Virtualisation software provider VMware on Wednesday launched a series of comprehensive suite of cloud infrastructure solutions that would help customers drive a more productive relationship between IT and the businesses they serve.

The solutions include VMware vSphere 5, vShield 5, VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 and VMware vCloud Director 1.5, which together will amplify the value customers can realise from virtualised resources by enabling cloud-scale operations, the company said in a statement issued here.

"The market has fully embraced virtualisation as a key transformative technology at the heart of the next era of computing. With vSphere 5 and the other products, VMware is helping customers accelerate towards more efficient and automated cloud infrastructure, redefining how resources are managed and secured, and ultimately, driving a more productive relationship between IT and the businesses they serve," the company's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Maritz, said.

VMware vSphere 5 would set the standard in virtualisation, delivering better application performance and availability for all business-critical applications while automating the management of an increasingly broad pool of data-center resources, he said.