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VMware by Broadcome and Keep IT Simple (KIS) have partnered to provide decision-makers with comprehensive insights into the transformative potential of cloud solutions. By integrating VMware Cloud Foundation's cutting-edge cloud infrastructure technologies with KIS's expertise in simplifying complex IT environments, this collaboration offers a holistic understanding of the full-stack benefits of the cloud. This joint effort fosters innovation and enables organizations to make informed decisions about the optimal deployment model that aligns with their unique business requirements.

VMware Cloud Foundation by the Numbers

VMware commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to examine the potential return on investment of deploying VMware Cloud Foundation.

171%

Return on Investment

$6M

Net present value

9 mos

Payback

7 Reasons to Choose VMware

Here’s why the VMware Cloud Foundation future-ready, full-stack hybrid and multi-cloud solution is ideal for your organization:

1. VMware Cloud Foundation is an integrated, software-defined solution with built-in automated lifecycle management that combines virtualized services for compute, storage, networking, security, and cloud management. It delivers consistent infrastructure for private, hybrid, and multi-cloud demands.
   
   
2. Kubernetes is now delivered as part of VMware Cloud Foundation with VMware Tanzu, delivering full-stack, developer-ready infrastructure with a standard Kubernetes API for programmatic consumption of compute, network, storage, and security services.
   
   
3. IT operations teams—who have different priorities, skill sets, and preferences than developers—can offer developer-ready infrastructure while gaining observability and troubleshooting for Kubernetes workloads.
   
   
4. VMware solutions included in the full-stack hybrid cloud are now optimized for Kubernetes. As a result, IT can configure an enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure with integrated networking and storage within an hour. 5. With built-in Kubernetes, any environment based on vSphere with Tanzu now natively supports both VM and container workloads as first-class citizens.
   
   
5. The same VMware Cloud Foundation stack is available as a VMware managed service—with VMware Cloud on AWS, in your data center, or with hosted providers.
   
   
6. VMware powers your multi-cloud strategy with leading public cloud providers offering hybrid-compatible services based on the same VMware Cloud stack, including Google Cloud VMware Engine, IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, and Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. And over 200 VMware Cloud Provider Program Partners offer VMware Cloud Verified hybrid cloud services on the same VMware Cloud stack.

VMware Cloud Foundation Components

Over the past two years, VMware has been on a journey to simplify its portfolio and transition from a perpetual to a subscription model to serve customers with continuous innovation, faster time to value, and predictable investments. VMware Cloud Foundation is built on trusted VMware technologies for compute, storage, networking, and cloud management. These technologies are the building blocks of a full software-defined data center, integrating all of these capabilities into a single platform that is easy to consume.

For storage, Cloud Foundation uses VMware vSAN and vVOLs. VSAN delivers high-performance, highly scalable storage embedded in the hypervisor that is based on a hyper-converged architecture that can support all-flash or hybrid storage and provides data services such as deduplication and compression, as well as data protection and replication. It eliminates the need for external shared storage and simplifies storage configuration and virtual machine provisioning.

Cloud Foundation also virtualizes networking and security. VMware NSX is the network virtualization and security platform that enables the virtual cloud network, a software-defined approach to networking that extends across data centers, clouds, and application frameworks. Just as vSphere has changed the operational model for VMs, NSX allows networks to be provisioned and managed independently of the underlying hardware. NSX reproduces the entire network model in software, enabling any network topology—from simple to complex multi-tier networks—to be created and provisioned in seconds. Data center operators can now achieve levels of agility, security, and economics that were previously unattainable when manually maintaining physical networks and security components.

Cloud Foundation makes IT infrastructure incredibly easy to deploy and manage with SDDC Manager. SDDC Manager is unique to Cloud Foundation; it automates the entire system lifecycle (from configuration and provisioning to upgrades and patching) and simplifies day-to-day management and operations. SDDC Manager allows customers to leverage all the benefits of a cloud operating model, in an on-premises deployment.

vSphere with Tanzu transforms vSphere to a platform for running Kubernetes workloads natively on the hypervisor layer together with virtual machines within dedicated resource pools. Cloud Foundation with Tanzu further expands vSphere with Tanzu capabilities, allowing IT operators to dynamically provision and scale developer-ready compute, storage, networking, and security infrastructure.

SDDC Manager deploys the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager and creates a two-way communication channel between SDDC Manager and the vRealize Suite components installed.

Collaboration between VMware and Keep IT Simple

Delivering Full-Stack Benefits of Cloud to On-Premises Infrastructure

The collaboration between VMware and Keep IT Simple (KIS) represents a strategic alliance to empower decision-makers with comprehensive insights into the transformative potential of cloud solutions. By seamlessly integrating VMware Cloud Foundation's cutting-edge cloud infrastructure technologies with KIS's expertise in simplifying complex IT environments, this partnership is positioned to deliver a powerful synergy. VMware Cloud Foundation is a comprehensive cloud solution from VMware that unifies the management of compute, storage, networking, and security, providing a consistent and secure operating environment across private, public, and edge clouds. It also supports modern application development and multi-cloud operations.

Together, they seek to provide decision-makers with a holistic understanding of the full-stack benefits of the cloud, emphasizing the seamless integration of cloud services with on-premises infrastructure. This collaborative effort fosters innovation and enables organizations to make informed decisions about the optimal deployment model that aligns with their unique business requirements.

The joint initiative encourages decision-makers to evaluate the full-stack benefits of cloud in contrast to traditional on-premises infrastructure. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation's robust cloud platform and KIS's commitment to simplifying IT operations, organizations can explore the potential for increased agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. This call to action emphasizes the importance of informed decision-making, urging stakeholders to assess the transformative impact of embracing a comprehensive cloud strategy that seamlessly extends from the cloud to on-premises infrastructure. Through this collaboration, VMware Cloud Foundation and KIS aim to equip decision-makers with the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape of IT solutions and drive their organizations towards a future-ready, hybrid cloud infrastructure.