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Partnership To Drive Applied Research with Canadian Universities in the Areas of Sustainable Grid, Digital Equity and Clean Tech

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Research & Innovation Lab to Be Established in Montreal in Partnership with IEEE Future Networks Initiative

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced a partnership with Mitacs, a non-profit organization that connects industry with Canadian academic institutions, and launched its Digital Equity Grid Innovation initiative, also known as TETRA. The initiative, aligned with <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/re-imagining-the-internet-for-planet-scale-automation">VMware’s Automated Life vision</a>, aims to advance applied research that will play a critical role in paving a sustainable path for 6G. In addition, the organizations plan to establish a TETRA research & innovation (R&I) center in Montreal, in partnership with the IEEE Future Networks Initiative (FNI), a technical community of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. TETRA and FNI will collaborate on solutions to bridge the digital divide.

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“The path to 6G requires a fundamental rearchitecting of the Internet to an Open Grid – one that can be accessed from everywhere and brings immersive apps to everyone,” said Kit Colbert, CTO, VMware. “This calls for significant advancement of physical and digital systems through broad partnerships and true cross-sector collaboration. Our partnership with Mitacs aims to drive this advancement forward, keeping sustainability and digital equity at the heart of our work.”

Initial applied research projects will focus in the areas of:

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John Hepburn, CEO of Mitacs, said, “Connecting rural, remote, and Indigenous communities is critical to driving innovation in every part of Canada. Mitacs is thrilled to be collaborating with VMware as part of the Digital Equity Grid Innovation initiative. This initiative will improve connectivity; enable local, national, and international research collaboration; and support the development of an innovation ecosystem that leverages local strengths. We look forward to seeing where this partnership can take us.”

VMware, Mitacs and IEEE FNI also plan to establish a R&I center in Montreal where researchers will develop Open Grid infrastructure that bridges technologies from the satellite, wireless, networks and cloud industries. This infrastructure platform will serve as the application development platform for IEEE Future Networks Initiative’s <a href="https://ctu.ieee.org/">Connecting the Unconnected Challenge</a>, which seeks novel solutions for universal and affordable internet access. In addition, researchers will be able to test solutions in real-world environments via <a href="http://www.opengridalliance.org">Open Grid Alliance</a> Innovation Zones and IEEE FNI testbeds.

“Nearly half of the world’s population is still not connected to the Internet, but the Internet is a critical access point to education, economic opportunity, and health information and services. IEEE is excited to leverage our Connecting the Unconnected Challenge program to provide an innovation and a broad talent pipeline to the TETRA pilot project. This partnership provides the perfect framework to focus the expertise of our global member network on this critical humanitarian issue,” said Mary Ward-Callan, Managing Director, Technical Activities, IEEE.

The Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, said, “Canada is home to some of the best and brightest minds in emerging areas of technology like automated intelligence, machine learning and spatial computing. Thanks to VMware’s confidence in Canada, this investment will support our great talent and help solve some important challenges facing our society in the decades to come.”

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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- As service providers continue to virtualize and containerize network functions, they require a consistent, cloud-native platform for onboarding and managing these workloads across any network and any cloud. Vodafone has selected VMware (NYSE: VMW) as its strategic technology partner to deliver a single platform to automate and orchestrate all workloads running on its core networks across Europe, starting with 5G standalone (5G SA).

Vodafone <a href="https://ir.vmware.com/websites/vmware/English/2120/us-press-release.html?airportNewsID=5f43b77f-ceb8-40e8-a2c5-8f3397e18bda" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">previously announced</a> its selection of VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure as its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform. Last year, Vodafone completed the rollout of Telco Cloud Infrastructure across all its European business and 21 markets in total. The company saw gains in productivity as it brought network functions online around 40% more quickly, and cost savings of up to 55%*.

Vodafone is now expanding its partnership with VMware to deploy the full VMware Telco Cloud Platform in all European markets. This means that in addition to utilizing Telco Cloud Infrastructure for NFV, Vodafone will leverage VMware Tanzu for Telco and VMware Telco Cloud Automation to orchestrate all network functions and services, regardless of vendor, to run its core networks.

Vodafone’s continued partnership with VMware supports the company’s technology strategy, <a href="https://www.vodafone.com/business/news-and-insights/analyst-view/vodafone-2020-analyst-summit-evolution-from-telco-to-tech-communications-platform" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tech 2025</a>. As part of this five-year plan, Vodafone will focus on developing a network platform starting with the rollout of 5G SA that will be then followed by many other digital network features utilizing cloud-native architecture powered by VMware. These include voice over internet and next generation of videoconferencing and virtual/augmented reality, all orchestrated into the correct network slices according to different customer requirements.

