VMware brings virtualisation management offerings

BANGALORE, INDIA: Virtualisation software maker VMware announced a new strategy and virtualisation management solution for virtual and cloud environments.

VMware says that its new new management strategy is to simplify IT by integrating performance, capacity and configuration management and applying analytics to help customers achieve the degree of automation required to operate a cloud environment.

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“IT management is being turned on its head as enterprises expand their virtual infrastructures to achieve improved efficiencies and responsiveness,” said Ramin Sayar, vice president product strategy, enterprise management, VMware. “Increasingly, our customers are realizing that a management model designed for yesterday’s IT systems is making it difficult to keep up with the demands of today’s business environment."

VMware's virtualisation management offering vCenter Operations, will be integrated with VMware vSphere.

vCenter Operations is designed as a set of products and solutions that will bring together VMware vCenter Capacity IQ, VMware vCenter Configuration Manager and Integrien Alive.

vCenter Operations will be available in three editions. The first versions of these editions will be available in late Q1 with prices starting at $50 per VM.