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VMware Edge Portfolio Will Enable Organizations to Run, Manage and Better Secure Apps Across Near and Far Edge Locations

PALO ALTO, Calif. October 5, 2021-- VMworld 2021 -- Organizations are distributing workloads across multiple clouds while simultaneously extending out to the edge—pushing apps and services closer to where people, data and things connect to the networked digital world. Today at VMworld 2021, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) outlined how it is helping customers make sense of a more complex, multi-cloud environment and unveiled its vision for how it will help customers navigate the shift to the edge. It also introduced VMware Edge, a product portfolio that will enable organizations to run, manage and better secure edge-native apps across multiple clouds, anywhere.

“A new type of workload is emerging—edge-native apps—that must run at the edge to perform as intended. AR/VR, connected vehicles and immersive gaming are becoming mainstream. 5G has made the use of collaborative robots, drone fleets and digital twins a reality,” said Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider and Edge, VMware. “VMware delivers a trusted foundation—a multi-cloud edge—to help organizations move forward in the new edge reality.”

VMware defines the edge as distributed digital infrastructure for running workloads across a multitude of locations, placed close to users and devices producing and consuming data. Where a workload is placed at the edge is key to meeting the requirements of edge-native apps. 

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Edge-native apps require a multi-cloud edge. One that stitches together underlay services running on a service provider network (e.g., private connectivity, carrier 5G, network slicing) with overlay services delivered on top (e.g., SASE) and a compute services abstraction for the edge applications. All orchestrated by a management plane that provides consistent observability, installation, configuration, operations and management across all edge locations.

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VMware delivers a trusted foundation – a multi-cloud edge – to help organizations move forward in the new edge reality.

VMware Edge brings together products from across VMware that will enable organizations to run, manage and better secure edge-native apps across multiple clouds at both near edge and far edge locations. VMware Edge solutions are purposefully designed for edge-native apps and their unique performance and latency requirements.

“Many transformational technologies—5G, SASE and open RAN, among others—are converging at the edge. Now is the time for organizations to establish a digital foundation for their edge infrastructure. With its leadership in multi-cloud and modern apps, VMware is uniquely positioned to deliver a comprehensive set of solutions that help its customers drive business continuity, agility and create competitive differentiation at the edge,” said Dave McCarthy, research vice president, cloud and edge infrastructure services, IDC.

VMware has key partnerships across the broad edge ecosystem to deliver seamlessly integrated solutions to customers. Its broad partner ecosystem spans public cloud providers, service providers, edge-native app developers, network services providers, system integrators, network equipment providers, near-edge hardware manufacturers, and far edge hardware manufacturers. 

For example, VMware Edge Compute Stack is integrated with the ruggedized Dell EMC VxRail D Series that is optimized for edge deployments. As the only HCI system co-engineered with VMware, Dell EMC VxRail provides an efficient and agile IT infrastructure that enables automated operations capable of stretching from data centers to cloud and edge environments. 

“The edge is rapidly becoming a more significant part of enterprise IT and is essential to customers’ data-driven transformations. The key to edge success is extending trusted and integrated infrastructure to the edge, so operational technologies can be efficiently deployed, managed and supported,” said Gil Shneorson, senior vice president, edge computing, Dell Technologies. “Working with partners like VMware, we help our customers tackle their edge deployments with products and solutions designed to be easily scaled and managed across a hybrid cloud, so customers can derive the most value from their data.”

Similarly, VMware Edge Compute Stack will be able to run on top of Lenovo’s ThinkSystem SE350 Edge Servers. The integrated solution, <a href="https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/new-innovation-for-resilient-edge-computing/">previously announced by Lenovo</a>, is ideal for remote sites that need to be able to process data closer to its creation and closer to users, including retail stores, manufacturing sites and schools, to name a few.

