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Wick Hill announces the availability of LogLogic 5, with support for the newly launched VMware vCloud™ Director

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.”

About Wick Hill
Established in 1976, value added distributor Wick Hill specialises in secure IP infrastructure solutions. The company sources and delivers best-of-breed, easy-to-use solutions through its channel partners, with a portfolio that covers security, performance, access, networking, unified communications and hosted solutions.

Wick Hill is part of the Wick Hill Group, based in Woking, Surrey with sister offices in Hamburg. Wick Hill is particularly focused on providing a wide range of value added support for its channel partners. This includes a strong lead generation and conversion programme, technical and consultancy support for reseller partners in every stage of the sales process, and extensive training facilities.

About LogLogic
LogLogic® is the leader in log management and security event management solutions. More than 1,000 customers worldwide entrust their most sensitive log data to LogLogic’s award-winning products. More information on www.loglogic.com

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For further press information, please contact Annabelle Brown on 01326 212130, email abpublicrelations@btinternet.com. For reader queries, please contact Wick Hill on 01483 227600, web www.wickhill.com.