Datapipe,
a leader in managed cloud services for the enterprise, today announced
its intent to build an offering for VMware Cloud on AWS that will
provide Datapipe customers with additional simplicity, choice, and
consistency in building hybrid cloud environments. VMware Cloud on AWS
brings together VMware's enterprise-class Software-Defined Data Center
(SDDC) software to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and enables
customers to run production applications across VMware vSphere®-based
private, public, and hybrid cloud environments with optimized access to
AWS. Datapipe was an Early Access Program partner and is one of the
initial managed service providers (MSPs) announcing intent to build an
offering on the platform.
Datapipe's
planned offering will help manage customers' AWS and VMware Cloud on
AWS footprints and will bring the same level of managed service and
support as Datapipe's main offerings, including a unified management
framework with a single monitoring platform, network connectivity
options, best practices based security and governance, and more.
Datapipe can assist customers with planning, building, and running their
approach for AWS with its full service offering. When combined with its
capabilities available on the new VMware Cloud on AWS platform, this
expertise will allow Datapipe to deliver unique value in helping clients
utilize the platforms to their full potential.
Customers
who adopt Datapipe's VMware Cloud on AWS offering will access new
business value from the AWS and VMware hybrid cloud experience. With
VMware Cloud on AWS, customers will benefit from improved productivity,
reduced cost, and minimized risk across their IT operations. They will
also gain value from the capabilities of both VMware SDDC software and
AWS Cloud and will experience increased flexibility to choose where to
run applications.
"As
a VMware Cloud Provider partner and an AWS Premier Consulting Partner,
Datapipe will be well-positioned to help enterprise clients through this
new platform on their cloud journey," said David Lucky, Director of
Product Management, Datapipe. "Datapipe is committed to constantly
developing new solutions to better facilitate cloud services, and this
new offering will allow our mutual customers to combine VMware tool sets
with the vast capabilities of AWS to simplify operations on the cloud.
We're excited to be one of the first MSPs that will offer this solution
that makes it easier to run VMware workloads on AWS."
VMware
Cloud on AWS managed services partners enable customers to deploy the
same proven solutions seamlessly in both the public and private cloud.
VMware simplifies the deployment and eliminates the need for partners to
refactor solutions for VMware Cloud on AWS. If a partner solution works
on-premises in a VMware vSphere environment, it will easily support
VMware Cloud on AWS.
Organizations that adopt VMware Cloud on AWS will benefit from:
- Broad set of AWS services and infrastructure elasticity for VMware SDDC environments.
- Flexibility to strategically choose where to run applications based on business needs.
- Proven capabilities of VMware SDDC software and AWS Cloud to deliver customer value.
- Seamless, fast, and bi-directional workload portability between private and public clouds.
"VMware
Cloud on AWS provides customers a seamlessly integrated hybrid cloud
offering that gives customers the SDDC experience from the leader in
private cloud, running on the leading public cloud provider, AWS," said
Ajay Patel, senior vice president and general manager, Product
Development, Cloud Services at VMware. "Solutions such as Datapipe will
enable IT teams to reduce cost, increase efficiency, and create
operational consistency across cloud environments. We're excited to work
with partners such as Datapipe in the future to enhance native VMware
Cloud on AWS capabilities and empower customers with flexibility and
choice in solutions that can drive business value."