Charles Ferland, vice president and general manager, edge computing & telecom, Lenovo, said, “We are delighted to share a common vision on <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/solutions/edge-computing/">edge computing</a> with VMware, delivering value to customers. The VMware edge cloud platform is perfectly designed to deliver services where users need them, at the edge. Combined with Lenovo’s ruggedized and secure ThinkSystem SE350 server, our mutual customers can receive pre-loaded systems directly at their edge sites. The <a href="https://lenovopress.com/datasheet/ds0088-thinksystem-se350">ThinkSystem SE350</a> also includes a built-in networking switch module and WiFi/4G connectivity, eliminating the need for extra external networking equipment and providing increased network resiliency.”

From an operational technology (OT) standpoint, SmartHub.ai is focused on defining a software-defined IoT edge to help enterprises discover, onboard and manage IoT assets—from IoT devices to IoT applications. Its platform also helps integrate all data sources from the edge to enable decisions and actions based on edge-ML/AI models. The platform will integrate with VMware Edge to help provide a consistent and comprehensive view of near and far edge locations.

Niranjan Maka, co-founder and chief executive officer, SmartHub.ai, said, “Enterprises are driving many of their innovations to the edge to deliver new business and end-customer experiences. Interactions involve a complex edge ecosystem of IoT devices, applications, and data, closer to customers. In addition, low-latency applications and AI workloads at the edge are solving key challenges that would have not been possible before. Enabling the OT teams to manage edge infrastructure at scale is key to success. There is no other company better poised to seamlessly handle “edge-to-multi-cloud” workloads than VMware and its partner ecosystem.”

How Customers Are Thinking About the Edge

In his VMworld 2021 solution keynote, <a href="https://myevents.vmware.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2021/catalog?search=3058">The Future of Distributed Enterprise Edge Runs Through Service Providers [EDG3058]</a>, Sanjay Uppal spoke with several customers about how they are approaching the new edge reality.

Andre Devillars, head of IT infrastructure architecture at Michelin, said, “We are in the midst of a digital transformation of our manufacturing sites. As we deploy and manage more AI and machine learning workloads at factories, our network traffic requirements are evolving. VMware SD-WAN has played an important role in helping us stay agile as we maintain performance and latency requirements. We expect to continue to work with VMware to address challenges associated with deploying cloud services out to the edge, including network performance, security and end-to-end management." 

Watch the <a href="https://myevents.vmware.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2021/catalog?search=3058&tab.contentcatalogtabs=1627421929827001vRXW">full solution</a> <a href="https://myevents.vmware.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2021/catalog?search=3058&tab.contentcatalogtabs=1627421929827001vRXW">keynote </a>to hear from additional customers.

VMware Helps Customers Navigate the Multi-Cloud Era

At VMworld 2021, VMware is unveiling its strategy to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era and accelerate innovation with freedom, flexibility and security. For the latest news on how VMware is delivering a smarter path to cloud for digital businesses, visit the<a href="https://news.vmware.com/vmworld-2021-media-kit"> VMworld 2021 media kit</a>.

VMworld 2021 is the world’s premier cloud computing and digital infrastructure event. VMworld features 600+ unique sessions and labs, more than 75 sponsors, and several networking events to accelerate the journey to a software-defined business—from mobile devices to the data center and the cloud. VMworld attendees will have unparalleled access to the knowledge and tools they need to master the new cloud landscape and transform their business. To learn more about VMworld, please visit: <a href="https://www.vmware.com/vmworld/en/index.html">www.vmworld.com</a>.

VMware is a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control. As a trusted foundation to accelerate innovation, VMware software gives businesses the flexibility and choice they need to build the future. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to building a better future through the company’s 2030 Agenda. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company.html">www.vmware.com/company</a>.

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VMware Anywhere Workspace fast tracks holistic workplace transformation for a distributed environment, powering greater productivity, engagement and security for the anywhere workforce

SINGAPORE, April 21, 2021 – Leading organizations in Southeast Asia are embracing comprehensive workforce transformation to become anywhere enterprises that are more resilient, competitive, and well-positioned for growth in the region’s increasingly distributed environment. To support this, VMware (NYSE: VMW) is announcing VMware Anywhere Workspace, a holistic solution designed that enables the distributed workforce to work seamlessly and more securely anywhere to drive greater innovation and business outcomes in the new world of work.