Johan Wibergh, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone, said, “We’ve made great strides in modernizing and virtualizing our core network. Now we must turn our attention to layering in automation, software engineering and cloud-native principles to simplify operations and accelerate how quickly we can deploy new applications. VMware Telco Cloud Platform will help us achieve these goals and reach our Tech 2025 targets faster.”

Vodafone has already begun the rollout of VMware Telco Cloud Platform in eight markets – Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and U.K. – and will expand to all 11 of its European markets over time. 

“As service providers modernize their networks to transition to 5G, they require a single platform to automate and streamline delivery of multi-vendor network functions across network core, RAN and edge. VMware Telco Cloud Platform provides this unifying platform to simplify operations, accelerate automation and increase feature velocity across all parts of the network,” said Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider and Edge, VMware. “Through its partnership with VMware, Vodafone is modernizing its network infrastructure with automation built in, setting them up for long-term success as they roll out 5G services to even more markets in the coming years.”

VMware Telco Cloud Platform is a cloud-native platform that enables service providers to rapidly deploy and efficiently operate multi-vendor CNFs and VNFs with agility and scalability across 5G and other networks that span from the core and the edge to the radio access network (RAN). The two fundamental elements of this architecture are VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure and VMware Telco Cloud Automation – both of which Vodafone will deploy across its European markets.

Learn more about how VMware is helping service providers modernize their networks at <a href="http://telco.vmware.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">telco.vmware.com</a>.

*Source: Vodafone internal analysis and reporting, March 2021

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Rise in remote working requires new ways of monitoring performance and output but not simply through counting keystrokes and time at the desk

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today shared results of a global study that revealed the rise in employee performance and trust established in new hybrid working models could be under threat from an increase in the implementation of remote monitoring measures.

The study,<a> </a><a href="https://vmware.com/go/virtualfloorplan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“The Virtual Floorplan: New Rules for a New Era of Work,”</a> conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of VMware, found that 70 percent of companies surveyed have either already implemented or are planning to implement employee surveillance measures to monitor employee productivity since the shift to hybrid working. Among these organizations, the measures being taken include the monitoring of emails (44%), web browsing (41%) and collaboration tools (43%), as well as video surveillance (29%), attention tracking via webcams (28%) and keylogger software (26%). However, 39 percent of companies that have already implemented device monitoring, and 41 percent of companies who are currently in the process of doing so, are in fact seeing “drastically increased” or “increased” employee turnover.

The research findings suggest there is a delicate balance to be struck as businesses look for new ways to assess employee performance beyond presentism. From the employee perspective, three quarters (75%) agree that moving to a distributed working environment has meant that their performance – and not traditional metrics such as time spent in the office – is being valued more by their employers. And, 79 percent of employees agree that remote work technologies have enabled them to work more efficiently than before. 74% of organizations have had to develop new ways to measure employee productivity. Among these organizations, the new approach to monitoring productivity has been achieved through the use of performance-focused solutions including regular catch-ups with managers to discuss workloads (55%), assessing output and agreed deliverables (53%) and using new project management software (47%).

However, now that direct reports are not necessarily sitting a few cubicles away, employers are evolving new ways to monitor and quantify employee productivity. While approaching six in ten (59%) employees recognize their organization has had to develop new ways to monitor productivity as part of the move to hybrid working, transparency remains critical. A quarter of employees (24%) don’t know whether their organization has implemented device monitoring systems on their devices to monitor their productivity.

“Globally we are seeing organizations shift permanently to hybrid work models that don’t require knowledge workers to be office-based all the time. With this shift, employers should proceed with caution when replacing presentism with monitoring tools. Monitoring and performance are two very different things,” says Shankar Iyer, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “Digital workspace tools enable people to work from anywhere and our research shows employees are feeling more valued and trusted. A lack of transparency and measurement by ‘stealth and numbers’, can quickly erode employee faith and lead to talent heading for the door, in a highly competitive and challenging skills market.”

Employee surveillance is one of many topics touched on in <a href="https://vmware.com/go/virtualfloorplan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Virtual Floorplan: New Rules for a New Era of Work</a>. Other key findings include:

An executive summary of the study can be downloaded <a href="https://vmware.com/go/virtualfloorplan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

VMware commissioned a survey, undertaken by an independent research organization, Vanson Bourne, in July and August 2021. 7,600 respondents were surveyed globally, consisting of HR, IT and business decision makers as well as employees across IT, Manufacturing, engineering and production, Financial services, Business and professional services, Retail and wholesale, Energy, oil/gas and utilities, Distribution and transport, Public healthcare, Construction and property, Public Education, Telecommunications, Consumer services, Local government, Central government, Media leisure and entertainment, Private education, Private healthcare, Hospitality and others. All organizations surveyed have 500 or more employees globally. The countries surveyed include UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, India, China, Singapore and South Korea. 

