Forrester ranks the company as a leader in hybrid cloud management solutions and private cloud software suites.
VMware, Inc. has announced that VMware is positioned as a Leader in both "The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions, Q1 2016" and "The Forrester Wave™: Private Cloud Software Suites, Q1 2016." According to Forrester's reports, VMware achieved the highest score for cloud operations amongst the 11 hybrid cloud management vendors evaluated and the highest score for current offering amongst the nine private cloud vendors evaluated.
"The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions, Q1 2016" states that "The vRealize® Suite includes vRealize Automation, Application Services, Business Standard, Orchestrator and Operations. The combined products work well together and offer solid cloud resource discovery and on-boarding, deep configuration and automated provisioning, and integrated cost and performance optimization." The report examines how "a hybrid cloud management solution (HCMS) helps companies balance the competing demands and responsibilities of cloud developers and technology managers."