As economies in Southeast Asia recover from the impact of the pandemic and gear up for growth in a new distributed environment, an estimated 50 million jobs<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> could switch to remote work over the next few years. This presents organizations with an opportunity to not only support remote work, but also take the lead in shaping the future of the Southeast Asian workforce to accelerate growth. With 78% of Southeast Asian consumers defining themselves as “digitally curious” or “digital explorers”<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a> who look forward to more digital experiences, the time is ripe for holistic workforce transformation that will enable organizations to conduct business in entirely new ways, guaranteeing continuous innovation, security and growth in a distributed future.

“Innovation, agility and resiliency have been key to the recovery of Southeast Asian businesses as they navigated the complexities of the pandemic environment the year before. With an eye on securing long term success and accelerating growth in the new world of work, businesses must re-think how their workforce can harness technology to better innovate and collaborate in this digital-first environment,” said Sanjay K. Deshmukh, vice president and managing director, Southeast Asia and Korea, VMware. “VMware is committed to enabling organizations to thrive as the future of work continues to evolve in Southeast Asia. VMware Anywhere Workspace will play a key role in helping organizations with this new way of working to create stronger, more focused, and more resilient businesses.”

Three enablers of success in the future of work

VMware Anywhere Workspace empowers today’s anywhere workforce with a holistic approach combining innovative digital workspace, endpoint security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technologies, working harmoniously across any application on any cloud to anywhere. This creates better experiences and more effective security with less cost and operational overhead.

VMware Anywhere Workspace sets the foundation and a vision for how to enable the future of work through three critical areas:

A holistic approach that powers the future of innovation in a distributed environment

VMware Anywhere Workspace brings together the benefits of three innovative solutions:

VMware Anywhere Workspace features integration points between the solutions, with more planned over time. For example:

AMTI is a technology solutions and systems provider based in the Philippines. Josefino Paloma, executive vice president and general manager for ICT Solutions and Geo-Expansions, said, “Our work-from-home program began two years ago to address the worsening traffic in metro Manila. COVID accelerated this initiative and Anywhere Workspace technologies enabled us to deliver a productive work environment for our employees. We will never go back to having everyone work from the office and Anywhere Workspace technologies will play a critical role in supporting a hybrid workforce.”

“A truly hybrid workforce is one that is enabled to work in any location, across any network and device, and with no trade-offs when it comes to employee productivity. However, delivering against this ideal has proven challenging for businesses that often rely on a complex set of legacy security practices and technologies,” said Adam Holtby, Principal Analyst, Omdia. “New security, management, and employee productivity solutions and practices are needed if businesses are to optimally enable and secure a more hybrid, anywhere workforce. This value proposition is at the core of VMware’s new solution, and it is one that has great potential to help the vendor become an important partner for businesses looking to embrace the Future of Work.”  

VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact. For more information, please visit <a href="/content/vmware/vmware-published-sites/asean/company.html">https://www.vmware.com/company.html</a>.

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<a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1"> [1]</a> <a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/kh/en/pages/human-capital/articles/remote-work.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Remote work A temporary ‘bug’ becomes a permanent ‘feature’</a>, Deloitte, June 2020

<a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> <a href="/content/vmware/vmware-published-sites/asean/company/news/releases/2021/Gearing_Up_for_Growth_Go_Digital_First.html">Gearing Up for Growth? Go Digital First</a>, VMware, March 2021

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SINGAPORE, November 16, 2020 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced it has collaborated with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to further extend its leadership in 5G. Through this alliance, the companies seek to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) meet the requirements of 5G networks and accelerate the roll-out of 5G by optimizing Samsung’s portfolio of telco offerings from Core to Edge to RAN for both containerized network functions (CNFs) and virtualized network functions (VNFs) with VMware Telco Cloud Platform.

According to new global research by VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), clear alignment between the business, IT and app development teams delivers innovation and helps high growth companies meet their business objectives. As 5G continues to gain traction, CSPs will require a cloud native network that will improve the flexibility and efficiency of deploying services into new verticals faster. At the same time, CSPs can only achieve this with a cloud-first automated network designed to simplify management and operations while lowering operational costs. The Samsung and VMware collaboration aims to accelerate the innovation cycle through better network design end-to-end, and support the agility required for 5G networks. With VMware Telco Cloud Platform, CSPs can deploy a cloud native, software-defined 5G network that will accelerate the delivery of services and applications across distributed telco clouds with operational consistency, integrated lifecycle management and multi-layer automation while maintaining carrier-grade performance, scalability and reliability.

