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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Bringing VMware Environments to Public Cloud

The IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions portfolio brings to enterprises the benefits of public cloud with minimal disruption, risk, and change.

March 19, 2019 •

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Public cloud adoption is an enabler for digital transformation (DX). Public cloud offers organizations an IT platform that enables flexibility, scalability, and access to emerging new technologies — all of which are key components to empower the IT organization and facilitate digital transformation initiatives. But adoption of public cloud also presents challenges to large enterprises with existing infrastructure investments and processes. These are typically due to changes and disruptions introduced in tools, processes, and skill sets when moving to a public cloud environment.

The IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions portfolio offers a suite of VMware-based infrastructure environments within the broader IBM Cloud, bringing to enterprises the benefits of public cloud with minimal disruption, risk, and change. These are enabled through:

Offering a range of VMware options, allowing customers to select their preferred level of automation and flexibility with their VMware environment automation

Providing customers complete access to the VMware stack including administrative and root access to vCenter Server, configuration options to optimize the server hardware for the workload, and optional visibility down to the Intel chipset
Providing customers access to an integrated set of software solutions from partners, covering commonly needed enterprise IT use cases like disaster recovery, backup, and security
Enabling access to the broader IBM Cloud services including Watson for artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive services and GPU-integrated servers and rich services for emerging cloud native architectures
Ensuring a secure and compliant IT environment enabled by deep expertise and investments with IT security and compliance needs at enterprises.

These are complemented by IBM's global availability and broader IBM offerings, providing enterprise IT organizations a full toolbox of products and services as they invest in IT modernization and lead digital transformation at their enterprises.

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In business for more than 100 years, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a widely held, publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Originally called the Computing Tabulating Recording Company, it was incorporated in the State of New York in 1911 and manufactured products ranging from commercial scale and industrial time recording equipment to tabulators and punched cards. It was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.

IBM is one of the world's largest information technology companies, operating in over 175 countries with over 264,300 full-time employees. The company creates value for clients by providing integrated solutions and products that help them transform their businesses and engage with their customers and employees in new ways. These solutions draw from an industry-leading portfolio of consulting and IT implementation services, cloud, digital, and cognitive offerings, and enterprise systems and software, all bolstered by one of the world's leading research organizations.

IBM Technology is addressing the hybrid cloud and AI opportunity with a platform-centric approach, focused on providing client value through a combination of technology and business expertise. We provide integrated solutions and products that leverage data, information technology, deep expertise in industries and business processes, with trust and security and a broad ecosystem of partners and alliances. Our hybrid cloud platform and AI technology and services capabilities support clients' digital transformations and help them engage with their customers and employees in new ways. These solutions draw from an industry-leading portfolio of capabilities in software, consulting services, and a deep incumbency in mission-critical systems, all bolstered by one of the world's leading research organizations.

IBM Consulting delivers business transformation, technology consulting, and application operations by leveraging hybrid cloud and AI technologies from IBM, along with our ecosystem partners. To support our hybrid cloud strategy, we built up the Red Hat business to over $2.5 billion. We are pursuing a similar approach for our AI strategy with over 16,000 accredited consultants. We have also scaled our focus on the ecosystem to create multi-billion-dollar partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, and SAP. Our consulting capabilities help clients to realize value from their digital transformations, for example, a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics is leveraging watsonx for a procurement solution to improve savings, reduce time, and mitigate risk.

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Bringing VMware Environments to Public Cloud

The IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions portfolio brings to enterprises the benefits of public cloud with minimal disruption, risk, and change.