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VMware Research Reveals Agencies are Navigating Compliance, Security and Upskilling Employees Amid Cloud Adoption

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Today, at the <a href="https://upgather.com/vmware/public-sector-innovation-summit/">Public Sector Innovation Summit</a>, VMware announced findings from a study on how government agencies are scaling use of multi-cloud environments for mission success. The study, titled “<a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/1380503_REG.html?src=wb_624ed0c315228&cid=7012H000001KaLSQA0">Multi-cloud Is The New Frontier Of Government IT</a>," conducted by Forrester Consulting, found while the move to multi-cloud is a priority, agencies face challenges supporting growing cloud environments, including compliance standards, data security and upskilling employees.

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A ‘Cloud‑Smart’ Approach for the Public Sector

The survey captures responses from more than 500 agency leaders and IT decision-makers at federal, state, and local governments in the United States and Canada and discovered that while agencies are accelerating cloud adoption, multi-cloud environments are far more diverse, complex, and distributed than anything organizations have managed in the past. This can create barriers or force trade-offs between moving fast and managing risk. The challenge lies in finding the right tools and platforms to meet agency demands and keep data and processes safe and compliant. The study found when selecting cloud platform providers, the top priorities for agencies were: 

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To achieve a faster and smarter path to multi-cloud, agencies are focused on scaling security and upskilling employees in tandem with cloud adoption. More than half of agencies (57%) expressed concern about data security as they look to increase cloud adoption and 65% of agencies have plans to increase their investment in professional development for their developers.

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“Multi-cloud is the new reality for government agencies but as they increase cloud investments, they also need to lay the technical and cultural foundation,” said Jennifer Chronis, vice president, public sector, VMware. “VMware is uniquely positioned to meet our customers wherever they are on their digital transformation journeys and help them take full advantage of multiple clouds. Across the public sector, we are giving our customers the power to accelerate innovation and improve resiliency on a trusted digital foundation.” (<a href="https://twitter.com/jenniferchronis">Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-chronis-4a11745/"> LinkedIn</a>)

The full study, complete with recommendations for a ‘cloud-smart’ approach to the multi-cloud era can be downloaded <a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/1380503_REG.html?src=wb_624ed0c315228&cid=7012H000001KaLSQA0">here</a>.

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VMware’s Public Sector Innovation Summit brings together leading technologists from the private sector, along with IT leaders and experts from federal, state, and local government. This year’s theme, “A Holistic Multi-Cloud for Mission Success,” explores how agencies can reimagine mission success innovating across clouds.

The summit will take place at the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET. It will also be live streamed. To learn more or to register to attend, please visit: <a href="https://upgather.com/vmware/public-sector-innovation-summit/">Public Sector Innovation Summit 2022</a>.

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VMware commissioned a survey, undertaken by an independent research organization, Forrester Consulting, in March 2022. 501 agency leaders and IT decision-makers at federal, state, and local governments were surveyed on cloud practices including strategy, process, and solutions. The research was conducted in the United States and Canada.

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Completed IRAP assessment unlocks cloud migration opportunities for Federal Government customers
 
CANBERRA, Australia &#8211; 16 August, 2021 &#8211; <a href="http://www.vmware.com/http://www.vmware.com/">VMware</a>, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced VMware Cloud on AWS has been independently assessed by an <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/acsc/view-all-content/programs/irap">Information Security Registered Assessors Program</a> (IRAP) assessor against the Information Security Manual (ISM) PROTECTED controls.
 
