GigaSpaces Technologies, a leading provider of TOSCA-based cloud
orchestration technologies, today announced that it is expanding its
partner alliance with VMware to include Cloudify TOSCA-based
Orchestration with VMware’s public cloud, VMware vCloud Air.
VMware customers using Cloudify
now will be able to use a common management interface across the entire
VMware cloud offering, which includes vCloud Air, VMware vCenter,
VMware vSphere and the recently announced VMware
Integrated OpenStack. Cloudify integrated with vCloud Air via its
API extension enables support for TOSCA (as a portable blueprint) and Docker
(as a portable image), so that users can seamlessly migrate workloads
across those environments or build a hybrid deployment that runs
simultaneously on vCloud Air and OpenStack or vSphere.
“With the addition of Cloudify, VMware vCloud Air customers now have a
TOSCA-compliant orchestration alternative, one that is ideal for
heterogeneous environments where standards-based solutions are needed,”
said Ajay Patel, vice president of Applications Services, vCloud Air,
VMware. “With Cloudify via the vCloud Air API, we can deliver a common
management and orchestration experience across the portfolio of
industry-leading VMware cloud solutions.”
Additionally, vCloud Air users will gain a TOSCA-standard means to
deploy complex micro services-based, Big Data or NFV applications. TOSCA
blueprints allow customers to automate all the aspects of the deployment
in a declarative format. The user experience is straightforward and
consistent across all cloud platforms, from installation through a fully
managed environment.
“Many Cloudify users – especially enterprises and telcos – may have
experienced difficulties connecting their OpenStack and VMware
environments,” said Nati Shalom, CTO and Founder of GigaSpaces. “Support
for VMware vCloud® Air™ gives these users a common management and
orchestration capability across different cloud environments while
adding the option of leveraging the vCloud Air public cloud offering.”
On February 4 VMware partners and customers can see a demo of Cloudify
at the VMware Partner Exchange session on the vCloud Air ISV program,
session ISV4753. VMware partners and System Integrators will learn how
they can now address customer demand for further openness and
simplicity. They will also learn how they can include these new TOSCA
services as part of their added value services to customers, and to
shorten and simplify their cloud enablement projects. Learn more about
Cloudify on vCloud Air on the vCloud
Air Marketplace.