As part of this collaboration, the companies have been working together at Samsung’s lab to optimize and accelerate the readiness of Samsung’s various VNFs and CNFs, such as vRAN, 5G Core, MEC, Management, and Analytics, with the VMware Telco Cloud Platform. Samsung’s VNFs and CNFs have been and continue to be integrated with VMware’s Ready for Telco Cloud program. The VMware Ready for Telco Cloud program will support Samsung to accelerate the onboarding and deployment of their 5G-ready services on the VMware Telco Cloud Platform, thereby enabling CSPs to accelerate their time to deploy and time to revenue.

“With innovative and open 5G networks beginning to transform the landscape, Samsung sees the value in delivering carrier-grade solutions with VMware that help CSPs easily embrace cloud native technology and efficiently deliver our network functions and services across their 5G networks with automation,” said Wonil Roh, Senior Vice President and Head of Product Strategy, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics.

“The infrastructure supporting 5G will depend on virtualized and containerized network functions delivered from software-defined telco and edge cloud platforms,” said Shekar Ayyar, executive vice president and general manager, Telco and Edge Cloud Business Unit, VMware. “We are thrilled to be working with Samsung to deliver carrier-grade solutions that leverage the VMware Telco Cloud portfolio to help CSPs seize this 5G moment and transform themselves into leading technology innovators.”

“5G investments will continue to accelerate globally, and over time, CSPs will expand their focus on delivering Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) to include Ultra-Reliable Low-latency Communications (URLLC) and Massive Machine-type Communications (mMTC), leveraging new core, edge and RAN infrastructure,” said Patrick Filkins, IDC senior research analyst. “To efficiently and simultaneously support these new services, CSPs are best-served adopting cloud-native architectures that can provide the service agility, accelerated innovation and end-to-end optimization to meet today and tomorrow’s customer requirements. VMware and Samsung have demonstrated their leadership in 5G, and we see this partnership beneficial for CSPs as they modernize their network infrastructure.”

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SINGAPORE, September 30, 2020 – Today at <a href="https://www.vmworld.com/en/index.html">VMworld 2020</a>, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) unveiled Virtual Cloud Network innovations that help will customers create a modern network that better supports current and future business initiatives. With advancements across the VMware networking and security portfolio, customers will be able to more effectively manage the rapid shift to remote work, deliver traditional and modern applications faster and more securely, and reduce the cost and complexity of connecting and protecting the distributed enterprise.

Businesses today, and the IT and application development teams supporting them, are racing to adapt to a new normal. Application architectures are more modern and cloud native; on premises data centers are extending to include multi-cloud and edge compute environments; and the work environment is no longer a single campus or branch, but rather anywhere an employee can connect to the Internet. This new reality introduces complexity that the network of the past 20 years was not designed to address.

“Customers tell us they want the same level of automation they have in the public cloud across their entire environment. But while they can automate some parts of their network, other parts such as firewalls and load balancers still require manual tickets for provisioning. That’s why partial automation is an oxymoron; it’s a half-built bridge that does nothing to get customers to where they want to be,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, chief operating officer, products and cloud services, VMware. “The VMware Virtual Cloud Network delivers the automation and economics of the public cloud across every element of the network and spanning the entire distributed enterprise at a time when agility and cost matter more than ever.”

At VMworld 2020, VMware is delivering a range of solutions and services to help customers survive and thrive in the most turbulent market in generations. VMware’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security and digital workspace platforms form a flexible, consistent digital foundation on which to build, run, manage, connect and protect applications, anywhere.

Delivering the Next Wave of Virtual Cloud Network Innovation

VMware will deliver new Virtual Cloud Network innovations across three areas – automation that enables the public cloud experience; modern application connectivity and security services; and solutions that re-imagine what’s possible in network security.

