VMware offers tremendous benefits to government agencies and defense organizations, but like any critical piece of IT infrastructure, it must be well managed to assure that these benefits are realized, said George Sidoris, Veeam's worldwide vice president of sales. Veeam offers a full line of tools to manage and recover VMware, as well as products to monitor VMware using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager or HP Software Operations Manager.

Veeam's products allow the government to adopt new energy-saving and cost-effective virtualization technologies while maintaining high levels of security, auditing, and control in both civilian and Department of Defense environments. Veeam's software products are available for purchase under the SEWP contract and will soon be available on the GSA contract.

Capabilities available through Veeam Software include:

• Reporting - capacity planning and usage reports allow admins to understand and plan VMware deployments
• Monitoring - alerting and trending to ensure minimum downtime for virtual hosts and guests
• Configuration - use templates and management tools to prevent VMware creep
• Disaster Recovery - quick file level recovery, backup, and replication of virtualized data

Veeam Federal Team

Dan Smith, Federal Sales Manager, comes to Veeam from Wyle, where he was Program Manager for its Information Engineering Services group. Prior to working at Wyle, Smith joined Quest Software through its 2004 acquisition of Aelita Software, where he worked as a Sales Engineer and Federal Account Manager. With more than 14 years' experience supporting federal agencies' information technology needs, Smith is well positioned to build a strong channel and alliance network for the Veeam Federal Team.

Peyton Hubbard, Inside Sales Representative, brings a unique blend of federal sales experience and customer service expertise to the Veeam Federal Team. Prior to joining Veeam Software, Peyton worked with Norseman Defense Technologies focusing on federal accounts, including the Air Force, Department of Commerce and DHHS. Peyton is ready to assist with sales inquiries, product demonstrations and business development activities in support of the Federal Team.

Jason Soled, Systems Engineer, the newest member of Veeam's federal team has a diverse background as a sales engineer, supporting Federal government, state and local governments, and educational customers for over 12 years. Prior to joining Veeam Software, he worked as a sales engineer at Cernium Corporation. Soled is ready to assist Federal customers make the most of their virtual environments and discover Veeam's value proposition.

Chris Barnes, Federal Account Manager, plays a crucial role in managing Department of Defense business for Veeam. Barnes comes to Veeam from Secure Computing Corporation, which was acquired by McAfee Security, where he spent six years managing major DOD Enterprise accounts. Barnes brings with him 20 years of Federal Sales and Systems Engineering experience and professionalism to the Veeam Federal Team and is ready to help DOD customers, integrators and resellers realize the value that Veeam delivers.

Veeam's development best practices on accessible products and solutions allows us to support government entities in making accessible technology choices. We proactively educate our product teams about accessible design and the Section 508 Access Board standards.

What is Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act?

"On August 7, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, which covers access to federally funded programs and services.

"The law strengthens section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and requires access to electronic and information technology provided by the Federal government. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Federal agencies must ensure that this technology is accessible to employees and members of the public with disabilities to the extent it does not pose an 'undue burden.' "

-U.S. Access Board

Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. In 1998 the U.S. Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act with a requirement of Federal agencies to provide people with disabilities access to their electronic and information technology. Section 508 was enacted to reduce barriers in IT, and to improve opportunities for people with disabilities while encouraging development of new technologies that will help individuals achieve these goals. The law applies to all Federal agencies that develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. § 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others. Veeam Software fully supports section 508 compliance with the goal of equality and will adjust our product design best practices to help government comply with the new regulations.