VMware Introduces VMware vSphere(R) With Operations Management(TM) and VMware vSphere Data Protection(TM) Advanced

VMware Introduces VMware vSphere(R) With Operations Management(TM) and VMware vSphere Data Protection(TM) Advanced

New Offerings Help Organizations Achieve Greater Value From Their VMware vSphere Environments

PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/12/13 -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced.

"Increasingly, customers have standardized on VMware vSphere(R) as the core of their data centers," said Mike Clayville, vice president, product marketing, cloud infrastructure, VMware. "To help maximize the value of their investments in VMware vSphere, customers require purpose-built, integrated solutions to more efficiently manage, optimize and protect their virtualized environments. We've made it convenient for new and existing customers of VMware vSphere to enhance the core capabilities of their virtual infrastructure with vCenter(TM) Operations Management Suite(TM) and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced(TM)."

Today, VMware is announcing a new VMware vSphere product line that combines the industry-leading virtualization platform with the award-winning VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite. In addition, VMware is introducing a new edition of VMware vSphere Data Protection, the backup and recovery solution first introduced as part of VMware vSphere 5.1 in August 2012. With these new offerings, customers can:

 
--  Reduce Capex costs by up to 30 percent; (1)
--  Optimize capacity, improving utilization by up to 40 percent and
    consolidation ratios by 37 percent; (2)
--  Improve application availability and performance, cutting downtime by
    more than a third and reducing the time it takes to find and resolve
    problems by up to 26 percent; (2) and,
--  Reduce backup storage capacity by up to 95 percent and backup on
    network traffic by up to 99 percent. (3)

New Offerings Enhance Management, Backup Capabilities of VMware vSphere

 
--  VMware vSphere with Operations Management - Improve performance,
    health and utilization of virtualized environments
     VMware vSphere
    with Ope
rations Management unites the leading virtualization platform
    for all applications, including business-critical and low-latency
    applications, with patented analytic capabilities to provide insight
    into the performance, health and efficiency of virtualized
    environments. By providing a simple, visual and holistic view of the
    entire environment, VMware vSphere with Operations Management allows
    customers to proactively monitor and maintain performance and improve
    availability while optimizing the virtual environment through
    integrated capacity planning. The VMware vCenter Operations Management
    Suite helps customers nearly double the operational savings they
    receive from VMware vSphere.
     Learn more about VMware vSphere with
    Operations Management

 
--  VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced - Proven, efficient and simple
    backup solution built for VMware vSphere
     Developed for mid-sized
    VMware vSphere environments, VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced
    offers increased scalability and new backup and recovery capabilities
    for business critical applications specifically Microsoft Exchange and
    Microsoft SQL Server. Based on EMC Avamar, VMware vSphere Data
    Protection delivers the most efficient backup solution with
    industry-leading deduplication, full support of Changed Block Tracking
    and single-step restores. Tight integration with VMware vSphere
    enables administrators to manage their virtual infrastructure,
    including back and recovery, from a single console.
     Learn more about
    VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced

"VMware selected EMC Avamar software to provide the underlying technology for the introduction of VMware vSphere Data Protection," said Shane Jackson, vice president of marketing, EMC Backup Recovery Systems division. "Customers have enthusiastically adopted this solution, and they expect that we will continue to leverage the technology collaboration between EMC and VMware to deliver enhanced backup and recovery capabilities for customers. The introduction of VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced does just that by incorporating EMC Avamar features that can extend the value proposition for VMware customers. As a result, they gain an easy path to more scalability and additional support for business critical applications which are in demand in rapidly growing virtual environments."

Pricing and Availability VMware vSphere with Operations Management is expected to be available in Q1 2013, and will be offered in three editions: Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Pricing starts at $1,745 per processer with no core, vRAM or number of VM limits. Go to VMware vSphere Pricing/Buy page. For a limited time, existing VMware vSphere edition customers will be able to upgrade to VMware vSphere with Operations Management editions or Acceleration Kits at 15 percent off the list price. New customers will be able to purchase VMware vSphere with Operations Management Acceleration Kits at 15 percent off the list price.

VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is expected to be available in Q1 2013, and will be priced at $1,095 per processor with no restrictions on number of protected VMs per license. VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is a separate, standalone solution that will be available for purchase a-la-carte and included with VMware vSphere with Operations Management Acceleration Kits (Enterprise and Enterprise Plus Editions). Go to VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced Pricing/Buy page

Additional Resources

 
--  Read VMware Principal Engineer Kit Colbert's blog: Bringing Together
    vSphere and Operations Management
--  Read VMware Group Product Line Marketing Manager Mike Adams' blog:
    Announcing vSphere with Operations Management
--  Read
 VMware Product Marketing Manager Mauricio Barra's blog:
    Introducing VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced
--  Learn more about VMware vSphere with Operations Management
--  Learn more about VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced
--  Connect with VMware on Twitter and Facebook

About VMware VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion, VMware has more than 480,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

VMware, vCenter Operations Management Suite, vSphere Data Protection, and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

EMC and Avamar are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

(1) Forrester Consulting, "The Total Economic Impact Of VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite," December 2012 (2) Management Insight Technologies, "The Benefits of VMware's vCenter Operations Management Suite," September 2012 (3) EMC, "EMC Avamar: Deduplication Backup Software and Systems," March 2012

Contacts: Eloy Ontiveros VMware 650-427-6145 eontiveros@vmware.com

Alex Kirschner The OutCast Agency for VMware 415-345-4783 alex@theoutcastagency.com