More secure, more compliant cloud computing

Woking, Surrey: 4th January, 2011 - VAD Wick Hill announces the availability of LogLogic 5, with support for the newly launched VMware vCloud™ Director. LogLogic®, a leader in SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and log management, will provide full support for VMware vCloud™ Director, as part of its LogLogic 5 product offering.

LogLogic 5 will provide 360 Insight by centralizing and structuring virtual machine operational information, like log data. The LogLogic 5 solution will have insight into how the VMware vCloud Director systems are configured, how they react under load, and how they are being used by the customers. The solution will alert data centre personnel in real-time to operational issues. The alerts will be backed up with forensic discovery tools and all the evidentiary reporting needed.

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman of VAD Wick Hill Group, specialists in secure IP infrastructure solutions, commented: “Proof of compliance is a key component of successful implementation. This major step will provide an essential ingredient for organisations looking to move to cloud deployment.”

LogLogic CEO Guy Churchward said: “We congratulate VMware in the release of VMware vCloud™ Director, and we’re pleased to be one of the first vendors in our market to provide support for it. Using LogLogic 5 with VMware vCloud™ Director will enable cloud computing users to operate a secure, efficient IT infrastructure within a compliance or best-practice framework with enhanced visibility and control.”

“LogLogic enables service providers and enterprise customers that deploy VMware vCloud™ Director to archive, analyze and present the logs generated by their cloud infrastructure,” said Dan Chu, vice president, cloud infrastructure and services, VMware. “We’re excited to see VMware vCloud™ Director support in LogLogic 5 as this will help ensure that service providers and enterprise customers can meet their compliance needs to deliver IT as a service.”