visionapp CloudFactory now available

Eschborn, 31 May 2011: visionapp CloudFactory is now available: Private, public or hybrid cloud structures can now be built, provisioned and managed quickly and easily on a uniform platform – either at the own data center or through an external provider.

The building-block system is geared to companies of all sizes in all sectors. visionapp CloudFactory consists of three core modules – CloudCockpit, CloudRobot and CloudShaper – as well as additional modules and services that cover the key areas of cloud operation.

CloudShaper is the backend that manages the automated and flexible provision of server, operating system and application based on the virtualisation platform. Tried-and-tested parameter and package templates for platform and computer roles, meanwhile, ensure a high level of automation. Compliance officers benefit from ITIL-compliant release management. The tamperproof logging of the cloud environment, including patch management, coupled with rapid emergency recoveries relieve the administrators of a great deal of work. This last involves an easy-to-use rollback function to a specific former state.

The visionapp CloudFactory component CloudRobot comes into play in the automated and workflow-based provision of applications and services. This module is in overall charge, supplying everything down to the processes based on standardised interfaces. Single software items such as purchased and rental licences can be easily managed with this tool. CloudRobot also stands out through its extreme flexibility when configuring cloud applications and also handles contract management. Further functions include precise reporting on use-based accounting models, intelligent self-services for user, partners and customers, and multi-client capability.

The CloudCockpit module is the modern frontend. Designed to the very latest standards of user-friendliness, it provides convenient access to applications and service. Corporate data can be accessed from anywhere and any department – always with maximum security. It provides everything for a personalised, intuitive and easily adaptable workstation. The integrated single-sign-on function ensures highest security. At the same time, access is managed with precision through authentication of end devices.

Besides these three core modules, visionapp CloudFactory contains a range of further modules for tailoring clouds precisely to the individual needs of companies and service providers:

• CloudCompounder integrates and manages public cloud services. Hybrid clouds are managed from a management console and services aggregated in the CloudCockpit.
• CloudAggregator provides the logic for automating, managing and provisioning public cloud services, as well as integrating public cloud offers.
• CloudExpander expands the private cloud with software from visionapp partners. Integration is in line with the process detailed in the CloudGuidebook.

Further modules are the CloudAdvisor, CloudGuidebook and CloudWarehouse services.

• CloudAdvisor identifies experienced visionapp employees to provide competent assistance and pass on their collective experience of ten years to customers and partners on the cloud market in implementing, supporting and operating cloud platforms.
• The CloudGuidebook provides tried-and-tested architectural recommendations and installation instructions for cloud environments based on visionapp CloudFactory. Integration of established technology suppliers such as Citrix, Microsoft and VMware is also supported.
• CloudWarehouse supplies software-as-a-service applications such as White Label and other well-known brands. Private cloud customers choose from a library of business applications.

“With the visionapp CloudFactory, visionapp has a very attractive offering that provides a very good coverage of cloud requirements both in medium-sized businesses and large enterprises,” says Steve Janata, Senior Analyst at Experton Group AG, in the new Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2011.

visionapp has been part of the Allen Systems Group (ASG) since mid-April. The modules of visionapp CloudFactory are ideally complemented by a number of products in the ASG portfolio, for example, asset management functions and service desk management.

“visionapp CloudFactory makes it easier than ever for companies to go into the cloud. The modular principle leaves the decision to the IT managers themselves, which special functions they need so that they can easily integrate it into their existing ecosystems. The extremely positive feedback shows us that we have correctly identified and acted on the wishes of our customers for flexible solutions,” says Jens Schneider, Senior Vice President Portfolio Management of visionapp AG.

Further details on the visionapp CloudFactory can be found at www.visionapp-cloudfactory.de.

About visionapp AG

visionapp, an ASG company, has been an active player in the cloud computing market for more than a decade. Spun off from the Allianz Group in 2006, the international IT provider supplies software and services for private, public and hybrid cloud solutions. Companies of all sizes and in all industries can build, maintain and manage clouds quickly, simply and efficiently using the visionapp CloudFactory modules. They benefit from the flexible, integrated and reliable approaches for front-end, back-end and control solutions for cloud computing and thereby reduce IT costs, automate operational processes and increase ease of use. visionapp’s well-designed technology and extensive expertise, such as in the highly sensitive banking sector, make it an experienced and innovative provider for cloud projects. More than 20,000 clients rely on the public, private and managed private solutions. visionapp is headquartered in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and has additional branches in Munich, Ettlingen, Vienna and London. The international market is handled by a network of partners.

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