Amid VMworld Barcelona, VMware (NYSE: VMW) has updated its cloud management portfolio while aggressively promoting the software-defined datacenter vision to channel partners. The updates include vCloud Suite enhancements, and a focus on vCloud Automation Center 5.1 and the IT Business Management Suite.
New VMware Global Channel Chief Dave O'Callaghan must empower channel partners to master software-defined data centers, vCloud Hybrid Service, desktop as a service (DaaS) out to smartphones and tablets, and more.
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Virtualization kingpin VMware (NYSE: VMW), which showcased its vCloud Suite 5.1 integrated cloud infrastructure solution at VMware 2012, now has made it official with the general availability of the Standard, Advanced and Enterprise editions, with licensing pricing starting at $4,995 per processor with no core, vRAM or number of virtual machines limits.
What does it mean for partners?
At VMworld 2012, VMware (NYSE: VMW) unveiled vCloud Suite 5.1, which is designed to help channel partners master software-defined datacenters. VMware Chief Marketing Officer Rick Jackson said the suite integrates the company’s virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management portfolio into a single SKU for partners and customers.
PeakColo, an enterprise-class IaaS cloud service provider for channel partners, has partnered with data center services provider NYI, to expand its VMware (NYSE: VMW) vCloud-based services platform into the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area.
PeakColo’s channel partners white label its cloud services as their own, enabling them to sell under their own brand at minimal expense and making it
VMware (NYSE: VMW) has launched a Cloud Applications Marketplace, which provides partners and customers with downloadable application blueprints, reference architectures and other guidance for deploying public or private cloud solutions.
Three new VMware (NYSE: VMW) Solution Competencies are intended to prime channel partners to capitalize on sales opportunities presented by the vCloud Suite and the software-defined data center (SDDC), a concept the vendor is aggressively pushing.
In a software-defined data center, the infrastructure is virtualized and delivered as a service with software at the helm of automated control.
Ajubeo, provider of virtual private data centers and cloud IaaS, is one of the earliest companies to have fully implemented the new VMware (NYSE: VMW) vCloud Suite 5.1. The company also has achieved vCloud Powered status on its solutions.
An Enterprise-level member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Ajubeo architected its IaaS around VMware virtualization products.
Performance management specialist Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) and virtualization giant VMware (NYSE: VMW) announced the latest step in their partnership to help enterprises move to the cloud with Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions, which accelerate virtual machines (VMs) moving between clouds — private, public and hybrid — using VMware vCloud Connector.
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