VMware

Optimize and manage your IT infrastructure, from the desktop to the data center, by virtualizing your computing, storage and networking systems with VMware software. VMware products provide enterprise-class virtual machines that increase server and other resource utilization, improve performance, increase security and minimize system downtime, reducing the cost and complexity of delivering enterprise services. By leveraging your existing technology, VMware enables the roll out of new applications with less risk and lower platform costs.

VMware Products

Optimize and manage your IT infrastructure, from the desktop to the data center, by virtualizing your computing, storage and networking systems with VMware software.


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Server Virtualization Products

Create a responsive data center with VMware virtualization. Make more efficient use of your existing resource, reduce costs, and respond to business needs faster with a virtualized IT infrastructure.

Desktop Virtualization Products

Meet your desktop needs with virtualization. Let your users run multiple operating systems on one physical machine. You can manage virtual desktops across the organization and support an extended workforce with VMware virtualization

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VMware ESX

VMware ESX, the production-proven, market leading hypervisor, abstracts server processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines, forming the robust foundation of the VMware Infrastructure 3 suite.

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VMware ESXi

VMware ESX, the market leading hypervisor is also available as VMware ESXi, offering all the same functionality but with a thin 32 MB footprint that provides unparalleled security and reliability.

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VMware Virtual SMP

Use up to four physical processors simultaneously in a single virtual machine with VMware Virtual SMP. Scaling your virtual infrastructure is much easier with multiple processors working in parallel in a single virtual machine.

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VMware VMFS

Simplify virtual machine provisioning and administration with a high performance cluster file system optimized for virtual machines. VMware VMFS, technology unique to VMware, is the default storage system for virtual machine files on physical SCSI disks and partitions.

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VMware Server

Start experiencing the benefits of virtualization with VMware Server, a robust yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization technology. You can also get centralized management with VirtualCenter for VMware Server.

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VMware Workstation

Save time and money by running multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC with VMware Workstation.

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VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion enables you to run Windows XP and Vista on your Intel-based Mac without rebooting. Increase productivity, reduce hardware costs and bridge the gap between Windows and Mac OS X.

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VMware Player

Run virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC with VMware Player 2.0. This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware ESX Server, as well as Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks.

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VMware DRS

VMware DRS continuously monitors utilization across resource pools and intelligently allocates available resources among the virtual machines based on pre-defined rules that reflect business needs and changing priorities.

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VMware High Availability

Deliver high availability across your entire virtualized IT environment without the cost or complexity of traditional clustering solutions with VMware HA.

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VMware Consolidated Backup

Perform virtual machine backup at any time. VMware Consolidated Backup provides a centralized backup facility that leverages a centralized proxy server and reduces the load on production ESX Server hosts.

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VMware Storage VMotion

Enable live migration of virtual machine disk files across storage arrays with VMware Storage VMotion while maintaining continuous service availability and complete transaction integrity.

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VMware VMotion

Move running virtual machines from one physical server to another with no impact to end users. VMware VMotion keeps your IT environment up and running, giving you unprecedented flexibility and availability to meet the increasing demands of your business and end users.

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VMware Update Manager

Automate patch management and tracking for ESX Server hosts as well as Microsoft and Linux virtual machines with VMware Update Manager.

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VMware VirtualCenter

Simplify provisioning, automate routine management tasks, and monitor utilization of physical machines with VMware VirtualCenter.

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VMware Converter

Convert your existing physical system into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter.

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VMware Capacity Planner

Gain insight into IT resource utilization and develop a virtualization roadmap for server containment and consolidation with VMware Capacity Planner.

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VMware Site Recovery Manager

Automate End-to-End Disaster Recovery in the Data Center with VMware Site Recovery Manager. This pioneering product uses virtualization to provide end-to-end disaster recovery management and automation across your entire data center.

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VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Use the VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution to host desktop environments inside virtual machines running in the data center, enabling end-users to gain remote access from a PC or thin client terminal.

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VMware ACE

Use VMware ACE to deploy and manage secure, platform-independent virtual machines that end-users can use on their work PC, personal computer or even on a portable USB media device.

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VMware Lab Manager

Pool servers, networking, storage and other resources and share them across development and test teams. Create a shared library of complex system environments for development and testing with VMware Lab Manager.

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Virtualization Platforms

Partition a single physical machine into multiple self contained virtual machines with virtualization platforms. “Bare metal “ virtualization platforms (VMware ESX and VMware ESXi) run natively on the hardware while “hosted” virtualization platforms run on top of an operating system.

Virtual Infrastructure

Transform your datacenter infrastructure to greater levels of availability, reliability and security and resource utilization with Virtual infrastructure capabilities.

Resource Management

Balance your resources dynamically between prioritized business needs with resource management capabilities. VMware DRS moves virtual machines for optimal placement on physical servers based on business-assigned priorities. VMware DPM optimizes power consumption in the datacenter, automatically.

Availability

Make your virtual machines highly available at low cost with VMware HA which protects against physical hardware failures and OS failures*. Backup virtual machines in a centralized fashion with VMware Consolidated backup.

*OS failures are experimental.

Mobility

Migrate virtual machines from one server to another with no disruption or downtime. Migrate virtual machine disks from one storage array to another with no disruption or downtime.

Security

Automate compliance to mandated patch standards and protect against vulnerabilities with VMware Update Manager.

Management & Automation

Manage your virtual infrastructure comprehensively with management & automation solutions.

Infrastructure Optimization

Assess, automate, administer and manage your virtual infrastructure with Infrastructure Optimization solutions: VMware Capacity Planner, VMware VirtualCenter and VMware Converter.

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Business Continuity

Protect your datacenter infrastructure from planned and unplanned downtime with business continuity solutions from VMware.

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Desktop Management

Virtualize your desktops for a more secure, controlled and easy to manage desktop environment with VMware Desktop solutions.

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IT Service Delivery

IT Service Delivery is the lifecycle of developing, staging, deploying, updating, and retiring IT services. VMware IT Service Delivery products: Lifecycle Manager, Lab Manager, and Stage Manager, are a part of VMware's Management and Automation portfolio of products.

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VMware Stage Manager

Stage Manager enables the streamlined and accelerated transition of complex, multi-tier IT services through the pre-production stages – such as integration, testing, staging, user acceptance testing – into production.

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VMware Lifecycle Manager

VMware Lifecycle Manager addresses the needs of infrastructure administrators, and allows companies to implement a consistent and automated process for requesting, approving, deploying, updating, and retiring virtual machines.

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Evaluate or purchase VMware products

To evaluate VMware products, please visit the VMware Evaluation Center. To purchase any of our products, please visit the VMware Store, contact VMware directly at 1-877-4VMWARE (outside of North America dial 1-650-427-5000) or send a message to sales. VMware also provides an established global network of best-of-breed technology and distribution partners. Search online for an authorized reseller.