The assessment covers VMware Cloud on AWS, a jointly-engineered service from AWS and VMware. VMware Cloud on AWS delivers an integrated hybrid cloud solution that extends on-premises vSphere environments to a VMware Software-Defined Data Center (vSphere, vSAN, and NSX Data Center) running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) elastic, bare-metal infrastructure. The service is fully integrated as part of AWS and optimised with AWS services. The assessed service provides public sector customers the opportunity to accelerate their cloud migration and support business resiliency while maintaining operational consistency with their on-prem environments.
This IRAP assessment marks a significant step in VMware’s continued commitment to providing Australian government customers with solutions to accelerate their innovation. With the independent evaluation that the service has the required security controls in place, VMware Cloud on AWS can unlock the potential for further transformation within government by enabling customers to migrate apps rapidly, scale resources up or down based on demand, deliver resources for new remote work initiatives, and drive app modernisation strategies.
“We’re committed to providing our government customers with the choice and flexibility to select the solution that best suits their digital needs,” said Mike Reddie, Senior Director Cloud, VMware Australia &#038; New Zealand. “In today’s market, it’s critical that the public sector not only has access to technology and services to enable transformation, but that they have confidence in its security in order to maintain data safety and meet compliance requirements. We are focused on continually innovating our offerings to help our customers meet their business needs. We’re pleased that our IRAP PROTECTED status will further broaden access to VMware Cloud on AWS, to support public sector customers in delivering flexible, resilient digital citizen services.”
Additional Resources •    <a href="https://cloud.vmware.com/community/vmware-cloud-on-aws/">Follow the latest on VMware Cloud on AWS in the VMware Cloud Community</a> •    <a href="https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws/use-cases">Learn more about the VMware Cloud on AWS use cases</a> •    <a href="https://cloud.vmware.com/cloud-economics">Learn more about the Cloud Economics of VMware Cloud</a>
About IRAP The Information Security Registered Assessor Program (IRAP) is a security compliance framework comprised of security assessment processes and a security assessor program. It was developed by the Australia Signals Directorate (ASD) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) within the Australian government. IRAP supports Australian commonwealth government entities in maintaining their security assurance and risk management as well as assessing cloud service providers and their cloud services’ security controls against the Australian government security policies and guidelines.
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Immutable storage allows sovereign cloud provider to deliver assured backup and recovery for government customers
 
SYDNEY, June 4, 2020: VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), in partnership with <a href="https://cloudian.com/">Cloudian</a> and Veeam today announced that <a href="https://www.australiacloud.com.au/">AUCloud</a> is using Object Lock-based ransomware protection to provide immutable backup storage services to its government customers. AUCloud, a VMware Cloud Provider Partner, is the only Australian sovereign cloud provider offering Object Lock-based ransomware protection service.
 
Object Lock-based ransomware protection is a recently launched offering developed by Cloudian and Veeam. The solution provides the unique capability to protect data so it cannot be encrypted by ransomware. It is powered by Cloudian HyperStore object storage and Veeam Availability Suite V10 and can be managed from VMware Cloud Director.
 
AUCloud, Australia’s sovereign cloud IaaS provider, is exclusively focused on serving Australian Federal, State and Local Governments and Critical National Industry (CNI) communities, and therefore must adhere to strict regulatory requirements. The new Object Lock-based feature has been verified in international certification testing as meeting highly stringent requirements for non-rewritable and non-erasable storage media.
 
As governments face increasing threats from cyber attack, immutable backups are needed so government departments can recover quickly from IT failures and remain protected against ransomware attacks. Given approximately <a href="https://cloudian.com/resource/case-studies/aucloud/">80% of AUCloud’s customers use VMware</a>, AUCloud also needed to enable seamless integration into the VMware environment.
 
Phil Dawson, Managing Director, AUCloud, said, “As a consequence of the recent catastrophic Australian bushfire season and now the COVID-19 pandemic, sovereign resilience, revenue protection and business continuity are more essential than ever. The new Object Lock-based ransomware protection service is a key tool in our customers’ resilience armory, which when combined with our sovereign cloud offering, means customers have robust data protection with no worries about off-shoring data.”
 
Unlike traditional malware defenses, Object Lock-based ransomware protection stores objects using a write-once-read-many (WORM) model, preventing backup data modification or deletion during a user-defined retention period. This is important for those in highly targeted industries, such as government, as it helps prevent locked backups from being compromised by hackers, encrypted and then held for ransom.
 