Network Automation that Delivers a Public Cloud Experience: VMware will add more cloud automation and scale, uptime and resiliency, ML-based predictive analytics, and intelligence to the virtual cloud network. VMware NSX-T 3.1 will support even larger-scale global deployments and disaster recovery use cases and automated deployment workflows. VMware will double the scale of NSX Federation, add new API-driven advanced routing and multicast capabilities, and offer Terraform Provider support. VMware vRealize Network Insight 6.0 will bring new assurance and verification capabilities as well as expanded VMware SD-WAN visibility. These updates will enable better planning for virtual and physical networks, improved network uptime and resiliency, faster troubleshooting, and proactive identification of potential network problems based on intent, and more effectiveness in achieving service level agreements. VMware Edge Network Intelligence is a new AIOps solution based on technology acquired from Nyansa. It will provide automated and actionable intelligence that helps assure users and IoT devices on campus, in branches, or in the home get the network performance they need to support applications.

Connecting and Protecting Modern Apps: Organizations looking to improve productivity, agility, and customer experience are embracing a container-based, micro-services architecture and standardizing on Kubernetes for container management. The connectivity and security needed to address microservices requirements while at the same time connecting Kubernetes clusters to the infrastructure introduces the need to a rich multilayer networking stack. VMware is extending the Virtual Cloud Network to connect and protect these environments through VMware Tanzu Service Mesh powered by NSX and support for Project Antrea, an open source that enables Kubernetes networking and security wherever Kubernetes runs including on-premise vSphere, public clouds as well as edge. Tanzu Service Mesh includes new capabilities focused on improving application continuity, resiliency, and security. The new VMware Container Networking with Antrea is a commercial offering consisting of signed images and binaries and full support for Project Antrea. VMware Container Networking with Antrea will be included in VMware NSX-T and vSphere 7 with Tanzu. Applications running on Kubernetes clusters using Antrea as the Container Networking Interface (CNI) can be discovered, connected, and better protected by Tanzu Service Mesh.

Re-imagining Network Security: VMware will deliver unmatched levels of firewall performance and programmable intelligence to the Virtual Cloud Network by enabling VMware NSX to run on leading SmartNICs. This includes advanced security for bare metal and highly sensitive workloads such as databases which are hard to protect today. Additionally, it enables “air gapping” of infrastructure, separating applications and hypervisors from the security controls on the SmartNIC. VMware is also announcing VMware NSX Advanced Threat Prevention, which combines NSX Distributed IDS/IPS with advanced malware detection (sandboxing) and AI-powered network traffic analysis (NTA) acquired from Lastline, Inc. These NTA capabilities use unsupervised and supervised ML machine learning models to more accurately identify threats and minimize false positives compared to other network traffic analysis tools. The solution delivers an industry-first ability to apply virtual patches at every workload, something traditionally only implemented at the perimeter, enabling more effective response to sophisticated threats before they disrupt business.

Bharti Airtel is India’s second-largest mobile network operator and the third largest on the planet. Manish Singh, general manager, Cloud Operations for Bharti Airtel, said, “Our hardware-defined network architecture posed significant challenges to our aspirations to lead India’s digitized, mobile future. It could take weeks or months to complete global changes to switches, routers, firewalls or other network elements which could impact new service delivery or current performance. By moving to an automated and more secure VMware Virtual Cloud Network built on NSX, we have improved our agility by orders of magnitude, redefined our developer experience, and made security an intrinsic part of our infrastructure.”

The University of Notre Dame is a private research university and the nation’s leading Catholic institution of higher learning. Mike Atkins, infrastructure architect at Notre Dame, said, “We are committed to making sure that our students get the highest quality, technology-enabled education. Ubiquitous access to Wi-Fi across campus plays a major part in our technology strategy, as an enabler to education and a differentiator to our University. As a result of the pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in our Wi-Fi traffic as we conduct more on-campus remote instruction. This will place additional importance on troubleshooting and proactive notifications. VMware Edge Network Intelligence makes it faster and easier to identify and fix any network problems. Edge Network Intelligence also helps us justify spending by showing quantitative data that proves that when we spend money on upgrades, we are seeing actual improvements.”

