Cloud Backup, Monitor, Anti-Virus and Virtual Firewall for Hyper-V.

Features include:

• Fully Scriptable, with PowerShell API, so the backup system could be easily integrated into Cloud Providers control panel and for end user recovery, as well as any other Cloud Management applications (read API documentation here).
• 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V runs on Server 2008 R2/SP1, Server 2008 R2 Core and FREE Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2/SP1.
• Operate at the Host level, not the Guest level, allowing for image-based backups that don’t impact running virtual machines or their applications.
• Employs Microsoft VSS to ensure that guest OS and VSS-supported application data has backup integrity and allowing you to perform backups anytime, without having a dedicated backup window.
• Ability to restore an entire VM, similar to a bare metal restore.
• Support for up to a 16 node Hyper-V clusters with hundreds of VMs and CSVs.
• Includes a centralized Backup Management console, even at the lowest license level.

For a limited time, a FREE version of 5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V is also available. Its only limitation is that it is limited to sequential backup and restore of virtual machines and doesn’t offer an API.

Server virtualization can dramatically simplify backup and disaster recovery. This is the chance that organizations of all size have been waiting for. It’s time to rethink your disaster recovery and data protection strategy!

5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V is much easier to use and less expensive than legacy tools. By providing data protection and disaster recovery of the virtual infrastructure you will protect your investment in virtualization and save your company from disaster.

Unlike traditional file-based backups, 5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V provides image-based backup. This allows for quick recovery of an entire set of Virtual Machines on demand or at a scheduled time.

With the release of the new 5nine Backup, the 5nine Cloud Manager for Hyper-V suite now includes 5nine Virtual Firewall and Anti-Virus for Hyper-V, 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V and the new 5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V. The 5nine Cloud Manager for Hyper-V suite is the best choice you can use to create the most affordable, secure, and easy-to-maintain Hyper-V infrastructures, while still adhering to Microsoft Best Practices for free, core, and full installations of Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2/R2 SP1.

We welcome your feedback at info@5nine.com!

Pricing and Availability:

5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V can be purchased through www.5nine.com web site, 5nine distributors, preferred resellers, and/or by contacting info@5nine.com.

5nine Cloud Backup for Hyper-V is currently priced at $99.00/managed server (host), independent of the socket amount. If purchased with 5nine Cloud Monitor – you’ll get Cloud Backup for only $149.00/server (host).

Please fill out 5nine Cloud Manager for Hyper-V Buy Now form to receive price for all 5nine Manager for Hyper-V Cloud components, or contact 5nine Software at: info@5nine.com, +1 877 275 5232

Watch the full webinar, below…

In the webinar, Greg covers:

• How monitoring local resources of hosts and VMs is easy
• How monitoring private cloud resources is also easy because those resources are still within your control
• How monitoring public cloud resources (really just virtual machines) is HARD

To solve the challenge of monitoring VMs in a public cloud, you need tools that:

• Aren’t affected by by the status of the host or guest
• That can use WMI to gain additional information about the VM guest OS
• That aren’t dependent on third-party products or hosting provider software
• Offer API and scripting
• Are cluster and live-migration aware
• Single interface that applies to all hosts and guests
• Support both private, public, and hybrid cloud scenarios

5nine’s Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is the solution to consider

On of the greatest benefits of Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is that it is incredibly scalable and scriptable. Designed for large and medium size Hyper-V Cloud providers, Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V was created to eliminate common use of multiple tools to perform Real Time Monitoring of Hyper-V/Server 2008 R2/SP1 Private Cloud environments.

5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V provides PowerShell, REST and OData APIs that allow seamless integration with other Cloud Management solutions.

“The greatest benefit of 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is that it helps to avoid use of multiple management tools for monitoring of your virtual environment. Today, – Cloud providers often use SCOM and SCVMM, but also tools like Nagios to monitor their cloud infrastructure in real time. You can use 5nine Cloud Monitor as an ‘All-In-One’ monitoring solution for Windows Server 2008 R2/SP1, but also for GUI-less FREE Hyper-V”- said Konstantin Malkov, CTO of 5nine Software, — “5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is also fully scriptable and has various APIs that allow seamless integration with other Cloud Management Tools”.

Features and Benefits of Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V Include:

• Consolidation of multiple management tools into one, reducing the amount of time spent using and maintaining multiple tools.
• Scriptability via REST, OData APIs or PowerShell interface provide seamless integration into Cloud Provider’ management applications.
• 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V runs on Server 2008 R2/SP1, Server 2008 R2 Core and FREE Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2/SP1.
• Real-time agentless monitoring and historical trending of key performance metrics including CPU, Memory, Network, Disk I/O, and Disk Queues to identify performance issues for hosts and VMs.
• Threshold alerting via email to let you know when there is a problem.
• Performance dashboard offers the latest information in one place.
• Monitoring of selected Services and Ports, providing multiple methods.

5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is the first piece of our upcoming Cloud Manager product. In conjunction with 5nine Virtual Firewall for Hyper-V, and upcoming 5nine Hyper-V Cloud vBackup – 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V can be used to create the most affordable, secure, and easy-to-maintain Hyper-V infrastructures while still adhering to Microsoft Best Practices for free, core, and full installations of Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2/R2 SP1.