VMware today shared results of its global study, “The Virtual Floorplan: New Rules for a New Era of Work." Learn more:

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VMware Telco Cloud Platform advancements enable delivery of any app on any cloud – from core and RAN, to the edge and cloud

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- To bring innovative apps and services to customers more quickly, service providers are betting heavily on the cloud. And as apps and data continue to distribute across clouds and locations, service providers require flexibility to deploy and consistently manage workloads anywhere. That is why VMware (NYSE: VMW) is today unveiling enhancements to its Telco Cloud Platform designed to help service providers speed their multi-cloud transformation.

“With network modernization efforts well underway, service providers are now focused on how to monetize 5G services. And how to do it fast. Thanks to cloud-native architectures, time to market for launching new services has moved from months and years to days and weeks,” said Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider and Edge, VMware. “Over 150 CSPs around the world rely on VMware Telco Cloud Platform to accelerate time to revenue while providing automation and consistent operations across networks for 4G, 5G and beyond. The VMware Telco Cloud Platform provides multi-cloud capabilities from the core to the edge without locking the service provider into a single cloud architecture or deployment. It thereby delivers the agility and speed our customers need for their massive 5G deployments.”

The enhancements to VMware Telco Cloud Platform include:

Introducing VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud

Service providers have started to embrace public clouds as a part of their network architecture. As network functions are deployed across on-premises telco clouds and public clouds, service providers require a platform that enables consistent multi-cloud operations and automation.  

Introduced today, VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud, powered by VMware Cloud, offers service providers choice and flexibility to run their workloads in multi-cloud environments with ease. An extension of VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud is comprised of the same field-proven virtualization solution, carrier-grade container-as-a-service (CaaS), and multi-layer automation, consistent across core, edge, RAN, and now with public cloud.

VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud will provide service providers with:

VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud is expected to be generally available in VMware’s Q4 FY22, initially supporting service providers to deploy their network functions on VMware Cloud on AWS environments. Learn more about VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud <a href="https://telco.vmware.com/products/telco-cloud-platform-public-cloud.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

Announcing VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Edge

At VMworld 2021, <a href="https://news.vmware.com/releases/vmworld-2021-edge" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VMware introduced VMware Edge</a>, a product portfolio that will enable organizations to run, manage and better secure edge-native apps. Service providers will play a key role in VMware’s unified edge platform strategy. That’s why today VMware is announcing VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Edge, a variation of Telco Cloud Platform adapted to host and manage multi-vendor network edge solutions.

An open and multi-cloud platform, VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Edge will provide:

An example of a VMware Edge ecosystem partner is Lenovo. Its comprehensive edge product portfolio coupled with VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Edge will enable automated edge services that will accelerate time to value. The combined solution will provide a strong foundation for edge deployments across different market segments.

Learn more about VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Edge <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/telco/tcp-edge-introduction/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

New Telco Cloud Automation Capabilities Will Enable Multi-Cloud Operations

Spanning the entire network, Telco Cloud Automation is the orchestration and automation engine for Telco Cloud Platform. It enables consistent operations and cloud-first approach to management and orchestration by abstracting cloud complexities and exposing the new multi-cloud ecosystem through standard telco interfaces and unified resources.

VMware today announced new capabilities for Telco Cloud Automation, including:

New Telco Cloud Automation capabilities will be generally available in VMware’s Q4 FY22 apart from Project Lattice, which is in tech preview. Learn more about VMware Telco Cloud Automation for multi-cloud operations <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/telco/multi-cloud-operations/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a> and Project Lattice for network slicing <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/telco/network-slicing/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

Introducing VMware RIC

The RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) is a new function introduced by the O-RAN Alliance that enables service providers to deploy cloud-native control and management apps in the RAN. VMware is today introducing VMware RIC, a platform that abstracts the underlying RAN infrastructure and provides developer APIs for xApps and rApps to program the RAN.

VMware RIC platform will consist of two RICs that can run independent of each other, or together:

Jump over to <a href="https://news.vmware.com/releases/radio-access-network-innovation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this press release</a> to learn more about VMware RIC and how it will seamlessly integrate with traditional RAN, vRAN an O-RAN compliant infrastructure leveraging a large xApp and rApp ecosystem.

Connect with Us at the Telco Innovation Summit

Presented by VMware and Intel, the Telco Innovation Summit will bring together leading service providers, technology partners, and industry experts to discuss strategic priorities for 5G, RAN and edge network modernization. <a href="https://www.telecomtv.com/content/telco-innovation-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Join the conversation on November 11</a>.

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