VMware recently published an interesting blog article on how to use VMware vCenter CapacityIQ to right-size VMs. The article highlights that capacity planning in a virtual environment is much more complex than in a physical environment due to shared resources, VM migrations and other factors. It also shows depth of thinking from the VMware product team building VMware vCenter CapacityIQ.

While vendors such as VKernel have dismissed VMware vCenter CapacityIQ as an inferior product, that certainly does not seem to be the case. It's also clear that all virtualization vendors will need to have capacity planning in their arsenal if they want to compete effectively with the expanding VMware management stack.

Our view at Lanamark is that capacity management will ultimately be delivered as a service and hence why Lanamark is focused on enabling IT solution providers delivering desktop and data center optimization services, rather than trying to sell its products directly to enterprises, or competing with partners by bundling services.