5nine’s Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V is a powerful and affordable tool for all-in-one management of Hyper-V private clouds. You can try it at no cost with our free evaluation — DOWNLOAD NOW

The post starts off by covering 3 Reasons to V2V – 1) Testing Hyper-V 2) Consolidation and Conversion and 3) Moving from one Production hypervisor to another. From there, shows you how and where to download the free 5Nine V2V Converter. However, most of the article is dedicated to demonstrating how you would use V2V Easy Converter to perform a vSphere to Hyper-V VM Conversion, Step by Step.

Read the full article here: How to Perform a vSphere to Hyper-V Conversion by David Davis

And don’t forget to download the free 5Nine V2V Easy Converter, here.

In Leandro’s article, A Malware and Firewall Protection Solution for the Private Cloud, he talks about how when companies of all sizes set out to create a private cloud, they struggle to find a solution that offers centralized firewall, antivirus, and antispyware. Private clouds must be able to fence off virtual machines (or groups of VMs) for different purposes – production, development, lab, DMZ, or multi-tenant scenarios.

Leandro’s article over on Microsoft TechNet covers how Virtual Firewall is the ideal solution as it provides the necessary features like:

• Centralized firewall rule configuration
• PowerShell Administration of the Virtual Firewall
• Antivurus and Antispyware
• Heartbeat service to ensure that rules are really being applied on each VM
• Bandwidth throttling

For a quick demo of 5Nine Virtual Firewall, watch this video:

For more information on 5Nine Virtual Firewall, visit our product homepage.

Tom Shinder’s article is at: A Malware and Firewall Protection Solution for the Private Cloud

This new tool will make the transition from the expensive VMware vSphere to Hyper-V so much easier!

5Nine V2V Easy Converter can take a powered-off VMware vSphere virtual machine and convert that to Hyper-V, faster than you would expect. Today, the vSphere VM has to be “offline” but this tool also doesn’t require you to remove the VM from vSphere. Today, the tool is limited to Windows 2008 (and later) VMs but subsequent releases will support conversion of Windows Server 2003 and later, simultaneous conversions of multiple VMs, as well as ‘reverse’ Hyper-V – to – VMware VMs conversion and fix up.

I tried the tool myself and was impressed with the ease of conversion to Hyper-V (which is, by the way, vTax Free).

5nine V2V Easy Converter Beta Preview is available immediately, and can be downloaded at www.5nine.com, or please contact 5nine sales at sales@5nine.com.

We welcome your feedback at info@5nine.com. Prior to download and setup – please review Release Notes for important information!

Holmdel, NJ, and San Clemente, CA, July 05, 2011. – 5nine Software, innovative provider of Microsoft Hyper-V management solutions for SMB virtual datacenter environments and V-Cloud hosting providers, and HEROware, today announced that HEROware has licensed 5nine Manager for Hyper-V to manage and monitor its well-known HERO-Defender and HERO-Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery appliances.

“We are excited to offer HERO-Defender, HERO-Cloud and HEROware Support to our customers, – now with HEROware Manager for Hyper-V, which provides comprehensive, but easy-to-use HYPER-V management and monitoring of our appliances. These solutions provide all the features and benefits of enterprise solutions, without the complexity and enterprise price”, – said Lynn Shourds, President and CTO of HEROware.

“5nine Manager and Monitor for Hyper-V was specifically branded for use with HEROware appliances, and we are excited about this opportunity”, – said Konstantin Malkov, CTO of 5nine Software.

Pricing and Availability

The HERO-Defender appliance is available directly from HEROware’s world-wide distribution network. Additionally, HEROware offers a unique “Rent-To-Own” program, with affordable monthly payments.

To request a free online demo or try our exclusive 30-day no risk “Try & Buy” program, please visit HERO-Defender Live Demo

About HEROware™

In 2008, HEROware began a journey to revolutionize the Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR) industry by creating an SMB solution with Enterprise features. Built upon a rock-solid Intel® hardware platform and Double-Take® Software’s state of the art, award winning, patented replication technology for Microsoft SBS and Windows Server, HERO-Defender is the first and only appliance-based BDR solution that provides Continuous Real-Time Byte Level Replication with Total Recovery In Minutes™. Microsoft Windows Server clients receive unparalleled business continuity via 24x7x365 primary (on-site) and secondary (cloud-based) total server protection including flawless backup and data recovery.

About 5nine Software

5nine Software helps organizations to safeguard their investment in virtual infrastructure by providing innovative systems management solutions designed to reduce costs, increase productivity and mitigate risks. 5nine offers suite of P2V and V2V tools such as 5nine P2V Planner, 5nine Migrator,5nine Optimizer, 5nine Virtual Firewall for Hyper-V.

5nine is an international company with its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey. 5nine is rapidly expanding its presence and its partner network around the world, and will continue to offer innovative and practical solutions to help IT professionals to better plan and manage their virtual infrastructures.

Contact:

David Valencia
HEROware, Inc.
+1.206.451.7310

5nine Software
+1.877.275.5232