VMware Cloud Foundation – Enabling Private Cloud Everywhere.

VMware Cloud Foundation is an integrated software platform that combines virtualization of compute (vSphere), storage (vSAN) and network (NSX) resources with automation and lifecycle management capabilities. It offers a standardized and validated Cloud infrastructure, simplifying the deployment, management and scaling of Cloud environments. 

VMware aims to deploy a Cloud operating model that combines the scale and agility of the public Cloud with the security and performance of the private Cloud.

VMware Cloud Foundation Features : 

Industry Leading Storage and Compute

Enhance operational efficiency and supercharge workload performance while reducing storage costs and complexities across private and hybrid clouds. 

Cloud-Scale Networking

Enable your virtual cloud network with L2-L7 network and security virtualization that unlocks cloud-scale networking and performance through micro-segmentation.

vSphere Kubernetes Service

With an embedded vSphere Kubernetes Service, developers can build, run and manage container environments with automation and performance.

License Portability

Delivering license portability to allow entitlements purchased on-premises to be extended to hyperscale or Cloud Service Provider Networks.

Automated Provisioning

Quickly provision VMs and containers using standardized HCI building blocks for secure, consistent deployments at cloud scale.

Scalable Edge Deployments

Provide the flexibility to start small and scale deployments to deliver the power of the full stack at ROBO and Edge locations with VMware Cloud Foundation Edge.

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) is being built with the goal of simplifying how businesses deploy and operate modern infrastructure. It will allow organizations to manage their entire infrastructure as a single, unified system.

This capability helps meet the demands of modern applications while integrating advanced VMware features into a private cloud platform. The core VCF platform is enhanced by a suite of advanced services, expanding its use cases, enhancing security, and supporting a comprehensive application development ecosystem.

Core Platform Components : 

• VMware Cloud Foundation Infrastructure Stack: Incorporates VMware's industry-leading solutions – virtualization and compute through vSphere for compute, storage through vSAN, and networking by NSX.
• SDDC Manager: Automate the installation, operations, and lifecycle management of the SDDC stack, streamlining deployment, configuration, and updating processes.
• Management and Orchestration: Deliver comprehensive operations, automation, and analysis, across the full stack infrastructure platform.
• Hybrid Cloud Extension: Enable seamless migration, workload rebalancing, and disaster recovery across private and public clouds.

VMware Cloud Foundation can be consumed in multiple ways:

• VMware Cloud Foundation: A Private Cloud IaaS Platform with integrated enterprise-class compute, storage, networking, management, and security.
• Advanced Add-Ons: A portfolio of available add-on services that expand the versatility of the VMware Cloud Foundation Platform in the following Advanced add-on categories:
  • Application and Network Security
  • Application Platform by Tanzu
  • VMware Live Recovery
  • VMware Private AI Foundation

VMware expertise – By Bechtle.

Bechtle has a core VMware team that works exclusively on VMware topics and have the highest levels of expertise in virtualisation.

With six branches in Switzerland alone, Bechtle boasts a large and premium network of highly-qualified IT experts. As part of the Bechtle Group, we can rely on our Lead Virtualisation Competence Centre in Munich as well as 48 other Competence Centres throughout Switzerland, Austria, and Germany for more experts or knowledge.

As a long-term business partner of numerous manufacturers, Bechtle has more than 6,900 certifications including VMware Partner, Premier Solution Provider and the Master Services Competency for Data Center Virtualization.

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