New VMware Vcloud Products accelerate Enterprise Mix cloud process

Global virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure Leadership VMware Inc. today announced several new Vcloud products at VMworld 2011, which will enable businesses to find, connect and manage cloud services through the world's largest network of service providers. The VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), with over 5,600 members in 62 countries, offers customers a wide range of cloud service choices based on the VMware cloud infrastructure that can be extended as any VMware virtualization datacenter.

"VMware customers have a strong interest in a secure and reliable high-performance cloud that is compatible with their existing applications and data center business," said Dan Chu, vice president of VMware Cloud services. VMware and our partners have a unique advantage in providing this type of product, and we see a 174% increase in VSPP bookings this year. The new products and features we are announcing today will continue to refine and drive the VMware Vcloud products and services offered by our service providers, helping companies gain faster cloud flexibility in a way that evolves and keeps their existing business and infrastructure investments. ”

VMware and its partners will accelerate the enterprise hybrid cloud process with the following products:

Global connect– A number of service providers, a number of regions; a worldwide cloud

The VMware Vcloud Data Center service was first launched in August 2010 and is an enterprise-class public cloud based on the VMware cloud infrastructure, including VMware vsphere, VMware VShield, and VMware vcloud Director. Through VMware's certification, the service provider network provides unified management and security globally, with 25 data centers expected to be installed in 13 countries by the end of 2011. Today, VMware and its partners have launched Global Connect. This is an optional feature of the Vcloud Data Center service, enabling customers to use cloud services from multiple vendors across a variety of locations, just like a single virtual cloud. Bluelock, Singapore Telecom Limited (SingTel) and SoftBank Telecom (Softbank EADS) are expected to be the first providers of global Connect services.

For multinational customers who need High-performance (low-latency), efficient cloud computing in the countries in which they operate, Global Connect will provide them with a simpler way to deal with compliance with international data privacy, locality and confidentiality requirements. Customers will work directly with their local Vcloud data center service providers (service providers with Global Connect services worldwide), enabling customers to manage the "single virtual" across the cloud through a contract and with Vcloud Connector, To seamlessly use the services of related suppliers.

Fast and reliable transmission between private cloud and public cloud in VMware vcloud Connector 1.5–

Since its launch in February 2011, more than 1300 VMware customers have used VMware vcloud Connector to view, transport, and manage workloads between vsphere clusters, private clouds, and public clouds. Today, VMware unveiled Vcloud Connector 1.5, which uses a faster, newer and more reliable data transfer architecture, which will shorten the transfer time of the workload while automatically reconnecting and resuming the transmissions interrupted due to network problems. Vcloud Connector 1.5 will also be available through any compatible Web browser or plug-in as Vcenter console.

vcloud.vmware.com– Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Gateway

To help customers more easily extend their virtualized data centers to hybrid clouds, VMware today launched an online service node where businesses can look for vcloud service providers, understand their capabilities and coverage, and quickly try out new cloud services. Customers can then use Vcloud Connector 1.5 to set up a network client to quickly and easily transfer workloads and data to these cloud services.

Cloud-based disaster recovery with vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5

Today, 4 VMware service provider Partners announced plans to launch a new cloud-based disaster recovery service based on the vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5, released on July 12, 2011. Fusionstorm, hosting.com, Iland and VeriStor are expected to be the first providers of these services. These services allow organizations of all sizes to failover to the service provider's site in the event of a disaster, enabling them to protect their applications in a simple and cost-effective manner. These cloud-based services will be sold in paid mode, eliminating the high cost associated with establishing a dedicated failover site.

When a disaster occurs, or the customer wants a recovery test, vcenter site Recovery Manager 5 will automate the entire failover process and manage it, and automatically failback to the customer's site once the customer is ready to resume operation. This is accomplished through the new features of the VMware vsphere replication in vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5. VMware vsphere Replication is the industry's first hypervisor-based replication product that can be replicated across sites independently of the underlying storage array. This eliminates the need for the same site environment for the primary site and the recovery site, simplifying data replication between the customer data center and the public cloud.

VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite – the foundation of an enterprise hybrid cloud

July 12, 2011-released VMware vsphere 5 and includes VMware vcenter Site Recovery Manager 5, VMware vcloud Director 1.5, and VMware VShield The cloud infrastructure suite, 5, is the foundation of an enterprise hybrid cloud. These products will help customers with it transformation to improve the efficiency of existing investments and improve operational agility.

To help customers and service providers accelerate the development of a VMware-based cloud infrastructure, VMware's Vcloud Consulting service includes a comprehensive range of professional services to map out a common blueprint for the next generation of infrastructure. Today, VMware launches the updated version of VMware vcloud architecture Toolkit, including design guides and samples to help customers create a mixed cloud environment.

Product Supply

VMware Vcloud Connector 1.5 is currently available for free beta downloads. It is expected to be officially published in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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