Cloud platform
Cloud computing is the new wave after virtualization and VMware vSphere lacks a true multi-tenant support and partial automation and agility.
For this reason, VMware has several products for cloud management, addressed at private or public cloud scenarios. The most important VMware cloud-capable solutions are vCloud Director (vCD) and vRealize Automation (vRA). VMware vCD was the first product (if we exclude Lab Manager, which was not truly multi-tenant) to bring full cloud capabilities to vSphere.
Actually, this product is still present, but it is reserved only for service providers willing to build and sell public cloud services as part of the VMware vCloud Air Network (vCAN) program based on top of the vSphere platform; ...
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