VMware Cloud on AWS provides enterprises a simple, more secure, and flexible path to cloud and
application modernization
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VM) today announced the company is making
it simpler for customers and partners to purchase and deploy VMware Cloud on AWS. Available
immediately, VMware Cloud on AWS can be purchased by Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers in
Through AWS Marketplace, VMware also offers flexible purchasing and consumption options to deploy
and manage VMware Cloud on AWS, and complimentary solutions such as VMware vRealize Cloud
Management and VMware Tanzu.
AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage
third-party software, data, and services to build solutions and run their businesses. Organizations can
now use their existing AWS Enterprise Discount Program agreements to consume VMware Cloud on
AWS and other complementary VMware Cloud services to modernize their mission-critical enterprise
apps on AWS.
VMware Cloud, which includes VMware cloud infrastructure and management, makes running
enterprise vSphere apps in any cloud environment simpler and safer. Research shows VMware Cloud
customers can achieve 300% faster Kubernetes deployment(1), 46% faster cloud migration(2), and 57%
reduction in TCO(2). VMware Cloud on AWS brings VMware’s enterprise-class Software-Defined Data
Center software to the AWS Cloud. It enables customers to run production applications across VMware
vSphere-based hybrid cloud environments, with optimized access to AWS. Jointly engineered by
VMware and AWS, this on-demand service enables information technology (IT) teams to seamlessly
extend, migrate, and manage their cloud-based resources with familiar VMware tools.
“Customers and partners alike are moving fast to transform their digital businesses,” said Zia Yusuf,
senior vice president, strategic ecosystem, and industry solutions at VMware. “Consuming services
through a digital catalog like AWS Marketplace is critical to operating at cloud speed. By working with
AWS, our preferred public cloud partner for vSphere-based workloads, we’re delivering on our promise
to make purchasing and consuming VMware Cloud services as fast and simple as possible.”
“The AWS and VMware relationship continues to deliver a fast, easy, and cost-effective path to the
cloud while enabling customers to modernize applications,” said Stephen Orban, General Manager, AWS
Marketplace, and Control Services at AWS. “This is why VMware Cloud on AWS is our preferred service
for vSphere workloads. With more than four years of joint engineering, we’re pleased that we can take
our work to another level by making a broad set of VMware services available to our customers via AWS
Marketplace.”
DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission critical systems and operations while
modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private
and hybrid clouds. Together, with decades of systems integration, managed services experience, and the
proven enterprise-class VMware Cloud on AWS service, DXC drives innovation and delivers cost
efficiencies through a Cloud Right™ strategy for customers.
“As an AWS Strategic Global Systems Integrator and Premier Consulting Partner, DXC was the first to
launch a multi-tenant cloud using VMware on AWS in Australia, better accommodating VMware estates
of all sizes,” said Vinod Bagal, Executive Vice President Cloud and ITO, at DXC Technology. “VMware’s
availability on AWS Marketplace will help us extend this innovative capability to our customers globally.”
Customers Globally Modernize with VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS continues to attract large interest from customers globally. A broad range of
organizations of all sizes and across all industries including healthcare, media and entertainment,
transportation, financial services, manufacturing, oil and gas, government, education, professional
services, and technology are customers of the service.
Kem One is the second-largest PVC manufacturer in Europe. Jean-Yves Pottier, Head of IT Infrastructure
at Kem One, said, “Migration of our information system to VMware Cloud on AWS was completed in just
a few months. We are now saving 26% on our infrastructure costs and have improved our agility, all
without a moment’s impact on our 900 users. VMware Cloud on AWS gives us a modern public cloud
environment where we can take advantage of our existing VMware tools and skills while also accessing a
variety of native AWS capabilities.”
California State University, East Bay is part of the 23-campus public California State University system.
Jake Hornsby, Chief Innovation Officer at CSU East Bay, said, “We faced a number of drivers that made
us want to move more quickly to the cloud. We needed to modernize our systems, better support
remote and distance learning, and improve our overall continuity of operations plan. VMware Cloud on
AWS checked all of the boxes for us. We were able to change the ‘where’ without changing the ‘how’ in
terms of running IT operations. Now we operate more like a strategic IT service provider using cloud and
SaaS to deliver a better technology experience to students and staff at lower costs.”
About VMware
VMware is a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with
enterprise control. As a trusted foundation to accelerate innovation, VMware software gives businesses
the flexibility and choice they need to build the future. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware
is committed to building a better future through the company’s 2030 Agenda. For more information,
please visit www.vmware.com/company.
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- IDC White Paper, sponsored by VMware, “The Business Value of Running Applications on VMware Cloud on
AWS in VMware Hybrid Cloud Environments,” IDC #US46919520, October 2020
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