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VMware vRealize
VMware Cloud Management Offerings
Whats New
Q. What are the new VMware Cloud Management offerings in
Q4 of 2014?
vRealize Suite 6 Offers a single cloud management
platform that is purpose built for the hybrid cloud. The latest
release offers greater degrees of integration of automation,
operations and business capabilities to enable shared services
across products, and empower admins with simplified user
experience. Learn More
vRealize Operations Insight 6.0 Extends intelligent
operations management beyond vSphere to include operating
systems, physical servers, storage and networking hardware.
New predictive capacity and project management across
physical and virtual, as well as smart alerts with suggested
remediation create a powerful solution for those looking to
take operations to the next level. Learn More
vRealize Operations 6.0 (formerly vCenter
Operations Management Suite) features a
re-platformed architecture that now delivers 8x greater
scalability with unified management across vSphere and
other domains. Analytics, smart alerts and problem
detection capabilities identify complex issues and then
recommend automated tasks that streamline remediation
before problems impact users. Learn More
vRealize Code Stream 1.0 is a new product offering from
VMware for continuous delivery solution that helps IT better
support agile development efforts and automate the entire
software release process. It works with continuous integration
and DevOps tools as well as vRealize Automation infrastructure
and application services to enable frequent, reliable software
releases while reducing operational risks. Learn More
vRealize Automation 6.2 (formerly vCloud
Automation Center) provides infrastructure and
application service delivery with a self-service portal and
policy-based governance. The latest release offers greater
vRealize Operations integration and can now display service
health badges in the administrators view, and also give IT
admins the ability to easily reclaim under-used or oversized
VMs leading to CapEx and OpEx savings. Learn More
vRealize Business Standard 6.0 and Advanced/
Enterprise 8.2 (formerly IT Business Management
Suite) provides transparency and control over the costs
and quality of IT services that is critical for private or hybrid
cloud success. New improved decision-making capabilities
help executives act on powerful insights across benchmarks,
analytics, pricing and cost information to improve IT and
business alignment. Learn More
vRealize Log Insight 2.5 (formerly vCenter Log Insight)
delivers powerful log management across physical, virtual
and cloud environments now with better integration with
vRealize Operations to help improve performance and avoid
disruption. Today, more than 20 Log Insight content packs are
available on VMware Solution Exchange supporting leading IT
providers such as Cisco and Microsoft. Learn More
vRealize Air Compliance (Beta) quickly measures and
reports on configuration compliance of vSphere
environments. This event-driven change detection solution
delivers a simple at-a-glance view of configuration compliance
against a variety of security and regulatory content, including
the VMware published Hardening Guide. Learn More
F O R M E R LY NEW NAME/VERSION IN Q4 GA
vCloud Automation Center vRealize Automation 6.2
vCloud Application Director vRealize Application Services 6.2
vCenter Operations vRealize Operations 6
Management Suite
vCenter Operations Manager vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
vCenter Configuration vRealize Configuration Manager 5.7.3
Manager
vCenter Hyperic vRealize Hyperic 5.8.3
vCenter Log Insight vRealize Log Insight 2.5
IT Business Management vRealize Business Standard 6.0
Suite Standard
IT Business Management vRealize Business Advanced/Enterprise 8.2
Suite Advanced/Enterprise
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 VMware vRealize

General Q. Why vRealize?

Q. What is the background of introducing a new family brand, A. The name was carefully devised to resonate with our customers.
vRealize, for VMware Cloud Management offerings? The lowercase v not only suggests virtualization but also ties
the name closely to VMwares corporate brand. And Realize
A. In the cloud era, business needs to innovate and respond quickly
describes the power our management software gives customers
to maintain competitive advantage. However, IT must also
to gain insights, make decisions, and take action across the entire
maintain control and efficiency to address key requirements of
IT landscape.
uptime, performance, security and compliance with a relentless
focus on cost. Q. How are vRealize products branded when offered as a
service on VMware vCloud Air (formerly VMware
To meet these demanding requirements the cloud
vCloud Hybrid Service)?
management marketplace is converging on the concept of a
Cloud Management Platform that delivers comprehensive A. When vRealize products are offered as a service on vCloud Air
management capabilities for hybrid and heterogeneous clouds. they will be branded vRealize Air X where X is the
This same marketplace is also looking for software vendors to descriptive name of the product. Examples include VMware
further embrace and accelerate as a service delivery. vRealize Air Automation which was introduced as a Beta
program in Q3 of 2014 and VMware vRealize Air Compliance
VMware, with industry-leading solutions for Cloud Operations,
being introduced as a Beta program in Q4 of 2014.
Cloud Automation and Cloud Business Management is uniquely
positioned to satisfy the needs of customers seeking a
comprehensive and flexible approach to the delivery of hybrid
and heterogeneous cloud management capabilities. To reinforce
our commitment to being the vendor that delivers the industrys
most innovative and valuable cloud management platform, and
to simplify the buying and using experience of our customers,
VMware has decided to unify all current and future cloud
management offerings under a single brand VMware vRealize.

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