VMware Unveils Industry’s First Unified Platform for the Hybrid Cloud

VMware, Inc. announced the industry’s first unified platform of virtualized compute, networking and storage for the hybrid cloud. Defined in software, VMware’s platform will enable customers to create one consistent environment across the private and public cloud to run, protect and manage any cloud-native or traditional application. The platform will also offers customers openness and choice in how to build and manage their applications and cloud environments based on their specific needs.

“Every traditional industry across the globe is being transformed by software,” said Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer, VMware, Inc. “To navigate and thrive in the face of this change, businesses must be decisive in the face of uncertainty. Today, we are taking another leap forward in helping our customers meet these demands through a unified platform, defined in software, which will offer unmatched choice and extends our innovations across compute, networking and storage to deliver the hybrid cloud.”

Unveiled during a live event in San Francisco, VMware detailed the following new solutions and services for the hybrid cloud:

• VMware vSphere® 6
• VMware Integrated OpenStack
  VMware Integrated OpenStack is an OpenStack distribution that will enable organizations to provide developers with open APIs to access VMware’s enterprise-class infrastructure. VMware packages, tests and supports all components of the distribution, including the open source OpenStack code, and will provide the distribution free of charge to VMware vSphere customers.

• VMware Virtual SAN™ 6 and vSphere Virtual Volumes™ –
• VMware Virtual SAN 6 will introduce significant scalability and performance enhancements to the company’s award-winning hypervisor-converged storage solution.
• VMware vCloud® Air™ Hybrid Networking Services powered by VMware NSX™
  VMware NSX is a network virtualization platform that delivers the entire networking and security model from L2-L7 in software. VMware NSX is being deployed as the networking foundation for VMware vCloud Air™.

VMware vSphere 6, VMware Integrated OpenStack, VMware Virtual SAN 6 and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes are expected to become available in Q1 2015.

The press released mentioned a comment by IDC:
“According to IDC research, more than 65 percent of IT organizations will commit to hybrid cloud architectures encompassing multiple public cloud services, as well as private cloud and/or non-cloud infrastructure resources, by the end of 2015. Through its unified platform for the hybrid cloud, VMware is positioning itself to help businesses through this transformative period.” – Matthew Eastwood, Group Vice President and General Manager of IDC’s Enterprise Platform Group