While many solutions and procedures exist to help reduce VM size, VM Express is unique in its ability to retain system integrity while achieving massive reduction in storage size. The VM Express imaging approach is a radical departure from traditional VM optimization scenarios commonly used today.

For more information about VM Express, please contact Prowess at (206) 443-1117.

Awards

VM Express was named as a finalist of the “Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professional Awards” in the Virtualization category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.

The Best of TechEd 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products in the industry. The judges reviewed over 220 products and services submitted for the contest and chose 29 finalists to be interviewed at the TechEd 2008 IT Professionals Conference in Orlando, Fla.

We were honored that VM Express received this nomination and shared the elite status of leading software companies. Contact us to learn more about how you can use this new technology to reduce cost and simplify VM deployment and distribution.

• Up to 85% compression or more possible using VM Express super compression method.
• Distribute image updates frequently, easily, and cost effectively with delta images.
• Delta images, made possible with the SmartDeploy Imaging Component, minimize distribution size and extend the life of master images.
• Retire content from the catalog as new content is released.
• Web services-enlightened client application provides a scalable catalog for large volumes of changing content.
• Content deployed quickly through the client via the VM Express user-mode engine.

Feature	File archiving	vOptimizer	VM Express
File size reduction	30% to 50%	50% to 80%	up to 85% or more
Integrated web distribution
Multiple virtual disk format support
Spanned CD/DVD media support
Storage technology	ZIP, RAR, TAR, etc.	Differencing Disks, RAR	DWM, WIM
Updatable