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==History==

Akimbi pioneered the Virtual Lab Management market with its Slingshot product .<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/04/77881_19TCakimbi_1.html

| title = Akimbi makes virtual labs real }}</ref>. [[VMware]] acquired Akimbi in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/software_lifecycle.html

| title = VMware Advances Software Lifecycle Management }}</ref> [[VMLogix]] LabManager <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vmlogix.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=13&year=2006&month=11&day=06&Itemid=50

| title = VMLogix Launches LabManager in North America to Simplify the Software Development Lifecycle }}</ref> was launched in 2006 as well; followed by a virtual lab solution on the Amazon public cloud <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vmlogix.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=39&Itemid=50 | title = VMLogix Delivers Virtual Lab Automation to the Cloud }}</ref> in 2009. [[CloudShare]] (originally named IT Structures) and Skytap introduced the first cloud-based virtual lab automation services in 2008.

==Solutions==

Virtual labs are used for sales, testing, demos, training, development and certification of software and hardware solutions. The main potential business benefits are reduced labor and hardware costs,faster response times to customers and channels, improved [[testing reliability (disambiguation)|testing reliability]] and simple access to complex configurations.

Virtual lab management software is used in educational institutes and universities as well in orchestrating virtual training labs and in education IT. VMLogix is offering their management solutions at no cost to Universities worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vmlogix.com/education | title = VMLogix Virtual Lab Automation Solution for Education Institutes and Universities }}</ref>.

==Capabilities==