VMware vCenter Lab Manager v4.0.1.1233

Provide on-demand access and automated management of the
private cloud for dev/test with VMware vCenter Lab Manager.
Application owners, development, QA, and training teams can
deploy, capture and share multi-tier application
environments in seconds while IT remains in administrative
control. Lab Manager saves time, simplifies administration
of fast changing environments and enables project teams to
get to market faster.

Deliver Higher Service Levels and Lower Infrastructure
Costs. Lab Manager offers unique capabilities to simplify
management of the private cloud for dev/test:
* Self Service Portal - Provides on-demand access to a
library of virtual machine configurations for end users
while eliminating time-consuming provisioning tasks for IT
by 95%.
* Automated Resource Management - Allows dynamic allocation
of resources in a multi-team environment, enforces quotas
and access rights, and reclaims unused infrastructure
services.
* Enterprise Scalability - Provides long-term return on
investment with a scalable architecture for worldwide
deployment, best in class performance and seamless
integrations with in-house and 3rd party solutions.

Accelerate Application Development and Testing. Give every
engineer the equivalent of their own personal datacenter.
In seconds, Lab Manager deploys, captures and shares any
system configuration, enabling teams to rapidly prototype
new applications, test software releases on a broader range
of system configurations and capture, reproduce and resolve
defects more easily. The Lab Manager API, as well as
integrations with leading test and build management tools,
provides additional automation benefits to allow for
continuous testing and integration of software
applications. This capability shortens delivery schedules
and increases software quality.

Automate Release Management. Eliminate the risk of failed
production system updates. Application owners can create
faithful replicas of production systems for patch testing
and seamlessly transition updated system configurations
across testing, staging and production environments
connected to different networks, server and storage
systems. Lab Manager allows release teams to update
production systems more quickly, shorten maintenance
windows and avoid downtime.

Streamline Workflows, Improve Team Collaboration and Get to
Market Faster. Lab Manager is ideally suited to support a
broad range of use cases including:

* Support and Helpdesk Operations - Troubleshoot customer
problems more quickly and improve mean team to resolution.
* Training and Education - Rapidly provision lab
environments for hands-on training classes
* Product Demos - Demonstrate complex application
environments in a reliable and repeatable manner
* Software Evaluations - Improve lead conversion rates with
online evaluation portals powered by Lab Manager