It's no secret that the IBM-VMware partnership is one of the oldest, best, and most productive in the technology industry. IBM and VMware have been partners and customers of each other's products and services for 14 years. But with the recent announcement of a strategic partnership centered on accelerating enterprise hybrid cloud adoption, the two industry leaders are taking their relationship to a new level for the mutual benefit of their customers.

The Cloud Migration Challenge

The new partnership responds to the demands of enterprise customers for a more cloud-like experience with their current on-premise network operations. The challenge is that customers want the benefits of the cloud but are concerned about security, control, and compliance issues that moving to the cloud might entail.

Customers are concerned that this move may mean significant change in the way their IT teams have traditionally managed and operated their on-premise networks. Enterprise customers want to manage their networks and cloud workloads with familiar management tools. New systems and new processes can be a hurdle; familiar is faster, but not always better.

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