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Table of Contents
Virtual machine standardization coupled with our VMware vCloud initiative directed to hosting and cloud computing vendors enables
organizations to choose more freely between running applications in virtual machines on their own “private clouds”
inside their data center or on
“public clouds” hosted by a service provider. With a common VMware platform available across the public and private clouds, applications can
be readily moved between the two based on economics and organizational need. External cloud capacity can be accessed on-demand without the
need to customize or change applications.
Products and Technology
Cloud Infrastructure Products and Technology
VMware vSphere is our flagship data center platform. Users can choose to deploy the VMware ESX or VMware ESXi hypervisor when
they purchase VMware vSphere. A “hypervisor” is a layer of software that resides between the operating system and system hardware to enable
virtualization. VMware ESX is the industry’
s most mature hypervisor. VMware ESXi is a compact, small disk footprint version of VMware ESX
with the same functionality and performance. Other components of our various VMware vSphere offerings include capabilities such as the
following:
In 2010 we announced VMware vShield, a new family of security products designed specifically for virtual data centers and cloud
environments. Key vShield products include:
Cloud Application Platform
VMware Cloud Application Platform solutions help organizations build, run and manage enterprise applications by utilizing application
frameworks. An application framework is a collection of software libraries that structures and simplifies the work of software developers
building applications. Our SpringSource product group develops and supports the Spring application framework for enterprise Java applications
and the Grails framework for high productivity web applications written in the Groovy programming language. Both of these frameworks are
open source software. Our Cloud Application Platform provides open source application frameworks, application run-
time and data management
solutions, and monitoring solutions for enterprise applications and infrastructure. Key VMware Cloud Application Platform products include the
following:
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VMware vMotion and VMware Storage vMotion
enables the live migration of actively running virtual machines across servers or
storage locations without disruption or downtime.
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VMware High Availability
enables cost
-
effective high availability for all applications against hardware and operating system
failures.
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VMware Fault Tolerance
enables zero downtime, zero data loss and continuous availability for applications.
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VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler
enables continuous monitoring of virtual machines that ensure optimal placement on
hardware based on resource requirements and priorities.
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VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch
enables centralized point of control for cluster level networking.
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VMware vShield Edge
provides perimeter network and security services for virtual datacenters, end
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user computing and cloud
environments.
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VMware vShield App
provides application protection within the virtual datacenter, end
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user computing and cloud environments.
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VMware vShield Endpoint
enables efficient anti-virus agent offloading from guest virtual machines in virtual datacenters, end-user
computing and cloud environments.
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VMware vFabric tcServer,
an enterprise Tomcat App server.