Rentokil Initial provides services that protect people from the dangers of pest-borne disease and the risks of poor hygiene. Mike Howell, group director of IT shared services, Rentokil Initial, said, "VMware SD-WAN helps us better secure a company-wide network which has resulted in up to 3,000 percent more bandwidth and savings of up to 50 percent in networking costs at some sites. Additionally, VMware NSX has become a fundamental technology underpinning our security posture, especially as we acquire companies. Being able to microsegment the network significantly to ringfence the services, applications and data within each new acquisition helps us meet stringent regulatory requirements and reduces our attack surface.”

VMware Tanzu Service Mesh and VMware Container Networking with Antrea are available. VMware NSX-T 3.1, vRealize Network Insight 6.0, VMware Edge Network Intelligence, and VMware NSX Advanced Threat Prevention are expected to be available in VMware’s Q3 FY21 which ends on October 30, 2020.

Read a summary of today’s news from Chris Wolf: <a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/VMworld-2020-corporate-stories-chris-wolf">VMworld 2020: Innovating with the Expectation of Change</a>

About VMware’s Virtual Cloud Network

VMware’s Virtual Cloud Network is the only complete Layer 2-7 virtual networking solution. It delivers and distributes all networking services in software over a diverse set of underlay transport including broadband, 4G/LTE, MPLS, dedicated internet access, and emerging 5G. It provides automated one-click application deployment for any workload running in virtual machines, containers, or on bare metal servers; pervasive connectivity and visibility across data centers, clouds, and end users; and intrinsic security. VMware has more than 18,000 virtual cloud network customers including 91 of Fortune 100; is ranked #1 in SD-WAN as reported by leading analysts; connects more than 280,000 branches, with the largest single customer SD-WAN deployment exceeding 18,000 sites; offers the industry’s only 20 Tbps firewall; and has replaced more than 7,000 hardware load balancers.

VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company.html">https://www.vmware.com/company.html</a>.

VMware, Tanzu, vRealize, NSX, NSX-T, Tanzu Service Mesh, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, vRealize Network Insight, VMware Edge Network Intelligence, VMware SD-WAN, VMware Container Networking, and VMware NSX Advanced Thread Prevention are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. This article may contain hyperlinks to non-VMware websites that are created and maintained by third parties who are solely responsible for the content on such websites. The information in this press release is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.

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&nbsp; SINGAPORE, September 30, 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp;Today at VMworld 2020, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) unveiled&nbsp;Virtual Cloud Network innovations that help will customers create a modern&nbsp;network that better supports current and future&nbsp;business initiatives. With advancements across the VMware networking and&nbsp;security portfolio, customers will be able to more effectively manage the rapid&nbsp;shift to remote work, deliver traditional and modern […]

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Strengthened 5G Telco Cloud Portfolio with Cloud Native Support enables businesses to better harness emerging technologies in region’s cloud and mobile first economy

SINGAPORE, September 17, 2020 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 5G Telco Cloud Platform, empowering Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to better meet the growing demands for 5G-powered innovations in Southeast Asia. The VMware 5G Telco Cloud Platform is a consistent cloud-first solution, powered by carrier-grade and high-performance cloud native infrastructure that enables CSPs to support future-forward technology applications across the region.

With Southeast Asia’s digital economy expected to hit US$300 billion by 2025 [1], organizations in the region are stepping up on their digital transformation efforts to accelerate the pace of business innovation as they adapt to dynamic customer demands, amidst an increasingly cloud and mobile-first economy. With businesses looking to 5G to supercharge their growth, CSPs in the region require a field proven network powered by a modernized cloud that delivers web-scale speed and agility while maintaining carrier-grade performance, resiliency, and quality. VMware’s innovative multi-cloud platform simplifies and accelerates the rollout of 5G networks, while enabling CSPs to embrace cloud native principles, enabling them to deploy innovative applications and services to market faster to better meet the growing demands from businesses in the region.

