VCP-VMC 1.15: Describe use cases for VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

The rise of the public cloud has disrupted the traditional data center and how organizations approach their IT infrastructure. While public cloud offers speed, agility, and simplicity, many organizations still invest in on-premises infrastructure to manage certain workloads. The challenge is to find a solution that balances the benefits of public cloud with the security and control of on-premises infrastructure.

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts are hybrid cloud solutions that offer the perfect balance. These solutions eliminate organizational complexities and provide a consistent experience between on-premises and public cloud environments.

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC is a solution that offers the speed and flexibility of the public cloud with the security and control of on-premises infrastructure.

The service is delivered, installed, maintained, and supported by Dell Technologies, providing peace of mind for organizations. The VMware hybrid cloud control plane allows IT teams to manage and monitor resources like they do with their existing VMware on-premises infrastructure.

This consistency reduces overhead for IT Operations, IT Security, Developers, and CIOs/CTOs, enabling them to focus on accelerating the business. The solution extends public cloud benefits to core data centers and edge locations, providing value wherever compute, storage, or networking capabilities are needed.

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC is built on VxRail, a combination of VMware’s industry-standard compute, storage, and networking software integrated with Dell EMC’s enterprise-grade HCI infrastructure. The solution offers a resilient architecture with enterprise-grade security built-in.

VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts is a jointly engineered on-premises solution that integrates VMware’s enterprise-class SDDC software (vSphere, vSAN, and NSX) along with vCenter Management, running on Amazon Nitro-based EC2 bare-metal instances. The solution provides a genuinely consistent end-to-end hybrid cloud environment, with a unified control plane that gives access to VMware Cloud on AWS capacity and regional native AWS services.

One of the key benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts is its consistency. IT teams can leverage their familiar tools and skillsets with minimal learning curves. The solution is highly flexible, allowing customers to place workloads across on-premises data centers, VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts, or VMware Cloud on AWS, depending on their business needs.

Additionally, VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts offers optimized access to native cloud services, providing a fully managed environment for deploying, running, and managing containerized workloads.

Final Thoughts

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts are game-changers for organizations looking to attain the benefits of the public cloud while satisfying the requirements of on-premises workloads. These solutions eliminate organizational complexities, reduce overhead for IT and developer teams, extend public cloud benefits to edge locations, and offer peace of mind with Dell Technologies and AWS as trusted solution providers. Embrace the power of hybrid cloud with VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts.