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We are officially in our third chapter as a company, but VMware’s mission remains the same: to deliver the trusted foundation to accelerate our customers’ innovation. We do this by providing the multi-cloud platform for all apps, enabling digital innovation and enterprise control. 

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Our path to becoming the “cloud Switzerland” of the industry is resonating with customers and partners, and the journey began with our AWS partnership. It’s through this partnership that the power of “AND” first emerged as a North Star for our strategy. Could customers gain the agility, flexibility, and cost benefits of public cloud AND have the control required of enterprise apps? Turns out they can.

Four years into the partnership and things continue to accelerate. VMware Cloud on AWS is available in 19 global regions. There are now more and different options for consuming VMware Cloud on AWS. And, we’ve delivered new services specifically targeting Local Cloud, Government Cloud, and Telco Cloud environments. Best of all, customers have the choice to buy these services direct from VMware, or AWS, or one of our resellers. And this is just for the customers looking for the fastest path to migrate and modernize Tier 1 vSphere-based enterprise apps. In this same time, VMware Cross-Cloud services have grown into a portfolio of services that enable customers to modernize, optimize, connect and protect their native AWS environments.

The power of "AND" will be on display this week at AWS re:Invent, where we’re continuing to advance key initiatives that support AWS customers. Take a listen to VMware President Sumit Dhawan outline our strategy and the AWS partnership, and catch up on what's new at VMware for AWS customers at the show.

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When organizations talk about digital services, often the conversation turns to “born in the cloud” apps. However, Tier 1 enterprise applications residing on premises are often the life blood of an enterprise. Regardless of where an app was created, all apps benefit from modern infrastructure. This is what VMware Cloud on AWS delivers enterprise-class infrastructure combined with public cloud scale and economics, delivered as a service almost anywhere in the world. At re:Invent, we will showcase new innovations and consumption options, as well as continued expansion of the VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud service.

<a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud/2021/12/01/vmware-cloud-on-aws-going-big-reinvent2021/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">You can read about these advancements in this blog</a>.

VMware Tanzu Powers Developers on AWS

With a vast ecosystem of cloud native technologies to choose from, developers and operators alike can be overwhelmed and overburdened as they grapple with every step from iterative coding to applications running in production. VMware Tanzu simplifies the cloud native journey, enabling customers to accelerate their cloud adoption and consumption by efficiently evolving apps and infrastructure from on-premises to AWS, to deliver value faster with a streamlined developer experience for Amazon EKS more efficiently and securely. At re:Invent, VMware Tanzu will release several key new product updates to help customers make the most of the public cloud.

<a href="https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/streamlined-devx-amazon-eks-aws-apps-vmware" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Check out what’s new in this VMware Tanzu in this blog</a>.

Cloud transformation has become a business imperative for Communication Service Providers eager to increase agility, build digital resilience, foster innovation, and deliver new 5G services. Operators are increasingly looking to multi-cloud environments, recognizing the benefit of having their public clouds integrate and work seamlessly with their on-premises infrastructure and taking advantage of their existing skillsets, tools and processes. VMware has simplified this process for our customers with VMware Cloud on AWS and our Telco Cloud Platform.

<a href="https://telco.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vmw-telco-cloud-platform-tcp-datasheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read more about the VMware Telco Cloud Platform.</a>

VMware Cross-Cloud Services in AWS Marketplace

VMware Cross-Cloud services offer distinct advantages to both IT operators and developers working in AWS. These advantages include accelerating application modernization, migrating workloads faster to the cloud, adopting a cloud operating model for their entire organization, and more securely and efficiently connecting a distributed workforce to cloud-based resources. VMware recently announced the company is making it easier for AWS customers to purchase and deploy VMware Cross-Cloud services to support their AWS environments. Our expanded presence in AWS Marketplace is another proof point of our focus on meeting customers where they are at by delivering value for the strategic cloud environment of their choice.

<a href="https://news.vmware.com/releases/vmware-cross-cloud-services-aws-marketplace" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read about VMware Cross-Cloud services in AWS Marketplace.</a>

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

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.

“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.”

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="http://www.vmware.com/company" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.vmware.com/company</a>.

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Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) and VMware (NYSE: VM) today announced an expansion of the companies’ strategic partnership focused on app modernization and multi-cloud services. This collaboration will enable customers to enhance their digital innovation and business transformation with enterprise control.

The primary goal of the expanded partnership is to accelerate IT and business reinvention for customers through the combination of VMware solutions and Kyndryl’s design, build and managed services. The companies also aim to help customers speed their digital transformations by rapidly building and deploying new, more secure applications designed and built for a world of distributed work.

As Kyndryl and VMware begin their respective journeys as stand-alone companies, they share a productive relationship built on more than 20 years of collaboration between VMware and IBM that has consistently provided customers with a powerful combination of strategic guidance and world-class technologies. Today’s agreement adds a focus on providing differentiated solutions for multicloud infrastructure and management, digital workspace services, managed applications, resiliency and security, and network and edge computing.

