SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- VMWORLD 2015 --
News Summary:
- Significant updates to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
solution previewed at VMworld 2015
- New Federation Ready credential program expands deployment
options through EMC Federation Business Partners
- EMC Federation announces new Federation End-User Computing
solution
Full Story:
The EMC2 Federation, today previewed updates to the
Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution at VMworld® and
announced a new Federation End-User Computing solution. With
integrated hardware, software and services from EMC Information
Infrastructure (EMC II), VMware and VCE, the Federation Enterprise
Hybrid Cloud solution unites the strengths of private and public
cloud and drives business agility by self-service provisioning of
applications and resources to policy-driven service levels.
Customers of the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud are gaining
efficiencies in traditional IT functions and workflows, with some
projecting more than $50 million in
IT savings over five years.
With the new Federation End-User Computing solution, customers
benefit from an integrated, validated solution aimed at driving the
complexity out of deploying and maintaining Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI).
New Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Features
Built on hundreds of thousands of engineering hours, the
Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud is a one-of-a-kind engineered
solution, which can be deployed in as little as 28 days. It is
designed to help organizations drive agility into traditional IT
processes and workflows, while significantly reducing risk and
lowering the cost to run IT. This integrated solution
features best-of-breed technologies from the EMC Federation,
hardware and software engineered together to accelerate value, a
comprehensive portfolio of professional services and one-call
support.
Previews of enhancements to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid
Cloud demonstrated at VMworld 2015 include:
- Enhanced Platform Support – with new features from
VMware NSX 6.2, VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), VMware vRealize™
Operations™ 6.1 and VMware vSphere® 6 solutions; including enhanced
network and security services, increased scalability and ability to
perform non-disruptive live migration of workloads.
- Self-service modification of data protection services –
as workload requirements change over time, the Federation
Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution gives users the ability to add,
update and modify data protection and security services such as
Continuous Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup, and Encryption,
at any time, in just a few clicks from the self-service
portal.
- New deployment options with the VCE VxRack System
– offering a new hyper-converged infrastructure designed to help
accelerate hybrid cloud deployment and reduce infrastructure cost
for tier 2 workloads
- Support for XtremIO™ all flash arrays – customers will
also have the option to consolidate mixed workloads with new
support for the EMC® XtremIO all flash array.
- Application lifecycle automation – designed to deliver
continuous application development integration and deployment, so
that the business can deliver new services as soon as code is ready
on VMware vSphere and VMware Integrated OpenStack products as well
as OpenStack environments.
New Federation End-User Computing Solution
The EMC Federation is also announcing the first in a series of
new Federation End-User Computing solutions designed to eliminate
the complexity of delivering desktops and applications scaling from
hundreds to thousands of end users. The initial solution will
include all the integrated hardware and software needed for secure,
anytime, anywhere access to virtual desktops, applications and
end-user data all with EMC and VMware Professional Installation
Services and single call support. Customers will have a choice of
deployment options including the ability to integrate into their
existing infrastructure or leverage Federation Enterprise Hybrid
Cloud to support nearly any IT strategy.
The storage infrastructure will be optimized for virtual desktop
images to reside on EMC XtremIO and end-user data to reside on EMC
VNX® and EMC Isilon® storage. The solution
will include VMware Horizon, along with a self-service catalog, IT
automation and user experience monitoring enabling IT agility and
driving higher levels of user satisfaction. The Federation End-User
Computing solution will be shipping under directed availability
from the Federation.
The Federation End-User Computing solution supports the
following business outcomes:
- User Self-Ordering & Fulfillment – Automation and
self-service portal for end-users and departments with VMware
vRealize™ Suite, Operations Center and Orchestrator™
- Instant Application Distribution – IT can quickly
deliver applications and updates while users can safely customize
when installing their own applications with VMware App Volumes™,
VMware ThinApp™ and VMware Horizon
- Enable Consistent End User Experience – Real-time
end user experience monitoring with integrated analytics and
anomaly detection from VMware vRealize
Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution Available Through
EMC Business Partners
The EMC Business Partner Program enables hundreds of partners
globally to sell the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
solution. Federation Ready is a credential that identifies
a strategic group of partners who can sell, consult, implement
and deploy the solution.
