But others wanted to get in on the action, so HyTrust decide to take the money and run - run its software on other virty infrastructure, that is. At the moment, explains Eric Chiu, founder and president of HyTrust, the company's compliance and security appliance software is certified to lock down VMware's ESXi hypervisor and vSphere extensions. It has also been certified to lock down the vBlock converged systems put together by Cisco Systems and EMC through their VCE partnership as well as physical assets such as Cisco MDS storage switches.