VMware Unveils Cloud-Native App Modernization, Cloud Management Capabilities

VMware has announced advancements to its Tanzu cloud-native app portfolio and VMware Aria cloud management platform to deliver a cloud smart approach to cloud-native application development, delivery, and management.

The company has announced the beta launch of VMware Image Builder, the Bitnami engine powering the automation behind the packaging, verification, and distribution of VMware Application Catalog artifacts.

According to VMware’s State of Kubernetes report, more than 40 percent of respondents utilize hybrid cloud models and 52 percent choose multiple public cloud vendors – revealing the state of cloud chaos many organizations are working to navigate. The company announced updates to key components of Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations – including VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, and VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Advanced edition.

The company unveiled graph-based data store technology VMware Aria Graph to offer near real-time maps of applications and clouds with management insights from customers’ existing VMware Aria solutions as well as federated third-party management tools.

It also announced the availability of a new free offering of VMware Aria Hub and enhanced offerings for VMware Cross-Cloud services to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era.