VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 Now Available

VMware has announced the general availability of its cloud infrastructure platform vCloud Suite 5.1.

The new vCloud Suite combines VMWare's virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management in a single package. Included are vSphere 5.1, vCloud Director 5.1, vCloud Networking and Security 5.1, vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1, as well as the operations management tools vFabric Application Director, vCenter Operations Management Suite and vCloud Connector.

VMware is offering the vCloud Suite 5.1 in Standard, Advanced and Enterprise versions. First shown at VMWorld 2012, the software is sold from $4,995 per processor with no core, vRAM or number of VM limits for the Standard version.

The Advanced version is available for $7,495 per processor and the Enterprise package for $11,495 per processor. Support packages range from $1,049 per year for basic support for the Standard vCloud license to $2,874 per year for the production-level support for the Enterprise license.

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