Alessandro Perilli at virtualization.info takes note of the release of Surgient VQMS 5.3 and its availability for download. Alessandro actually provided some key impetus for the release being available this way as he encouraged us over the past year to make the product downloadable. We look forward to his comments on the product.
One minor correction, though, his note suggests that the download is of only part of the product. The download, available at http://www.surgient.com/download is actually a full version of Surgient Virtual QA/Test Lab Management System 5.3. Thanks again, Alessandro!
Just got back from VMworld 2007 in San Francisco and what an amazing time it was. 10,000+ people gathered to discuss virtualization from every point of view. Strangely absent this year was much talk about Workstation. It was there but all the focus was on server virtualization. What this meant for development and testing was Virtual Lab Management. No real news around VMware Lab Manager, but it was a strong presence in the VMware exhibit and a very well attended part of the sessions. Both Surgient VQMS and VMlogix Lab Manager were also exhibited at the show. This was the largest show of its kind that I’ve seen in many years. It almost felt like the 2000-bubble again! I’m certain that VMware’s IPO only served to increase the drumbeat around them and drove further attendance at the show. If we saw you at our booth at VMworld, thank you for stopping by. If not, we look forward to meeting you next year!
We just finished the latest version of our virtual lab management application, Surgient VQMS 5.3, and it is now available for download at 
Tom Pisello describes how virtual lab management projects deliver double the ROI of comparable IT infrastructure projects. Great read! He uses VMware Lab Manager as an example but the numbers should hold for any virtual lab solution, and would be larger for systems that scale to larger environments and teams (such as Surgient VQMS).
