VMware Launches Cloud Management Portfolio

At the VMworld 2011 conference in Copenhagen, the company's chief research officer Steve Herrod described enhancements to VMware vCenter Operations, as then as the introduction of new VMware vFabric Application Management and VMware IT Business Management suites.

More dynamic world

"We're now in a more dynamic world. With cloud computing we're enabling people to self-serve, to actually help themselves to these virtual machines as quickly as possible," he said. "Most CIOs are not only looking at their own infrastructure now however are seeing that they could use the public cloud for some of their applications. On the other side, we're as a matter of fact seeing software-as-a-service as a great option for many companies.

VMware claims that its new management solutions will help clients transform how they manage infrastructure, applications and business services in virtual and cloud environments.

Finally, VMware's IT Business Management Suite - based on innovation from Digital Fuel, which VMware bought in June - aggregates financial data from a wide range of sources and applies analytics and modeling to offer insight into cost, risk, performance and compliance.

"We anticipate, in the at once year, the capabilities of this management layer will be enhanced, and enabled for cross-innovation management," said Ovum principal analyst, and virtualisation expert, Roy Illsley.

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