“VMware continues to accelerate the delivery of a comprehensive telco and edge cloud portfolio that addresses our customers’ challenges of today and enables them to harness the opportunities of tomorrow,” said Sanjay K. Deshmukh, vice president and managing director, Southeast Asia and Korea, VMware. “With support for cloud native technologies in the Telco Cloud Platform, CSPs can now boost their innovation speed to deliver new applications and services, reduce operational complexities, and realize substantial total cost of ownership savings, further accelerating the rollout of their 5G networks to support the growth of Southeast Asia’s digital economy.”

The VMware Telco Cloud Platform combines VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure – an evolution of the vCloud NFV solution – and VMware Telco Cloud Automation – the recently launched multi-domain orchestration and automation capability. The 5G ready Telco Cloud Platform is tailored for CSPs to easily embrace cloud native technology and deliver applications and services across multi-cloud infrastructure. As CSPs evolve from NFV networks to cloud native and containerized networks, VMware is evolving its VMware vCloud NFV solution to Telco Cloud Infrastructure, providing CSPs a consistent and unified platform delivering consistent operations for both Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs) across telco networks. Telco Cloud Infrastructure is designed to optimize the delivery of network services with telco centric enhancements, supporting distributed cloud deployments, and providing scalability and performance for millions of consumer and enterprise users. These telco centric enhancements enable CSPs to gain web-scale speed and agility while maintaining carrier-grade performance, resiliency, and quality.

Tightly integrated with Telco Cloud Infrastructure, VMware’s Telco Cloud Automation intelligently automates the end-to-end lifecycle management of network functions and services to simplify operations and accelerate service delivery while optimizing resource utilization. Telco Cloud Automation also now supports infrastructure and Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) management automation to streamline workload placement and deliver optimal infrastructure resource allocation. It also significantly simplifies the 5G and telco edge network expansions through zero-touch-provisioning (ZTP) whenever capacity is required.

To speed up the deployment of network functions and services by CSPs, VMware recently expanded the Ready for Telco Cloud program to add support for VMware Telco Cloud Automation. With the release of VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware is further expanding the program to accelerate network functions readiness for deployment. The program scope extends to container-based network functions and these workloads conformance with VMware’s Cloud Native stack as well as the automation offered by the stack. CSPs can expect that Network Functions which passed certification will be quicker to onboard and deploy on the VMware Telco Cloud Platform while accelerating CSPs time to revenue. To date, more than 35 partners have received more than 180 certifications as part of the program.

VMware is also announcing Telco Cloud Operations, a real-time automated assurance solution designed to bridge the gap between virtual and physical networks. The solution provides holistic monitoring and performance management across multiple layers of the network, including SD-WAN, for rapid insights, lower costs and improved customer experience. It integrates machine-learning based performance analytics and vivid reporting dashboards for proactive assurance. Complemented by the Uhana solution from VMware that provides intelligent automation for Radio Access Networks (RANs), CSPs can have comprehensive operations visibility across their entire network.

About VMware VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact. For more information, please visit <a id="&lpos=content_company : 172" name="&lpos=content_company : 172"></a>https://www.vmware.com/company.html.

[1] e-Conomy SEA 2019 report, Google, Temasek and Bain, Oct 2019

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Global COVID-19 surge adding new elements to threat environment

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SINGAPORE, July 21, 2020 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today released the results of its third Singapore-focused cybersecurity threat report entitled, “Extended Enterprise Under Threat,” based on a survey of 251 Singaporean CIOs, CTOs and CISOs.

The research found that the threat landscape appears to have plateaued and attack frequency and sophistication have lessened during the past 12 months in Singapore. However, this has still prompted continued investment in cyber defense, with Singaporean businesses already using an average of more than eleven different cybersecurity tools, the survey found.

<a></a>Data for the report was compiled in March and April 2020 by an independent research company, Opinion Matters, on behalf of VMware Carbon Black.

Key survey findings from Singaporean respondents:

Third party breach risk on the rise in Singapore

The most common cause of breaches was identified as OS vulnerabilities (20%) but third-party application breaches account for 15% – more than double the impact they had last year, the survey found.  Island-hopping has more than tripled in attack frequency and is now the most commonly experienced attack for 10% of Singaporean respondents and it has caused 12% of breaches, the survey found.

