Embotics is leveling the playing field for all the major IaaS players with the release of a new version of its Embotics vCommander software for multi-cloud cost management and financial analytics. The vCommander 5.1 release supports IBM SoftLayer, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Rackspace Public Cloud, giving service provider and enterprise customers alike a host of choices for their cloud infrastructure and advising on the most cost effective solutions.
The upgraded software release is designed to offer improved analytical, orchestration, governance and brokerage capabilities across multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud environments. The Embotics solution previously supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the OpenStack-based HP Cloud as well as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. The new additions make the offering a true cross-platform player supporting the largest IaaS and hypervisor platforms.
“Embotics’ philosophy remains ‘No vendor lock-in,’” commented Michael Torto, CEO of Embotics, on the new platform support. “Our customers value freedom of choice and the ability to deploy and manage platform-neutral IT services across private, public and hybrid cloud environments based on economic recommendations, these are very important to them.”
MSP Right! Systems Inc. is a platinum channel partner of Embotics and believes the new cross-cloud support will give them an excellent advantage when selling the solution. According to Mark Westling, CTO of Right! Systems, open hybrid cloud computing is the direction the industry is taking, making platform neutrality crucial. “Understanding ‘which cloud is right for me?’ can be a very difficult question to answer and requires sophisticated software analytics like those contained in Embotics vCommander to do well,” added Westling.
The VCommander 5.1 provides continuous monitoring and discovery of users’ virtual assets, throughout their data centers and off-premises public clouds. The solution offers integrated financial analytics to quantify the operating costs associated with the current virtual infrastructure and also makes recommendations for alternative hypervisor and cloud platforms.
Upgrades include enhanced workflow capabilities for delivering faster automation of ITaaS, as well as expanded self-service and provisioning automation through support of HP Public Cloud. A console connection proxy gives self-service users like MSPs access to their VMs without requiring direct network access to the underlying hypervisor management platform, whether it be VMware vCenter or Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
Edited by
Stefania Viscusi