Nixon Peabody LLP Turns to Fortisphere to Help Manage Their Virtualized IT Infrastructure

Business Wire, August 18, 2008

CHANTILLY, Va. -- Fortisphere, a leading provider of policy-based virtualization management software, today announced that international law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has selected Fortisphere Virtual Essentials[TM] to more efficiently manage its virtual infrastructure. As one of the largest multi-practice law firms in the United States, Nixon Peabody has offices in 18 cities and employs more than 700 attorneys. The law firm will rely on Fortisphere's policy-based management solutions to help track and control their virtualized infrastructure.

At Nixon Peabody, having state-of-the-art information systems is critical to offering a comprehensive, integrated range of legal services in local, state, national and international matters. During the past several years, Nixon Peabody's IT department has embraced virtualization technology as a way to expand the firm's service offerings, improve overall availability and enhance its already world-class service levels to attorneys worldwide.

"We deployed virtualization in order to deliver our services in a highly available and cost-effective manner," said Peter Allen, director of IT operations, Nixon Peabody. "We selected Fortisphere Virtual Essentials because it provides our IT staff with the visibility and control required to efficiently deliver services across our virtualized infrastructure. In addition to its powerful virtualization management software, Fortisphere works closely with us to understand our specific needs to ensure that we meet both our IT and business goals."

Nixon Peabody currently operates more than 200 virtual machines with plans to aggressively expand its adoption of virtualization technology. The firm required a virtualization management solution that would meet its two strategic goals--manage VM sprawl and enforce policy across its virtual infrastructure. With improved visibility and better control of every VM, Fortisphere enables Nixon Peabody to effectively manage VMs throughout their lifecycle.

"As organizations like Nixon Peabody continue to grow their virtual infrastructure, IT personnel will require automation and real-time control of VMs to ensure resources are secured and properly utilized," said Michael Harper, president and CEO, Fortisphere. "Fortisphere's Inside Track[TM] Technology empowers customers like Nixon with unprecedented levels of control and visibility into every VM running across the enterprise. As our customer base expands, we are seeing companies of all sizes select Fortisphere to more intelligently grow and manage their virtual infrastructures."

About Nixon Peabody

Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States and is recognized by American Lawyer Media as a "Global 100" firm. With 700 attorneys collaborating across 25 major practice areas in 18 office locations, including Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Rochester, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Silicon Valley, Washington, DC, the firm's size, diversity, and advanced technological resources enable it to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. In 2008, Nixon Peabody LLP was recognized for the third year in a row by FORTUNE magazine as one of its "100 Best Companies To Work For[R]." The firm has also been named to the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 "Best Places To Work For GLBT Equality" list.

About Fortisphere

Fortisphere is the leading provider of policy-based virtualization management software that ensures virtualized environments operate efficiently, effectively and securely. With its patent-pending Inside Track[TM] Technology, Fortisphere is pioneering solutions that provide a new level of visibility, control and automation around the inventory, configuration and policy-based management of virtual machines.

Fortisphere is a venture-backed company, headquartered in Chantilly, VA, with offices in Boston, MA and Glenwood, MD. More information about Fortisphere is located online at www.fortisphere.com.