<a></a>Rick McElroy, Cyber Security Strategist at VMware Carbon Black, said: “Island-hopping is having an increasing breach impact with 12% of survey respondents citing it as the main cause. In combination with other third-party risks such as third-party apps and the supply chain, it’s clear the extended enterprise is under pressure.”

Complex multi-technology environments

Singaporean cybersecurity professionals said they are using an average of more than eleven different tools or consoles to manage their cyber defense program, the survey found. This indicates a security environment that has evolved reactively as security tools have been adopted to tackle emerging threats. Said McElroy: “Siloed, hard-to-manage environments hand the advantage to attackers from the start. Evidence shows that attackers have the upper hand when security is not an intrinsic feature of the environment. As the cyber threat landscape reaches saturation, it is time for rationalization, strategic thinking and clarity over security deployment.”

Supplemental COVID-19 survey in Singapore.

The latest research was supplemented with a survey on the impact COVID-19 has had on the attack landscape1. According to the supplemental survey of more than 1,000 respondents from the U.S., UK, Singapore and Italy, 93% of Singaporean cybersecurity professionals said attack volumes have increased as more employees work from home. 90% said their organizations have experienced cyberattacks linked to COVID-19 malware.

Key findings from the supplemental Singapore COVID-19-focused survey:

Said McElroy: “The global situation with COVID-19 has put the spotlight on business resilience and disaster recovery planning. Those organizations that have delayed implementing multi-factor authentication appear to be facing challenges, as 32% of Singaporean respondents say the inability to implement MFA is the biggest threat to business resilience they are facing right now.”

Singaporean survey respondents were asked whether COVID-19 had exposed gaps in their disaster recovery plans, and to indicate the severity of those gaps. Their responses showed that:

Said McElroy: “These figures indicate that the surveyed CISOs may be facing difficulty in a number of areas when answering the demands placed on them by the COVID-19 situation.”

Risks directly related to COVID-19 have also quickly emerged, the survey found. This includes rises in COVID-19 malware, phishing, spear phishing and IoT exposure which were all seen by 90% of Singaporean respondents. Said McElroy: “The 2020 survey results suggest that security teams must be working in tandem with business leaders to shift the balance of power from attackers to defenders. We must also collaborate with IT teams and work to remove the complexity that’s weighing down the current model. By building security intrinsically into the fabric of the enterprise – across applications, clouds and devices – teams can significantly reduce the attack surface, gain greater visibility into threats, and understand where security vulnerabilities exist.”

Read the full executive summary <a></a><a href="https://www.carbonblack.com/resources/global-threat-report-extended-enterprise-under-attack-singapore/">here</a>.

About VMware’s Intrinsic Security Strategy

Security sprawl – too many products, agents, and interfaces deployed across an organization – has created complexity for security management, opening organizations to significant risk. Most security innovation over the past decade has focused on identifying and reacting to individual attacks. Little innovation has focused on hardening infrastructure itself to make it more secure or using the infrastructure to better protect an organization.

The way forward is an intrinsic security approach that combines detecting and responding to threats, in addition to hardening infrastructure. VMware makes security intrinsic from endpoint to cloud, leveraging the infrastructure to provide visibility for apps, users and devices, and combining that with leading threat detection and response capabilities to deliver a unique (and better) approach to security.

VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company.html">https://www.vmware.com/company.html</a>.

VMware and Carbon Black are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions.

Main Survey Methodology Carbon Black commissioned a survey, undertaken by an independent research organization, Opinion Matters, in March 2020. 3,012 CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, including 251 from the Singapore, were surveyed for this global research project across multiple countries including:  Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, The Nordics, Singapore, Spain, the US and the UK. Companies were from a range of industries including: financial, healthcare, government, retail, manufacturing, food and beverage, oil and gas, professional services, and media and entertainment.

COVID-19 Survey Methodology

1 COVID-19 survey methodology: The COVID-19 survey was conducted by Opinion Matters in March and April 2020. 1002 CIOs, CTOs or CISOs from Italy, Singapore, the UK and the US were asked for their views on the security and operational challenges of COVID-19.

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