As part of its corporate strategy to enable utility computing, VERITAS has reached agreement to acquire Ejasent Inc. and its core software products, UpScale and MicroMeasure, in an all-cash transaction valued at $59 million.

Using an abstraction layer inserted between applications and the underlying server and operating system, UpScale enables users to move an application from server to server without either disrupting or terminating the application. UpScale software takes a snapshot of an application and all its current settings and data, and transfers it to a different server in near real time. Because Ejasent places very little overhead in the application environment, it is appropriate for use in even the most demanding mission-critical applications.

MicroMeasure performs usage-based metering and billing of physical and logical data center assets, including servers, storage and application transactions by specific users and departments. VERITAS plans to integrate MicroMeasure into the VERITAS CommandCentralTM Service product, further enhancing service level reporting across the enterprise.

"Simplifying the management of IT infrastructure that is `always on' for end-users is a fundamental objective of utility computing. Ejasent's technology adds another key building block to the VERITAS portfolio," said Mark Bregman, executive vice president of product operations, VERITAS Software. "Live application migration can cut server maintenance and upgrade time from hours to minutes, freeing valuable resources to work on other projects while at the same time improving application availability for end-users."

"The Ejasent team is pleased to be joining with VERITAS to accelerate the delivery of advanced utility computing technologies," said Rajeev Bharadhwaj, co-founder and chief technology officer, Ejasent Inc. "Ejasent's application virtualization technology is highly complementary [to] VERITAS' products, and it will become an important building block as VERITAS enables utility computing."

Beginning in Q204, UpScale will be available on the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS), with a Linux version planned for release in early 2005. MicroMeasure runs on the Solaris OS, Windows, Linux and HP-UX.

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