“We’re excited to embark on this journey with VMware and intend to leverage a rich and productive history of joint solution architectures, common designs, and deep relationships to provide customers the solutions, services and support they need to achieve their business transformation goals,” said Stephen Leonard, global alliances and partnerships leader, Kyndryl. “Through this important partnership, Kyndryl and VMware will help companies design and deploy mission-critical workloads that can modernize their applications and operations to reap the benefits of cloud and multi-cloud computing.”

Kyndryl also plans to work with VMware to expand its existing multicloud advisory, implementation, and management services to support the VMware Tanzu platform and deploy vSphere workloads to VMware multi-cloud infrastructure running in all public clouds.

“Multi-cloud is the digital business model for the next 20 years. With the average organization running hundreds of apps across many different clouds, customers need solutions and strategic partners that enable their organizations to be as agile and resilient as possible. This is the power of the VMware and Kyndryl partnership,” said Susan Nash, senior vice president, strategic corporate alliances, VMware. “Kyndryl is a strategic partner that brings world-class solutions, skills, expertise, and experience to the companies’ mutual customers. Together, we will empower customers to achieve smarter paths to cloud, edge, and app modernization, provide autonomy for developers, and enable a more secure, frictionless distributed workforce.”

To further the global reach and impact of their collaboration, Kyndryl and VMware have established local, regional, and worldwide alignment of their respective capabilities, expertise and resources that will facilitate solutions planning, investment, and execution. 

Kyndryl and VMware also are jointly developing innovations through a Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), which spearheads and drives delivery model innovations to better reach and serve customers. The JIL programs will further focus on developing solutions for app modernization, containers, observability and security with VMware Tanzu, as well as multicloud management solutions. Kyndryl and VMware will closely align and optimize their collaboration in support of VMware Cross-Cloud™ services to provide infrastructure and applications services and support to customers, independent of the underlying cloud provider environments.

Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider. The company designs, builds, manages, and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that the world depends on every day. Kyndryl’s nearly 90,000 employees serve over 4,000 customers in more than 60 countries around the world, including 75 percent of the Fortune 100. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.kyndryl.com">www.kyndryl.com</a>.

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VMware Carbon Black Cloud and VMware Tanzu now available in AWS Marketplace

VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) is making it easier for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to purchase and deploy VMware Cross-Cloud services to support their AWS environments. VMware Cross-Cloud services help AWS customers drive digital innovation with enterprise control.

VMware Carbon Black Cloud and VMware Tanzu are the latest services now available in the AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy for customers to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS.

VMware Cross-Cloud services offer distinct advantages to both IT operators and developers working in AWS. These advantages include accelerating application modernization, migrating workloads faster to the cloud, adopting a cloud operating model for their entire organization, and more securely and efficiently connecting a distributed workforce to cloud-based resources.

“Whether a customer has transitioned their business to run entirely in AWS or has a mixed environment of AWS and VMware vSphere, VMware Cross-Cloud services gives them the freedom and enterprise control they need to innovate and win,” said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, cross-cloud solutions, VMware. “Our expanded presence in AWS Marketplace is another proof point of our focus on meeting customers where they are at by delivering value for the strategic cloud environment of their choice.”

“The addition of VMware Cross-Cloud services in AWS Marketplace brings VMware’s portfolio of solutions to both developers and infrastructure and operations professionals who are building apps and operating their businesses in AWS,” said Mona Chadha, director, AWS Marketplace Category Management, AWS. “Our mutual customers can streamline procurement and accelerate adoption of VMware Cross-Cloud services, leading to faster time-to-value and better business outcomes.”

Advancing App Modernization and DevSecOps with VMware Tanzu

VMware Tanzu (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-iz2amhvqlrhwe?sr=0-2&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) is a modular application platform for building, running, and managing modern apps on AWS and hybrid-cloud infrastructure. Tanzu provides a consistent experience for developers and for operators, enabling them to navigate the complexities of modern apps and Kubernetes—gaining efficiencies and scale. Core to Tanzu is an upstream-aligned Kubernetes distribution that’s easy to operate and maintain using Cluster API for deploying and updating clusters. As an AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced Technology Partner, customers can leverage the expert services of VMware Tanzu Labs to work side by side with teams to build capabilities and instill processes that show immediate and lasting impact. With Tanzu, AWS customers benefit from:

Consistent and Unified Enterprise Security with VMware Carbon Black Cloud

VMware Carbon Black Cloud (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?searchTerms=VMware+Carbon+Black" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) is a cloud-native endpoint, workload, and container protection platform that enables customers to operationalize consistent, modern security in AWS and hybrid cloud environments. By analyzing more than one trillion security events per day(1) VMware Carbon Black Cloud proactively uncovers attackers’ behavior patterns and empowers defenders to respond and remediate in real-time from anywhere in the world. Endpoint, workload, and container security capabilities are unified into one console and one agent so that infrastructure and infosec teams have a single, shared source of truth to improve security together. With VMware Carbon Black Cloud, AWS customers benefit from:

Transforming Cloud Management with CloudHealth

CloudHealth (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-rpfawu4mhw64m?sr=0-1&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) is a robust cloud management platform that helps AWS customers simplify cloud financial management, streamline cloud operations, and improve cross-organizational collaboration. AWS customers can leverage VMware’s deep insight and experience in public cloud management to grow their own cloud expertise using a proven framework to progress through their cloud management maturity journey. With CloudHealth, AWS customers benefit from:

“We really love the visibility CloudHealth provides for being able to have a single pane of glass into our AWS spend and sharing reporting across teams,” said James Fogerson, senior manager of the Cloud Center of Excellence for Robert Half. “Senior management really appreciates our focus on cost management with AWS and keeping people on track for managing spend. The reports we can generate are a good way to make sure the team is aware of where the costs are going and agree that those should be the main drivers.”

Improving Cloud & Kubernetes Security Posture with CloudHealth Secure State

CloudHealth Secure State (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-an32q6yihvkjg?sr=0-2&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) is an intelligent cloud native security and compliance platform that helps organizations protect millions of cloud resources at scale. Using a resource relationship-based cloud data model, CloudHealth Secure State improves security visibility with real-time inventory search, advanced risk correlation, and more than 950 best practices rules to report security and compliance violations. With CloudHealth Secure State, AWS customers can:

“CloudHealth Secure State provides us with a global view of Discovery’s cloud estate and enables us to operate more securely in AWS,” said Johan Marais, senior platform services manager, Discovery Group. “We can visualize real-time risks due to infrastructure deployments or configuration changes in our AWS environment, and based on various metrics and guard rails, delivers a mechanism to auto-remediate policy violations and improve our AWS security posture. Additionally, the CloudHealth Secure State platform makes it easy to measure compliance against predefined governance frameworks as well as custom frameworks critical to our organization.”

Cloud-Native Load Balancing and Web Security with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer

VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?searchTerms=Avi+Networks&CREATOR=e39c3856-136d-4d5d-8389-16f315505376&filters=CREATOR" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) is a modern, standalone application services platform for public cloud or on-premises deployments. The software-defined platform includes local and global load balancing, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and container ingress services. NSX Advanced Load Balancer natively integrates with AWS to provide central orchestration of a distributed load balancing and application security fabric, powerful analytics and visibility that helps administrators troubleshoot in seconds, and elastic on-demand scaling of services across data centers and clouds. With NSX Advanced Load Balancer, AWS customers can:

Delivering More Secure and Consistent Access to Apps with VMware SASE

VMware SASE (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?searchTerms=VeloCloud" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">marketplace listing</a>) combines SD-WAN capabilities with cloud-delivered security functions, including cloud web security, zero trust network access, and firewalling. These capabilities are delivered as-a-service across both the near and far edge locations from a global network of points of presence (PoPs). By leveraging VMware SASE, AWS customers can simplify, manage, and automate WAN infrastructure across thousands of locations and better support distributed workforces. With VMware SASE, AWS customers benefit from:

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VMware is making it easier for AWS customers to purchase and deploy VMware Cross-Cloud services. VMware Carbon Black Cloud and VMware Tanzu are the latest services now available in the AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy for customers to find, test, buy, and deploy software

VMware is making it easier for AWS customers to purchase and deploy VMware Cross-Cloud services to support their AWS environments. Read more:

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A Showcase in Digital Innovation with Enterprise Control

If you look at business today the facts are clear: virtually every business across every industry has become, or is becoming, a digital business. App modernization initiatives are driving cloud strategies for our customers to enable digital innovation. And, with VMware, this innovation comes with enterprise control. This is the power of “AND” that is now front and center in our value to customers today and into the future. Our CEO Raghu Raghuram put it best: it’s no longer about a ‘cloud first’ approach—it’s about being ‘cloud smart’. Organizations should have the freedom to choose the ’right’ cloud, based on their strategic business goals. 

Which brings us to our partnership with Microsoft. The partnership we have with Microsoft helps position us to meet our customers where they are and take them where they want to go in cloud. VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram and Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella recently had the opportunity recently to discuss industry trends and how they impact cloud adoption. They discussed our shared opportunity to help customers thrive with Microsoft and VMware Cloud offerings like Azure VMware Solution (AVS), and how leaders are navigating these shifts amidst continued uncertainty. Watch and hear what they had to say: 

New Forrester Consulting Study Provides Insights Into Projected Value of AVS

VMware and Microsoft have collaborated to deliver Azure VMware Solution, a first party service from Microsoft that enables customers to seamlessly extend or completely migrate their existing on-premises VMware applications to Azure without the cost, effort or risk of re-architecting applications or retooling operations. Azure VMware Solution is now available in 17 Azure regions globally. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Eric Lockard provided <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-azure-vmware-solution-updates-and-global-expansion-drives-customer-success/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a great summary of all of the new innovations and enhancements</a> that have been delivered in Azure VMware Solution over the course of 2021.

