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Software automates entire virtual machine lifecycle.
April 3, 2008 -
Promoting compliance with IT policies and standards, VMware Lifecycle Manager allows companies to implement consistent and automated process for requesting, approving, deploying, updating, and retiring virtual machines. Solution shows who owns virtual machine, when it was requested, who approved it, where it is deployed, how long it has been in operation, and when it is scheduled to be decommissioned. IT managers can also measure and chargeback use of virtual machines.
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VMware Automates the Entire Virtual Machine Lifecycle
VMware Lifecycle Manager, Now Generally Available, Provides Consistent, Automated Provisioning, Operating and Decommissioning of Virtual Machines
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31 -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced the general availability of VMware Lifecycle Manager. The new product provides control over the virtual environment, showing who owns a virtual machine, when it was requested, who approved it, where it is deployed, how long it has been in operation and when it is scheduled to be decommissioned. VMware Lifecycle Manager also gives IT managers the ability to measure and chargeback the use of virtual machines to individual department owners. The automation and control of the entire virtual machine lifecycle eliminates manual and repetitive tasks that often introduce errors, and it also enables the business to be in strict compliance with IT policies and standards.
VMware virtual machines encapsulate applications and operating systems in portable and manageable "containers" that radically improve the security, availability and performance of both the application and the operating system. The portability and manageability characteristics of virtual machines makes them ideally suited for capturing and automating IT processes such as service delivery. As companies increasingly standardize on VMware Infrastructure and deploy virtual machines as a best way to run applications, secure data, assure business continuity and reduce energy consumption, they need efficient tools to help manage virtual machine proliferation. VMware Lifecycle Manager allows companies to implement a consistent and automated process for requesting, approving, deploying, updating, and retiring virtual machines.
"VMware Lifecycle Manager allows customers to fully automate the provisioning, charging back and decommissioning of virtual machines," said Raghu Raghuram, vice president of products and solutions at VMware. "VMware Lifecycle Manager is integral to the many new products VMware is bringing to market to offer unprecedented levels of automation and control across datacenters."
With VMware Lifecycle Manager, customers can:
-- Create a catalog of standard IT services. Users can select from a pre-defined menu of virtual machines with different properties such as processor and memory. This standardization allows infrastructure administrators to maintain control over the IT environment and minimize risk.
-- Streamline requests and approvals. VMware Lifecycle Manager establishes a consistent and scalable mechanism to route and approve all requests for virtual machines, ensuring compliance with internal policies.
-- Track and control virtual machines. VMware Lifecycle Manager provides an easy to use Web interface for tracking virtual machine deployments so IT administrators can know exactly when requests were made, approved or denied; when and where virtual machines are deployed; and how long they have been in operation.
-- Eliminate manual, repetitive, and error-prone tasks. As virtual environments grow, automation is critical in helping IT do more with less. VMware Lifecycle Manager automates each step in the virtual machine lifecycle based on predefined policies.
-- Assign Chargeback Metrics. VMware Lifecycle Manager enables IT to associate chargeback metrics to specific virtual machine deployments and resource pools. These chargeback metrics can be assigned to specific business groups, and tied in to existing financial systems.
-- Integrate with existing management tools. VMware Lifecycle Manager provides APIs for integration with other IT operational tools such as trouble ticketing, change management, and asset management.
"A recent ESG survey of current and planned virtual server adopters, showed that current users expect that the number of their virtual machines will grow by 173% over the next two years," said Mark Bowker, industry analyst at ESG. "To handle this massive growth, VMware Lifecycle Manager delivers IT organizations a method to automate best practices by implementing a standardized approach for managing user requests for the provisioning of virtual machines, while simultaneously eliminating manual and repetitive tasks."
VMware Lifecycle Manager is now available for purchase through VMware's network of distributors, resellers and OEMs. For more information on VMware Lifecycle Manager, please visit: http://www.vmware.com/go/lcm.
About VMware
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.3 billion, more than 100,000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software companies. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and on the web at http://www.vmware.com/.
VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Melinda Marks of VMware Public Relations, +1-650-743-4614, mmarks@vmware.com; or Andrew Schmitt of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, andrew@outcastpr.com, for VMware, Inc.
Contacts:
Public Relations:
OutCast Communications
Andrew Schmitt
USA
Phone: 415-392-8282
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General Information:
Melinda Marks
USA
Phone: 650-743-4614
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Company Information:
Name: VMware, Inc.
Address: 3145 Porter Dr.
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
ZIP: 94304
Country: USA
Phone: 877-486-9273
FAX: 650-475-5005
http://www.vmware.com
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