VMware Streamlines Cloud-Native Application Development and Deployment With Two New Technology Previews

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - June 22, 2015) - Addressing the needs of organizations that want to build, deploy and run cloud-native applications, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today introduced two new technology previews -- VMware AppCatalyst™ and Project Bonneville.

"VMware is focused on making the developer a first-class user of the data center through our cloud-native applications efforts," said Kit Colbert, vice president and CTO, Cloud-Native Applications, VMware. "Today we are furthering that commitment through the introductions of VMware AppCatalyst and Project Bonneville. These innovations will help enterprises adopt cloud-native applications from building them through a simple and easy-to-use development tool to running Docker containers securely in production on VMware vSphere."

New Technology Previews Ease Development, Testing and Running of Containerized Applications
Unveiled today at DockerCon 2015, VMware AppCatalyst is an API and Command Line Interface (CLI)-driven hypervisor that is purpose-built for developers. A technology preview, VMware AppCatalyst offers developers a fast and easy way to replicate a private cloud locally on their desktop for building and testing containerized and microservices-based applications. The tool features Project Photon, an open source minimal Linux container host, Docker Machine and integration with Vagrant. VMware AppCatalyst is ready to be downloaded today for Mac OS X at no cost from the AppCatalyst technology preview community site here (registration required). The community site enables participants to provide detailed technology feedback and seek assistance.

Project Bonneville, a technology preview, will enable the seamless integration of Docker containers into the VMware vSphere® platform and allow virtual administrators to use their existing operational and management processes and tools such as VMware vCenter Server™ without the need for new tools or additional training. Optimized for Docker, Project Bonneville downloads containers from Docker Hub, and isolates and starts up each container in a virtual machine with minimal overhead using the Instant Clone feature of VMware vSphere. Together, Project Bonneville and Instant Clone will make virtual machines lightweight enough to support one container per virtual machine. Overall, the technology will offer containers security and isolation while providing admins with transparency into what containers are running where in their virtual environment. The technology is also architected to support Docker containers on any x86-based operating system, including Windows.