Recently, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a New Technology Projected Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Azure VMware Solution. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with this investment, Forrester interviewed four decision-makers with experience using Azure VMware Solution and aggregated the interviewees’ experiences and combined the results into a single composite organization. Overall, the study showed the composite organization had a projected return on investment (ROI) of 125% to 274%, and projected net present value (NPV) of $3.28M to $7.22M.

<a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/docs/vmw-new-techtei-of-microsoft-avs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Download and read the full study here</a> and <a href="https://www.vmware.com/cloud-solutions/azure.html">learn more about Azure VMware Solution here</a>.

University of Miami Gains Flexibility and DR Resiliency with Azure VMware Solution

Home to one of the leading oceanographic institutions in the nation, including two U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research laboratories, the University of Miami is well aware of the risks inherent to operating in a region known for hurricanes. To fortify its disaster recovery (DR) strategies, the university’s IT team turned to Microsoft Azure for a cloud-based approach to DR for key systems. As the University’s cloud strategy evolved, Azure VMware Solution was launched, and the service presented an opportunity to achieve demonstrable financial benefits for moving VMware vSphere workloads to the cloud. 

“By migrating our VMware environment to Azure VMware Solution, we estimate that we are realizing six figures in hardware savings, averting more than five months of processing and supply chain delays, and gaining greater agility to support our spike in virtual desktop as a result of the ongoing pandemic,” said Mari Lovo, director of cloud infrastructure services, University of Miami. “Taking advantage of Microsoft’s Azure Hybrid Benefit allows the University of Miami to use its existing on-premises Windows Server licenses for VMs in its Azure VMware Solution environment, at no additional cost.”

<a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/docs/vmware-aq-ccs-univ-miami-uslet-web.pdf">Read the University of Miami case study</a>.

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At Microsoft Ignite, VMware and Microsoft showcase the value of Azure VMware Solution for enterprise customers.

VMware and Microsoft have collaborated to deliver Azure VMware Solution, enabling customers to seamlessly extend or completely migrate their existing on-premises VMware applications to Azure without the cost, effort or risk of re-architecting applications or retooling operations. A New Technology Projected Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study from Forrester examines the potential ROI enterprises may realize by deploying Azure VMware Solution. The study showed a projected ROI of 125% to 274%, and projected net present value (NPV) of $3.28M to $7.22M. Check out this article for more.

