Releases VMware ESX Server 3 and VMware VirtualCenter 2, providing the foundation data center management technologies.

VMware, Inc., a provider of virtual infrastructure software, yesterday unveiled new releases of its data center products:  VMware ESX Server 3, virtual infrastructure software for partitioning hardware and consolidating application workloads in mission-critical environments, and VMware VirtualCenter 2, software for managing virtual infrastructure.

The company claims that with the release of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter, VMware offers a powerful enterprise virtualization platform that is providing the foundation for the industry's next wave of innovative data center management technologies. Additionally, VMware and its partner community are now delivering management technologies Distributed Availability Services and Distributed Resource Scheduling based on virtual infrastructure designed to substantially reduce the cost and complexity of data center environments.

"With the introduction of ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2, VMware continues to raise the bar by providing customers with the ability to drive even higher availability and better flexibility and to apply the benefits of virtualization throughout the enterprise," said Karthik Rau, Director of Product Management at VMware.