From virtualization.info:

So far VMware sold its virtual lab automation product, Lab Manager, charging the customers for the server product and each agent installed inside the ESX hosts.

Such model has been completely changed in mid-May as virtualization.info has learned: the new pricing scheme only counts the total number of CPUs inside the [...]

 
Yesterday VMware announced the General Availability of her product VMware Stage Manager.

VMware Stage Manager is a product intended to control an application during the shift from staging into production. VMware Stage Manager solves the problem of server sprawl, configuration drift, and repetitive system testing in pre-production by running IT services and [...]