Cloudian HyperStore and Veeam Availability Suite v10 now offer built-in ransomware protection via VMware Cloud Director integration for efficient, single-point management. The combined service offering creates the only Object Lock solution in Australia outside of those developed by international cloud providers for their own platforms.
 
James Wright, Regional Director ANZ/Oceania at Cloudian, said, “In the current environment, ransomware threats are increasing, yet at the same time, businesses need to operate within limited budgets. As ransomware protection can now be managed as part of a customer’s standard backup workflow, we’re providing an automated, cost-effective solution that enables fast recovery in the event of a ransomware attack while reducing the need for precious labour-intensive resources.”
 
For government customers, another benefit of the AUCloud offering is the ability to store offsite backups in Eastern Creek, NSW. This not only provides another sovereign data storage facility, it means Federal Government entities can store their data outside Canberra. The importance of safe, offsite storage became highly visible during the recent bushfire crisis, which had the potential to impact facilities in Canberra. As Canberra is the primary location for public sector data storage, it highlighted the need for additional sovereign data storage sites to be made available.
 
Asanga Wanigatunga,Vice President, Cloud and Service Providers for Asia Pacific and Japan, Veeam, said, “The enhancements in Veeam Availability Suite v10 stay true to helping businesses of all sizes keep their data always available, portable, and protected across any cloud or platform. We are the insurance policy for ransomware and malware attacks by making backup copies immutable, so that these copies in object storage are not only recoverable, but also prevented from being deleted or modified. We are extremely excited with the partnership and are dedicated to providing tighter collaboration on training, sales and marketing.”
 
Mike Reddie, Senior Director, Cloud, VMware Australia and New Zealand, said, “The need for both rapid digital transformation and seamless cyber security that operates across any cloud, any app and any device has never been more apparent. This new service allows our customers to use the ecosystem of applications, tools and APIs they need to fuel innovation within their existing VMware environment, with the added capability to provide these through highly secure backup storage and servers. It’s promising to work with a range of our cloud partners to see this solution come to life, to improve digital security for our customers.” 
 
The new Cloudian software is available from VMware and VMware Cloud Provider Partners.
 

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AUCloud first in Australia to implement new ransomware protection service with Object Lock from VMware, Cloudian and Veeam

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Duncan Hewett is the senior vice president and general manager for VMware’s business in Asia Pacific &amp; Japan. In this role, Hewett is responsible for VMware’s sales, business strategy and services across the region. He is adept in executing go-to-market strategy across a multi-product and multi-cloud platform supporting digital transformation of enterprises and believes that a customer centric behavior is critical for an organization’s growth.

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Prior to this, Hewett was leading IBM’s Software business for Asia Pacific region. In his 29 year long career, he has held several senior leadership roles across IBM’s business units, including Enterprise Sales, Acquisition Integration, Subscription &amp; Support and Sales Operations. Duncan joined IBM’s software business through the acquisition of Lotus where he was the general manager responsible for all sales, marketing and services in Australia/New Zealand.

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Hewett graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

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Duncan Hewett is the senior vice president and general manager for VMware’s business in Asia Pacific &amp; Japan. In this role, Hewett is responsible for VMware’s sales, business strategy and services across the region. He is adept in executing go-to-market strategy across a multi-product and multi-cloud platform supporting digital transformation of enterprises and believes that a customer centric behavior is critical for an organization’s growth. &nbsp; Prior to this, Hewett was leading IBM’s Software business for Asia Pacific region. In his 29 year long career, he has held several senior leadership roles across IBM’s business units, including Enterprise Sales, Acquisition Integration, Subscription &amp; Support and Sales Operations. Duncan joined IBM’s software business through the acquisition of Lotus where he was the general manager responsible for all sales, marketing and services in Australia/New Zealand. &nbsp; Hewett graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in engineering.