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The Climate Decade is upon us. Our collective actions over the next 10 years will be critical in defining the future trajectory of our planet. With a renewed societal focus on sustainability and climate change over the past several years, it’s become increasingly clear we must drastically reduce our carbon emissions.  
At VMware, we’ve had a longstanding commitment to sustainability. In 2018, <a href="https://news.vmware.com/achieving-carbon-neutrality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we achieved carbon neutrality two years ahead of our original goal</a>. We also recently announced our intent to achieve net zero carbon emissions for our operations and supply chain as part of our 2030 Agenda, in which we outlined our 10-year commitment to reach 30 goals by 2030 to create a more equitable, sustainable and resilient world. A component of our 2030 Agenda is “Intrinsic Sustainability” innovation with a focus on helping our customers—through VMware’s virtualization and cloud solutions and partnerships—meet their sustainability goals by reducing the carbon emissions associated with their data center operations. 
<h5>Announcing VMware Zero Carbon Committed: Connecting Customers and Cloud Partners with Shared Sustainability Goals </h5>
To that end, we’re excited to announce the launch of the VMware Zero Carbon Committed cloud partner initiative. We envision catalyzing and accelerating the transition to zero carbon clouds through VMware Cloud Partner data centers powered by renewable energy sources by 2030. This initiative is a collaboration with our VMware Cloud Verified providers that operate infrastructure-, energy- and carbon-efficient data centers based on VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) technologies and have commitments to using renewable energy power.   
Exemplifying VMware’s ongoing commitment to product sustainability innovation, this initiative aims to:
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<li>Catalyze the transition to a zero carbon internet through our partnerships with public cloud providers.</li>
<li>Help customers reach their sustainability and decarbonization goals by connecting them with cloud providers that have aligned goals. </li>
<li>Accelerate sustainable computing with VMware’s SDDC technology. </li>
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VMware Zero Carbon Committed builds on our history of helping customers reduce the environmental impact of their digital operations through more efficient and productive use of IT infrastructure. The initiative also extends our reach and impact alongside our public cloud partners. It enables us to connect customers who have sustainability goals and are looking for low-carbon solutions with a VMware cloud provider who is committed to achieving zero carbon clouds through renewable energy-powered operations and energy-efficient data centers.  
<h5>Key VMware Cloud Verified Partners Supporting Inaugural Launch </h5>
We’re excited to announce that VMware’s Cloud Verified partners Atea, Equinix, IBM, Microsoft and OVHcloud are joining us for the inaugural launch of this initiative. 
Every day, more and more global, cross-sector companies—more than 1,300 to-date including VMware and many of our customers—are committing to the United Nations’ Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative to reduce absolute carbon emissions in their operations and supply chains to reach net zero carbon by 2050.(1) In partnership with our VMware Cloud Verified partners, we believe the Zero Carbon Committed initiative will make it easier for these companies to reach their goals. 
“Being part of the climate solution requires driving change throughout the entire ecosystem,” said Chiara Selvetti, head of sustainability, Atea Sweden. “Atea’s clear 100% renewables goal—part of our SBT target—makes it easier for customers to understand the sustainability impact of their IT investments and for Atea’s employees to advise customers in the sustainable choices they make.”
Beyond corporations, we’re seeing a global push by governments around the world toward low-carbon economies that will further drive the demand for low-carbon products and services. To date, 37 countries have committed to Net Zero Carbon goals and are implementing policies, incentives and regulations to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.(2) 
“Equinix and VMware have partnered together to help enterprises with their digital transformations for years and now this collaboration extends to doing our part to protect the planet,” said Steve Steinhilber, vice president, business development, Equinix. “We are proud to be a part of VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed initiative, which demonstrates our joint commitment to using 100% renewable energy by 2030.  Through this partnership with VMware, we can help our mutual customers and partners green their supply chain and reduce their environmental impact, while building fast and more secure enterprise hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures.” 
&#8220;In February 2021, IBM set a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by using feasible technologies to remove emissions in an amount which equals or exceeds IBM&#8217;s residual emissions,&#8221; said Edan Dionne, vice president, environmental, energy and chemical management programs of IBM&#8217;s Corporate Environmental Affairs staff.  &#8220;Toward achieving this goal IBM will continue to first focus on reducing—not offsetting—GHG emissions and with 90% of the electricity IBM consumes coming from renewable sources by 2030, aiming to limit our residual GHG emissions to 350,000 mtCO2e. We look forward to continuing our partnership with VMware in serving clients, while reducing our environmental impact.&#8221; 
“As part of Microsoft’s commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, sustainability is front and center for our data center growth and operations. We’ve made early progress and as part of this journey, we are proud to work with other forward-thinking partners like VMware and their Zero Carbon Committed Initiative to help drive change across the industry,” said Noelle Walsh, CVP, cloud operations + innovation, Microsoft.
“The world has become increasingly dependent on data, and the wide-scale transition from onsite storage toward cloud-based solutions represents an incredible opportunity for our industry to lead the way in helping all companies make progress toward sustainability,” said François Sterin, chief industry officer for OVHcloud. “We have seen significant interest from all customers in maximizing data center efficiency and are proud to serve as an inaugural member of VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed cloud partner initiative and share in the commitment to generating net carbon zero emissions by 2030.”
<h5>Phased Approach to Raising Awareness for Sustainable Cloud Operations </h5>
We are planning a phased approach over the next decade to achieve 100% renewable energy-powered and carbon-efficient VMware clouds. Early on, the initiative will connect customers with VMware cloud providers with aligned sustainability goals and provide a competitive differentiation for these cloud providers who are leading the journey with aggressive renewable energy goals and running efficient data centers.  
Over time, the initiative will raise awareness among our other cloud providers about the importance to our customers of sustainable cloud operations. We believe this awareness can help inspire all our partners to begin or accelerate their journeys to zero carbon cloud operations. Longer term, we plan to develop programs to assist providers with launching their renewable energy journeys.  
As we approach the end of Earth Month, we’re encouraged by the increase in decarbonization commitments from the global community. The challenge of achieving net zero carbon emissions will require us to come together as a global community to collaborate toward a sustainable future.  
<h5>Together, Accelerating Zero Carbon Clouds by 2030 </h5>
We’re proud of the progress that has been made so far and are encouraged by ongoing decarbonization commitments. Through the Zero Carbon Committed initiative, we envision that by 2030, all VMware public clouds will be powered with renewable energy and run infrastructure-, energy- and carbon-efficient operations. In collaboration with our partners and customers, we’re looking forward to tackling one of the leading environmental issues of our time, and working toward a sustainable, equitable and resilient future.
<a href="https://cloud.vmware.com/providers/zero-carbon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about our Zero Carbon Committed initiative</a>.
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<li>Science Based Targets. “About Us.” <a href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://sciencebasedtargets.org/about-us</a></li>
<li>Climate Home News Ltd. “Which Countries Have a Net Zero Carbon Goal?” Megan Darby and Isabelle Gerretsen. June 14, 2019. <a href="https://climatechangenews.com/2019/06/14/countries-net-zero-climate-goal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://climatechangenews.com/2019/06/14/countries-net-zero-climate-goal/</a></li>
</ol>

Connecting customers and cloud partners with shared sustainability goals.

Announcing VMware Zero Carbon Committed

Zero Carbon Committed Initiative to Drive Global Decarbonization Efforts

Fidelma Russo joined VMware in May 2020 and has joint responsibility with Mark Lohmeyer for VMware’s Cloud Services Business Unit. In this role, she leads engineering, cloud operations, product management, product marketing for the VMware Cloud portfolio of services across Cloud Provider Partners, Local Cloud and the major Public Clouds. She also serves as a non-executive director of SBA Communications and is a member of the Audit and Nom/Gov committees. Prior to VMware, Fidelma served as CTO of Iron Mountain, responsible for driving digital transformation across IT and developing new digital services to customers leveraging cloud, analytics and artificial intelligence. She has also held senior technology roles at Dell EMC, HP, Sun and other technology companies .

