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VMware Releases vSphere 4 to the Clouds
By: Chris Preimesberger
2009-05-21
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vSphere 4 is the first major upgrade to VMware's main virtualization package in three years. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is dubbing vSphere 4 a "cloud operating system" that enables the delivery of IT infrastructure as a service within a company's IT system.One month to the day after announcing
the impending arrival of vSphere 4, virtualization market leader VMware on
May 21 released for general availability the latest version of its
industry-leading hypervisor development package.
vSphere 4 is the first major upgrade to VMware's main product in three years.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is dubbing vSphere 4 a "cloud
operating system" that enables the delivery of IT infrastructure as a
service within a company's IT system.
"Cloud computing" is a term used to describe services offered over
the Web from remote data centers.
vSphere 4 amounts to a rebuild of
VMware's core virtualization platform, called ESX. Basically, it combines
virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed pool of
computing power. The new platform also provides the foundation for enterprise
IT departments to connect their own homemade private clouds behind a firewall
with those of partnersor established public cloud services, such as those
provided by Amazon, Google and Salesforce.com.
vSphere 4's second purpose is to facilitate delivery of IT infrastructure as a
service to enterprises, so IT departments can build their own private cloud
systems to provide business services internally for the company and for trusted
partners, supply chain participants and other business associates.
In short, VMware wants to become the system of choice to run enterprise data
centers, and further, to enable these complex systems to reach out and touch
others in order to gain business advantages.
"Cloud computing has become known as the next big thing and is now sort of
a buzzword, but we believe that with vSphere 4, we can make cloud computing a
reality," Bogomil Balkansky, VMware's vice president of product
marketing for servers, told eWEEK.
Lew Smith, an analyst and practice manager of virtualization solutions for
Interphase Systems, a consulting services provider, told eWEEK that he was
"blown away" by the demo he saw. But he urged caution for potential
users at the outset.
"VMware delivers on their promise; vSphere 4 is finally available for
purchase and upgrade," Smith wrote in his blog. "However,
dont jump just yet ... if youre running products such as Lab Manager, Stage
Manager, Lifecycle Manager, Site Recovery Manager or View 3, you dont want to
budge.
"Why? Theyre not supported yet ... my biggest concerns are View and SRM,
and Im hearing that they will be supported in the second half of 2009,"
Smith wrote.
VMware vSphere 4 is available in six editions, ranging from small businesses to
large enterprises and government organizations. Pricing starts at $166 per
processor for all-in-one virtualization solutions for small businesses and goes
up to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, which is priced at $3,495 per processor.
For more information, go here.
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