VMware, Inc. announced the general availability of the VMware vCenter Operations Management(TM) Suite. Part of VMware's comprehensive management portfolio, the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite is designed to help customers deliver IT as a service by simplifying and automating the operations of virtual and cloud environments. Unveiled in October 2011, VMware's new management portfolio redefines IT management by embedding and integrating management into the platform, converging disciplines to streamline processes and applying analytics to help customers achieve the agility and economics of cloud computing. Updates to the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite include deeper integration of capacity and configuration management capabilities and new 'application awareness' to enable customers to optimize infrastructure operations based on application needs. The VMware vCenter Operations Suite is tightly integrated with VMware vSphere(R), and includes the following new features: tighter integration of performance, capacity and configuration management; new dashboard and smart alerts for quicker, more effective health analysis; and 'application awareness' optimizes infrastructure for business-critical applications.