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VMware and Okta share a common passion: making employees’ work-from-anywhere experience as seamless as possible. At the same time, we want to help IT teams secure applications, data and resources.
Recognizing a shared vision and complementary technology offerings, our <a href="https://www.vmware.com/partners/strategic-technology-partners/okta.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strategic partnership</a> delivers advanced identity and conditional access capabilities powered by device trust. By integrating VMware Workspace ONE and Okta Identity Cloud, we provide customers with:
<ul>
<li>Choice and increased flexibility;</li>
<li>Enhanced, password-less user experiences; and</li>
<li>Consistent management and security across the organization.</li>
</ul>
We first announced our partnership three years ago, and I’m happy to report our collaboration continues to flourish. In fact, in February, Okta recognized VMware as its <a href="https://www.okta.com/blog/2021/02/okta-partner-awards-celebrating-our-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Technology Partner of the Year</a>. Our focus on dynamic work and employee experiences, coupled with product innovations, enables mutual customers to support a distributed workforce seamlessly and more securely.
Watch the video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=9R-iBOvX53A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enabling a Zero Trust Framework with VMware Workspace ONE and the Okta Identity Cloud</a>.
<h5>New Integration: Factor-Based Device Trust</h5>
Our teams continue to explore opportunities to bring complementary capabilities together to ease customer’s adoption of a Zero Trust security model. As an example, announced earlier this year, customers can now use Factor-Based Device Trust to enable more secure access from any device OS and enrollment type.
Dive deeper in this blog post: <a href="https://techzone.vmware.com/blog/introducing-factor-based-device-trust-vmware-and-okta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Introducing Factor-Based Device Trust with VMware and Okta</a>.
In 2018, VMware and Okta made it possible to share device trust signals between Workspace ONE Access and the Okta Identity Cloud. This initial integration allowed IT teams to validate if a device was trusted when the Okta application sign-on policy engaged. While a step in the right direction to help enable zero trust, there were a few limitations, most notably:
<ul>
<li>Lack of support for enforcing device trust on Windows 10 and macOS on the Okta Application Sign-On Policy.</li>
<li>Inability to leverage a device compliance authentication method in Workspace ONE Access.</li>
</ul>
Now, with <a href="https://techzone.vmware.com/blog/introducing-factor-based-device-trust-vmware-and-okta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Factor-Based Device Trust</a>, VMware and Okta close these gaps. Factor-Based Device Trust is another example of the advanced identity capabilities required by our customers who want device trust across all operating systems: Win10, macOS, Android and iOS.
<h5>Connect with Us at Oktane 2021</h5>
At Oktane 2021 on April 7 at 11:30 a.m. PT, our <a href="https://www.okta.com/oktane21/agenda#65887" target="_blank" rel="noopener">breakout session</a> features:
<ul>
<li>Greg Armanini (<a href="https://twitter.com/gregarms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@gregarms</a>), director of product management, VMware</li>
<li>Steven D’Sa (<a href="https://twitter.com/steveidm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@steveIDM</a>), solutions engineer, VMware</li>
<li>Rusty Burchfield (<a href="https://twitter.com/rbsec_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@rbsec_</a>), head of security, DoorDash</li>
</ul>
In this session, they’ll dive into how VMware and Okta integrations enable organizations to deliver an experience hub with simplified remote employee onboarding, self-service and employee workflows. In addition to hearing about how other organizations take advantage of workspaces, they will share deployment tips.
It’s never been more important for organizations to securely deliver the apps and resources employees need as they work outside of the traditional office. VMware and Okta’s collaboration brings our industry-leading solutions closer together, ultimately helping our joint customers empower their anywhere workforces

VMware and Okta share a common passion: seamless work-from-anywhere experiences.

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Partners Accelerate Profitability with New Customer Lifecycle Incentives from VMware - VMware News and Stories

