VMware Cloud on AWS Expands to Africa

VMware at this time introduced VMware Cloud on AWS is now obtainable within the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. With VMware Cloud on AWS, clients throughout Africa can run workloads throughout VMware vSphere-based hybrid cloud environments with optimised entry to Amazon Web Services.

VMware Cloud on AWS brings VMware’s enterprise-class software-defined knowledge centre software program to AWS naked metallic infrastructure to run enterprise workloads extra securely at scale, throughout each digital machines and containers.

The service options built-in Kubernetes and optimized entry to 200+ native AWS providers together with knowledge, analytics, synthetic intelligence, and machine studying to ship a realistic method to app modernization. Built-in VMware NSX safety capabilities assist cease superior, persistent threats that may transfer laterally inside and throughout cloud and knowledge centre environments.

A Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) research¹ commissioned by VMware and performed by Forrester Consulting confirmed a composite group skilled a 99% return on funding over three years with payback in 13 months operating in VMware Cloud on AWS when in comparison with the equal capability on-premises.

The composite group noticed a mean annual discount in infrastructure and operations prices of greater than 53% and prevented $1M USD in prices related to software redesign. Download and read the full study here.

“By partnering with AWS, we can deliver faster, easier, and more cost-effective cloud computing, enabling greater innovation and significantly reducing an organisation’s time-to-market,” stated Lorna Hardie, Senior Director of Sub-Saharan Africa, VMware. “Cloud adoption still lags in Africa, a continent that makes up 5% of the world’s GDP but accounts for less than 1%² of global public cloud services revenue. With today’s announcement, customers can now seamlessly and without disruption move to a cloud environment compatible with their existing VMware deployments and truly start to embrace hybrid cloud.”

VMware and AWS have a deep and intensive partnership. Each firm has created devoted gross sales, options architects, and buyer success groups to assist clients realise the advantages of VMware Cloud on AWS.

VMware Cloud on AWS may be bought from each AWS and VMware and the businesses’ respective accomplice networks. Additionally, greater than 300 validated accomplice know-how options can be found to clients to be used in VMware Cloud on AWS environments.

“We are pleased to see the AWS and VMware relationship continues to enable customers to modernise applications and innovate faster. With VMware Cloud on AWS available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region, customers can now operate a consistent and seamless hybrid cloud environment that combines the VMware software with AWS’s functionality, security, and operational expertise. We look forward to working together and bringing a deeper level of value to our customers in South Africa,” stated Chris Erasmus, Country Manager, AWS South Africa.

VMware Cloud on AWS is deployed by clients globally throughout a broad vary of industries, together with transportation, healthcare, monetary providers, manufacturing, oil and gasoline, authorities, training, skilled providers, and know-how.

VMware Cloud on AWS helps use circumstances akin to software modernisation, cloud migration, knowledge centre extension, catastrophe restoration with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery Service, and cloud-delivered digital desktop infrastructure.