
Heterogeneous Virtualization Support - The product uses industry leading virtualization platforms from Microsoft and VMware, and plans to add to that list with future releases. Some of the features available in LabManager 2.8 include: This ensures the ability to rapidly reproduce, troubleshoot and resolve even the most complex, environmentally sensitive bugs.

IBM Rational Build Forge automates the software build and delivery processes while LabManager automates the provisioning and management of physical and virtual machine images. And since LabManager features are accessible through the IBM Rational Build Forge user-interface, it helps accelerate the rate at which build and test scenarios can be executed by distributed teams. VMLogix LabManager seamlessly works across diverse virtual machine platforms and physical machine environments, giving developers full process control at all levels within the test environment.Īfter speaking with Mark, I gained a better understanding of how combining VMLogix LabManager with IBM Rational Software would provide an out-of-the-box solution that would help automate the entire creation and deployment process for a fast and repeatable build and test environment. Doing so helps streamline the software development lifecycle, which in turn helps companies bring products to market faster and hopefully with less bugs.
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Leveraging a solution such as VMLogix LabManager allows software companies to automate the manual process of provisioning build and test environments.

One of the great use cases that has recently sprung up within the IT community is using server virtualization to optimize the complex world of software development and test.

Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some time speaking with Mark Angelo, Director of Business Development at VMLogix, where we were able to talk about the company's latest release - LabManager 2.8 - as well as discuss the product's support for the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform and the out-of-the-box integration with IBM's Rational Build Forge.
