Vordel Cloud Service Broker Provides Management for VMware vCloud Director

Vordel, a provider of connectivity for service oriented architecture or “SOA” and Cloud Services, announced that its Vordel Cloud Service Broker is the first product of its kind to provide management for the VMware vCloud Director.

With Vordel Cloud Service Broker, the company is providing organizations with full visibility and control of its VMware vCloud Director-based cloud infrastructure, according to company officials.

Vordel Cloud Service Broker with VMware vCloud Director enables enterprises to obtain the same level of control and visibility of their cloud infrastructure as they have of on-premises infrastructure, the company said. The VMware vCloud Director enables enterprises to manage a hybrid environment of their own datacenters and multiple Cloud service providers.

The Vordel Cloud Service Broker or “CSB” manages connections to VMware vCloud environments. It also manages the application programming interface or “API” Keys vital for authentication to Cloud services providing security and performance.

The CSB enables IT Infrastructure managers to create and enforce rules governing the enterprise’s use of a vApp. As an example, the company said, “the CSB can enforce a rule such as "a user with this role can start a vApp but not stop or terminate it," or "vApps can only be created during business hours" or "this organization's budget is limited to 20 vApps running at any given time, across all service providers."

Jian Zhen, director, cloud computing solutions, VMware said, “We welcome Vordel and its Cloud Service Broker to the VMware vCloud ecosystem and are excited to see Vordel add support for VMware vCloud Director into its appliance. This empowers the end-user to manage their usage of cloud infrastructure across multiple providers, in accordance with corporate policy.

“Additionally, it fits neatly into an enterprise’s IT architecture alongside identity management, monitoring, and audit logging to deliver IT as a service.” Zhen added.

According to Mark O’Neill, CTO at Vordel, the Cloud Service Broker enables the IT infrastructure manager to control usage of public cloud-based resources alongside control of private cloud services running on-premises. “This means companies can scale their IT infrastructure in line with demand, comfortable in the knowledge that all data is accessible and protected in compliance with company policies.”

Vordel’s Gateway (News - Alert) and Cloud Service Broker is preferred by customers to increase performance, strengthen security and enhance interoperability in SOA and Cloud deployments. Vordel has enterprise customers in banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, pharmaceutical, telecoms, and utility and government organizations.

In April, Vordel announced it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a corporate sponsor member. Vordel is joining the alliance to help advance the control of data exchange between public, private and community clouds and to drive trust and reliability for cloud computing.