VMware Buys Cloud Management Tools Vendor
VMware has acquired Shavlik, which provides software for managing IT systems when moving them to the cloud
VMware on 16 May added to its ever-increasing product set by acquiring Shavlik Technologies, a provider of cloud-based IT management software for small and medium businesses.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Cloud management systems
Shavlik, based in New Brighton, Minnesota, provides on-premise and SaaS-based management software that enables enterprises to manage, monitor and secure their IT systems when moving to virtual and/or cloud computing IT deployments.
Specifically, Shavlik provides centralised IT management functions that include asset management, security, business continuity and data protection capabilities; simplified deployment and automation, enabling SMBs to evolve legacy systems to virtual and cloud models without requiring significant in-house skills or resources; and automated IT management, including patch, compliance, and configuration management.
It was VMware’s second acquisition in less than a month. The Palo Alto, California-based company bought web-based presentation software provider SlideRocket on 27 April.
VMware has been on a shopping spree lately. In March, the company picked up visual development toolmaker Wavemaker.
VMware and Shavlik have partnered for the last two years on VMware GO, a joint SaaS offering that assists SMBs with rapid deployment and management of VMware vSphere.
The acquisition is expected to be completed later this quarter, VMware said.
