VMware Ready Management Program & vCenter Extensibility

Key Benefits

The VMware Ready Management Program is a new ecosystem initiative to integrate and simplify comprehensive management of VMware virtual datacenter operating system(VDC-OS) environments. The goal of this program is to help customers integrate and simplify comprehensive management of virtual data center OS environments and provide better functionality, choice and reduced integration costs for partner management products. With this program, VMware is providing partners full access to its new vCenter Extensibility technologies—a rich set of management functionality and integration interfaces for the VMware vCenter management product portfolio. In addition partners get access to new best practices, technical qualification and logo programs that enable them to build on vCenter Extensibility and provide customers an easy way to identify VMware-optimized management solutions.
The VMware Ready Management Program provides:

• Simplified management – simplify comprehensive management of virtual data center OS environments and across the enterprise with vCenter-integrated partner solutions
• Integrated Solutions – vCenter and VMware Ready Management Solutions from partners for key management needs
• Interoperability – integrated through vCenter Extensibility with existing management solutions to streamline processes and reduce costs

VMware Ready Management Program

The VMware Ready Management Program and VMware vCenter Extensibility technologies –  a rich set of management functionality and integration interfaces for the VMware vCenter management product portfolio – enable partners to build on vCenter Extensibility to offer customers VMware-optimized management solutions for managing the virtual datacenter OS (VDC-OS).