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 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 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 ThinApp
Use application virtualization to package and deploy applications without installation and without conflicts. You can even run multiple versions of the same application on a single operating system, using VMware ThinApp.
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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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