VMware vCloud Suite takes a centralized approach to cloud computing

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Tom Nolle.

If OpenStack is the embodiment of the community cloud model, then VMware vCloud Suite is an example of a focused, single-vendor cloud. The goal of vCloud is to create a data center that’s completely virtual — all resources, all locations. And while vCloud is neither free, open source, hypervisor-agnostic nor backed by a consortium of vendors, it could be a good choice for companies that see the benefit in commercial software’s documentation, centralized support and focused development and enhancement.

VMware vCloud Suite creates a virtual data center defined by software, and it is close to a completely transparent resource pool. It also aims to link the cloud to productivity and business agility value at all levels, unlike the positioning for most cloud computing services, which tends to focus on the public cloud or on a simple extension to virtualization. The cloud platform builds on the wide success of VMware Inc.’s virtualization products — vSphere and vMotion…

The vCloud Suite has four major functional areas:

• Cloud infrastructure. The hub of the infrastructure is vCloud Director and vCloud Connector, which provide hybrid cloud support. The vSphere virtualization platform and its components manage the cloud’s resources.
• Cloud service provisioning. The vCloud Automation Center and Application Director manage the automation of cloud operations tasks…

Read more from the source @ http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-vCloud-Suite-takes-a-centralized-approach-to-cloud-computing