Upon achieving a Federation Ready credential, qualified EMC and
VCE Gold and Platinum business partners and VMware Premier and
Enterprise Partners will be able to offer consulting, assessment
tools and implementation services for Federation Enterprise Hybrid
Cloud in addition to their ability to position, market, and sell
the solution. All other EMC, VMware and VCE Business Partners
are able to position, market and sell Federation Enterprise Hybrid
Cloud, but EMC and VCE Global Services and VMware Professional
Services will be required to implement the solution. Availability
of the Federation End-User Computing solution for EMC Business
Partners is expected to begin in Q4 of 2015.
EMC Federation Customer Quotes:
Rama Dhuwaraha, Chief Technology Officer, University of North Texas System
"We have selected the EMC Federation as our partner for our future
because they lower our total cost of ownership. If you look at a
five-year cost cycle, having to integrate different solutions, the
Federation has already accomplished that. We don't have to worry
about testing or worry about interoperability between these and it
reduces our cost and maintenance tremendously going
forward."
Khalid AlMansouri, Chief
Information Officer, Etisalat
"At Etisalat Misr, we believe
that a strong IT backbone remains critical to our ability to
innovate to introduce new offerings and better meet the needs our
consumers. The Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution
enables us to balance the performance, security and compliance
capabilities of the private cloud with the agility and cost
benefits of a public cloud. The new transformative infrastructure
is a step forward in Etisalat Misr's mission to redefine the future
of telecommunications services in Egypt."
Wilbour Craddock, Vice
President, IT at eHealth
"We chose the Federation End-User
Computing Solution along with the Federation Enterprise Hybrid
Cloud Solution, to deploy VDI because it meets our needs for
desktop security, rapid provisioning, regulatory compliance,
performance and end–user satisfaction. What makes the Federation
even more valuable to us is that we are now able to consolidate
complex systems seamlessly by working with one strategic
partner."
EMC Executive Quote:
Jeremy
Burton, President Products and Marketing
"Customers
can save as much as 24% of their IT operating expense by
moving to a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure. The Federation
Enterprise Hybrid Cloud is unique in the market – it
combines best-of-breed technology from EMC and VMware, over 40,000
hours of solution engineering and a pre-defined set of services to
get customers up and running in as little as 28 days."
VMware Executive Quote:
Carl Eschenbach, President and Chief Operating
Officer, VMware
"The EMC Federation is empowering customers
to have confident experiences with software-defined technologies
that not only offer choice and flexibility, but also helps them
react quickly to optimize growth. The Federation Enterprise
Hybrid Cloud solution and the Federation End-User Computing
solution are two strong illustrations of tightly integrated
solutions that can empower organizations to transform their
business."
Interact with EMC Online:
- Follow @EMCCorp, @emccloud and @EMC_News
- Read Federation perspectives on the EMC Pulse and VMware Blogs:
- Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud: Redefining
Comprehensive
- Virtual Desktops Just Got Simpler
- EMC Helps Bring the Benefits of VMware vSphere APIs for IO
Filtering to Customers and Partners
- More information on the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud and
Federation End-User Computing Solutions
- http://www.emcfederation.com/index.htm
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http://www.emcfederation.com/solutions/end-user-computing.htm
- http://www.emcprofessionalservices/index.htm
- http://www.emc.com/partners/index.htm
- Connect with EMC via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
LinkedIn and SocialSphere
About EMC Federation
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) comprises a unique federation of
strategically aligned businesses, focused on delivering
best-in-class technology and services to help customers transform
their business and IT for the digital era. The EMC Federation
businesses — EMC Information Infrastructure, Pivotal, RSA, VCE,
Virtustream and VMware — each are focused to market and deliver
offerings individually or collectively through integrated
solutions, providing customers with choice without lock-in.
Additional information about the EMC Federation can be found at
http://www.emcfederation.com/.
About EMC Information Infrastructure
EMC Information Infrastructure is a global leader in enabling
businesses and service providers to transform their operations and
deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is
cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC
accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments
to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset —
information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.
Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.
About VMware
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and
business mobility. Built on VMware's industry-leading
virtualization technology, our solutions deliver a brave new model
of IT that is fluid, instant and more secure. Customers can
innovate faster by rapidly developing, automatically delivering and
more safely consuming any application. With 2014 revenues of
$6 billion, VMware has more than
500,000 customers and 75,000 partners. The company is headquartered
in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be
found online at www.vmware.com.
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