Cloud automation services provider Quest Software announced the release of
its Cloud Automation Platform 7.5, the company’s cloud automation and
management technology. The platform helps small to medium-size businesses manage
and deliver IT services across the enterprise. When combined with the overall
Quest virtualization management portfolio, the Quest Cloud Automation Platform
offers a comprehensive solution for deploying and automating infrastructure as
a service to private clouds, the company claimed.
The Cloud Automation Platform assumes the presence of virtual infrastructure
from either VMware or Microsoft, and allows combinations of both in a single
private cloud. In addition, the Cloud Automation Platform integrates with
physical provisioning and automation solutions from technology providers such
as Hewlett-Packard and Symantec. Finally, the platform provides a self-service
portal backed by automated service delivery and recovery, as well as
user-centric services that can be scaled.
Features include the Cloud Capacity Management Dashboard, which provides an interactive
graphical view of pooled infrastructure that enables cloud administrators to
manage cloud capacity and resource allocation, and an updated graphical
interface that enables administrators to manage migration recommendations from
performance management tools (i.e., VMware vMotion, DRS,
DPM) while maintaining the integrity of a self-service cloud.
For more, read the eWeek article: Quest Software Offers Cloud Automation Platform 7.5.