VMware vRealize Suite Updates Cloud Management Platform for Comprehensive Management of Applications and Infrastructure in Hybrid Clouds

BARCELONA, SPAIN--(Marketwired - Oct 14, 2014) - Today at VMworld® 2014 Europe, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced a wave of new cloud management offerings and capabilities including updates to VMware vRealize™ Suite 6, a cloud management platform purpose-built for the hybrid cloud. VMware today also unveiled a major update of VMware vRealize Operations™ (formerly VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™), the new VMware vRealize Code Stream to enable DevOps teams to deliver frequent, reliable software releases, and the beta launch of VMware vRealize Air™ Compliance, a new addition to VMware's family of cloud management software as a service (SaaS) offerings.

IT organizations today face a mix of conflicting priorities. IT must improve speed and agility to ensure success with new mobile, social, big data and web-scale applications. But also maintain control to ensure security, compliance and efficiency managing traditional IT systems. On top of that, IT is also tasked with managing both modern application architectures as well as traditional three-tier business applications that are both deployed on-premises or in the public cloud. Lastly, roles and responsibilities are shifting to address this increasingly complex mix. To address the multiple challenges IT organizations are facing, VMware introduced the vRealize Suite, a cloud management platform with a shared service model that delivers a unified management experience with fast time to value.

"CIOs and IT organizations are seeking greater agility without sacrificing security, efficiency and cost," said Ramin Sayar, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Management Business Unit, VMware. "IT infrastructure and development teams are being asked to account for managing multiple private and public clouds, incorporating newer frameworks such as OpenStack along with adopting continuous delivery of new and modern applications and DevOps processes. VMware vRealize Suite presents enterprises with a single solution to manage through and capitalize on the wealth of IT choices available to them with the requisite agility and control."

"VMware's vision for the vRealize Suite aligns perfectly with our IT mission," said K. Chris Nakagaki, Sr. Systems Engineer, AutoTrader.com. "We are focused on transforming our service delivery capabilities while truly partnering with our developers to drive the business forward. By standardizing on VMware's cloud management platform we can now proactively manage and monitor our on-premises systems to achieve high performance, and have positioned ourselves to adopt a hybrid cloud model over time."