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This time last year, our customers were staring down a Herculean task. Almost overnight, IT teams were asked to retool systems and processes to support a fully distributed workforce. They rose to the challenge in heroic fashion. Today, they continue to innovate to support their organizations in an ever-evolving environment.
Many of these organizations have put their trust in VMware and Microsoft. By bringing the best of both companies together, we’re helping customers deliver exceptional digital experiences by enabling any app on any cloud. We make these apps more securely accessible from any device. And for putting their trust in us, we humbly thank them.
Just as our customers’ digital transformation forged ahead in the tumult of 2020, our partnership with Microsoft continues to steadily progress. As our customers (virtually) gather for Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021, we’re excited to share updates on how our companies continue to collaborate in areas most critical to our customers.
A Flourishing Partnership
Today, Microsoft and VMware support thousands of mutual customers spanning all segments, geographies and industries.
With a shared passion for dreaming up and executing big ideas, we integrate and cross-sell technology solutions to drive customers’ digital transformation forward. Our partnership enables customers to migrate mission-critical apps to the cloud, quickly scale infrastructure and enable instant access to data on any device. We do this without compromising user experience, productivity, management, cost or security.
Our partnership with Microsoft is all-inclusive and spans all our strategic priorities:
<ul>
<li>App modernization</li>
<li>Multi-cloud</li>
<li>Virtual Cloud Network</li>
<li>Digital workspace</li>
<li>Intrinsic security</li>
</ul>
App Modernization
Over the past year, VMware and Microsoft unveiled several initiatives to help developers build and deploy powerful apps more quickly and with less headaches.
For instance, just a few months ago at SpringOne, <a href="https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-azure-spring-cloud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we announced the general availability of Azure Spring Cloud</a>, a fully managed Azure service for Spring Boot apps. Microsoft and VMware partnered closely on Azure Spring Cloud to enable customers to run their most critical Spring apps in production at scale with confidence.
At Ignite, VMware announced certification of VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Azure Arc. Faced with the demands of enabling remote workforces and delivering new digital experiences to customers, modern applications that can run on any cloud are now a business imperative. VMware believes Kubernetes will become the dial-tone for modern applications. This can only be achieved through a thriving ecosystem that promotes interoperability. By certifying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Azure Arc, we’re teaming with Microsoft to help enterprises achieve the full potential of Kubernetes through a consistent experience.
Multi-Cloud
In the wake of COVID-19, organizations are increasingly adopting a multi-cloud strategy to help ensure continuity, resiliency, and cost efficiency for their business. As such, Azure VMware Solution continues to be an area of great excitement and momentum for both companies.
At last year’s Ignite, <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-vmware/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Microsoft introduced the new Azure VMware Solution</a>, which is now live in eight global regions. The platform continues to deliver for our customers as they more aggressively shift workloads to the cloud.
For example, Azure VMware Solution was instrumental in supporting global retailer Lucky Brands’ digital transformation. Leveraging the company’s past investments in Azure and VMware helped the retailer accelerate its cloud migration to minimize IT costs and ultimately improve the in-store and online shopping experience.

Lucky Brand Finds the Perfect Fit for Better Customer Insights with Azure VMware Solutions

Microsoft Azure VMware Solutions were instrumental in supporting Lucky Brand’s digital transformation. Leveraging the company’s past investments helped the retailer minimize costs and accelerate migration.

<a href="https://youtu.be/ISh3yfCj7MQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the Video</a>

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Perhaps unsurprisingly after a year like 2020, the disaster recovery capabilities of Azure VMware Solution are gaining notoriety among customers. Amoun Pharmaceutical Company, for example, migrated its disaster recovery platform to Azure VMware Solution as part of long-term strategy to move much of its operations to the cloud.

Amoun Boosts Security and Reduces Costs by Migrating Disaster Recovery Center

For pharmaceutical companies, the pressure to deliver new treatments and expand into new markets, while complying with government regulations, requires a nonstop effort. Integral to success is adopting the right technologies to streamline product research, manufacturing and the overall administration of everyday activities. Amoun Pharmaceutical, headquartered in Egypt, is no exception.

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Virtual Cloud Network
While the progress we’ve made on the cloud infrastructure side is substantial, perhaps the most exciting work we’ve taken on this year is in networking.
As employees transition to a distributed model, optimizing app performance and better securing services at the edge is paramount. We’re collaborating with Microsoft in several ways to help our mutual customers deliver a reliable, consistent experience at the edge.
First, we were an initial launch partner for Azure Virtual WAN. Next, we achieved our status as a Microsoft 365 networking partner. This validates that VMware SD-WAN aligns with <a href="https://aka.ms/pnc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Microsoft 365 network connectivity principles</a>. Finally, last year, VMware began working with Microsoft on solutions for <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-partners-with-the-industry-to-unlock-new-5g-scenarios-with-azure-edge-zones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Azure Edge Zones and Azure Private Edge Zones</a>. VMware is the only Azure Edge Zones “public preview” SD-WAN partner with complete automation and Azure portal integration and available to customers for trials.
Today, we announced the integration of VMware SD-WAN in Azure Virtual WAN Hub. The result is an offering that natively integrates the customizable routing intelligence of Azure Virtual WAN with the optimized last-mile connectivity of VMware SD-WAN. This integration provides the following benefits to enterprises of all sizes. This integration will automate and simplify deployment, improve application performance and improve security.
<a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/velocloud/2021/03/03/native-connectivity-of-vmware-sd-wan-in-azure-virtual-wan-delivers-simplicity-performance-and-automation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read this blog</a> and learn about all the ways that VMware has customers’ Azure Networking needs covered.
Digital Workspace
The abrupt and massive shift to remote work drove demand for desktop virtualization. As the workplace continues to evolve, it will continue to play an important role in supporting a distributed workforce both today and in the future.
Many organizations are taking advantage of cloud-based desktop virtualization platforms like VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop to ease management of these workloads and deliver a consistent user experience.
For example, Ficohsa Group experienced a 15% drop in productivity when COVID hit as they were forced to send employees home without proper tools to work. Ficohsa’s IT team turned to Horizon Cloud on Azure to rapidly address its contact center&#8217;s need to maintain operations and reduce the potential impact to the business. Currently, more than 800 employees at Ficohsa across Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama branches use Horizon Cloud on Azure to work effectively from home.

