Today at VMworld 2019, VMware introduced new and expanded cloud offerings to enable a hybrid cloud platform. The new VMware Hybrid Cloud Platform brings everything VMware has to offer, software and cloud services, and makes them available on premises or in the cloud, through VMware and partners. VMware states that it can deliver consistent cloud infrastructure and operations while allowing customers to migrate and modernize applications across clouds, data centers, and edge locations all the while being able to simplify cloud planning, deployment, costs and ongoing operations.
The hybrid cloud has really taken off in the last few years. It really offers companies the best of both world approaches. Companies that need to run applications on-prem for performance or regulatory reasons are able to do so. If an organization wants to take advantage of the economics of the cloud or the ability to pull in brand new technology, again the hybrid cloud makes it a good fit. The hybrid cloud not only allows users to run workloads where they need to be ran, users can migrate the workloads to different locations as needed, whether it is to tap into more resources or because it needs less. In order for the above to come to fruition, IT needs consistent infrastructure including compute, storage, and networking and consistent operations. VMware says it can deliver to help IT and customers unlock the potential of the hybrid cloud by deliver it as a Platform.
VMware has broken down its updates into two main categories: VMware Hybrid Cloud Operations and VMware Hybrid Cloud infrastructure. VMware Hybrid Cloud Operations focus on letting customers manage their systems and applications in a simpler manner. This is done through automation, cost management, compliance, resource governance, security and visibility. New advancements in VMware Hybrid Cloud Operations include:
With VMware Hybrid Cloud infrastructure, the company helps to deliver consistent infrastructure across the data center, cloud, and edge. What’s notable here is that the new VMware Hybrid Cloud empowers workers to the do the above on the infrastructure out their choice. Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation, it also spans all the major publics clouds including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud while also supporting over 60 VMware Cloud Verified partners worldwide. Today, VMware is focusing on three aspects of its infrastructure: VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, VMware Cloud on AWS, and VMware Cloud Solutions.
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC
Initially announced at Dell Technologies world in April, VMware Cloud on Dell EMC combines vSphere, vSAN and NSX with Dell EMC’s server platforms, specifically its Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure. Today the two companies are announcing that the infrastructure is now available. Th entire thing is delivered as a service and fully managed by VMware. The companies state that with VMware Cloud on Dell EMC users will see a combination of public cloud simplicity, agility and economics with the security, control and performance of on-premises infrastructure.
VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware is releasing a new VMware Cloud on AWS. The latest release focuses on customers’ ability to migrate and modernize their workloads. The migration is stated to be ultra-fast leveraging VMware HCX and vMotion combined with consistent hybrid cloud infrastructure and operations. These technologies promise push-bottom migrations and interconnectivity between VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs running in different AWS Regions. Once migrated, applications capabilities can be extended through integrations of native AWS services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon SageMaker. For better storage scaling, the new release support Elastic vSAN.
In just one year, VMware Cloud on AWS is now in 16 AWS Regions globally, up from 4 a year ago. They have also seen a 400% increase in customers, over 800% increase in VMs, over 250% increase in partners achieving Solutions Competency, over 260% increasing in available ISV solutions, and a 96% customer satisfaction rating. To help punctuate this growth, VMware commissioned a study on costs savings and ROI for those moving to VMware Cloud on AWS. Key findings include:
Looking forward, VMware will continue to integrate new technology into VMware Cloud on AWS such as Bitfusion and partnerships with industry leaders such as NVIDIA, customers will be able to enrich existing applications and power new modern enterprise applications, including AI, machine learning, and data analytics workflows, through best-in-class GPU acceleration services.
VMware Cloud Solutions
These new solutions are designed to streamline and simplify cloud adoption. The solutions can deliver prescriptive workflows to achieve specific use cases, including Cloud Migration, Desktop As-a-Service, Disaster Recovery as-a-Service, Self Service Applications, and Managed Kubernetes. Currently the Cloud Migration is available on VMware Cloud on AWS we talked about above. Other workflows will be available in the future.
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