VMware, the global virtualisation and cloud infrastructure service provider, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DynamicOps, a provider of cloud automation solutions that enable provisioning and management of IT services across heterogeneous environments; VMware-based private and public clouds, physical infrastructures, multiple hypervisors and Amazon Web Services. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition is scheduled to close in Q3 2012 subject to customary closing conditions.

"As IT organisations evolve from builders to brokers of services many seek to provide access to diverse cloud resources in a controlled, managed fashion," said Ramin Sayar, Vice President and General Manager, Virtualisation and Cloud Management, VMware. "DynamicOps' multi-cloud and multi-platform capabilities help to strengthen VMware's position as the infrastructure and management vendor of choice for cloud computing."

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