VMware Virtual Desktop and Application Services Accelerate Financial Group’s Productivity and Effectiveness in its New Work From Home Culture

“We needed to implement a solution that, as soon as possible, would generate income that would help us to be able to keep our employees,” said Carlos Molinero, Ficohsa’s IT manager. “We had a large volume of requests from customers, and we had to give them a favorable response time.”

<a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/customers/vmware-ficohsa-group-success-story.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Case Study</a>

Last year, <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2020/03/windows-virtual-desktop-support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we announced</a> the general availability of Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Support for Windows Virtual Desktop. Developed as a service on Azure, <a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-cloud-virtual-desktops.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure</a> has been helping customers deploy virtual desktop environments for nearly three years. When Windows Virtual Desktop was announced, VMware and Microsoft worked together to extend the functionality of Windows Virtual Desktop to Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
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This collaboration makes <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VMware an approved Windows Virtual Desktop provider</a>, enabling customers to have access to a modern, cloud-native platform that delivers enterprise-class features. Because Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure is part of the VMware Horizon Service, administrators can now manage all their Horizon environments from the same pane of glass as their Horizon service.
More recently, <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2020/09/vmware-horizon-now-runs-on-microsoft-azure-vmware-solution.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we announced</a> that Horizon now runs on Azure VMware Solution. Customers can now extend the power of Horizon and vSphere to Azure. As a result, they can easily move on-premises Horizon deployments to Azure as part of a cloud migration or transform their Horizon environment into an elastic hybrid and multi-cloud desktop virtualization platform that can help them conquer the challenges of today’s fluctuating workplace.
Intrinsic Security
We also drove integration between VMware Carbon Black and Azure Sentinel. Specifically, the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard connector was developed to enable customers to easily connect all Carbon Black Endpoint Standard security solution logs with Azure Sentinel, view dashboards, create custom alerts and improve investigation.
Join Us at Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021
The future is bright for VMware and Microsoft and we look forward to connecting with customers at Ignite. While we won’t be together in person, you can join any of these exciting sessions our team is facilitating.
Breakout Session: Learn How to Connect VDI Users to VMware Horizon with Azure VMware Solution and VMware SD-WAN (On-Demand)
Speakers:
<ul>
<li>Gabe Knuth (<a href="https://twitter.com/gabeknuth?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@gabeknuth</a>), senior product line manager, VMware Horizon</li>
<li>Jay Thontakudi, senior product marketing manager, VMware SD-WAN</li>
<li>Trevor Davis (<a href="https://twitter.com/vtrevordavis?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@vTrevorDavis</a>), Global Black Belt, Azure VMware Solution at Microsoft</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/94bb72aa-279d-448a-86ae-7cbc9566234a?source=sessions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to watch on-demand.</a>
Ask the Experts: Connecting VDI Users to VMware Horizon with Azure VMware Solution and VMware SD-WAN (Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST)
Speakers:
<ul>
<li>Jeremiah Megie (<a href="https://twitter.com/vmegie?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@vMegie</a>), senior technical marketing architect, Azure VMware Solution</li>
<li>Hilko Lantinga (<a href="https://twitter.com/hilkolantinga?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HilkoLantinga</a>), staff end-user computing architect, VMware Horizon</li>
<li>Tejbir Batth, senior staff solution architect, VMware SD-WAN</li>
<li>Paul Ford (<a href="https://twitter.com/birdsofbmore?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@birdsofbmore</a>), director, business development, cloud and infrastructure partners</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/01e12eac-89a0-42ed-83cb-081dcd3eefb2?source=sessions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to watch live or on-demand.</a>
Tech Chat: Running VMware Natively on Azure with Azure VMware Solution (Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. EST)
Speakers:
<ul>
<li>Jeremiah Megie (<a href="https://twitter.com/vmegie?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@vMegie</a>), senior technical marketing architect</li>
<li>Jeffrey Moore, senior staff cloud solutions architect, Azure VMware Solution</li>
<li>Anthony Wilson, senior director, Azure VMware Solution</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/a22b87b8-dd28-4c6e-9ed6-daf86fad7111?source=sessions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to watch live or on-demand.</a>
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Gregory Lehrer shares an update on partner initiatives and how to connect

VMware @ Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021

VMware @ Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021: An Update on Partner Initiatives and How to Connect

Vice President, Strategic Technology Partnerships, VMware

Gregory Lehrer

Lumen and VMware Expand Partnership to Drive Rapid Innovation at the Edge - VMware News and Stories

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