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VMware is driving simplicity in the customer contracting experience and delivering a faster, easier contracting experience to our customers, helping customers procure and realize the value of VMware offerings more quickly.

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With our ONE Customer Contract initiative, we will deliver our entire portfolio of cloud services, on-premises software, support services and professional services to customers through a simple, streamlined contracting motion built with a customer-first mindset.

Today, we are launching two components of the ONE Customer Contract:

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These two components are just the first part of our ONE Customer Contract improvements.

Please join us as we continue to drive simplicity to the customer contracting experience!

Looking for simplicity in the customer contract experience? VMware ONE Customer Contract delivers using simplicity & a customer-first mindset

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VMware positioned as a leader in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Software, UEM Software for Apple Devices, and UEM Software for Ruggedized/IoT Device Deployments

PALO ALTO, CA – June 14, 2022 – VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in three recent IDC MarketScape reports related to the Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) space:

The evaluated solution, VMware Workspace ONE, enables customers to automate management and security for all endpoints (including mobile, desktops, AR/VR, and mission-critical frontline devices) running any OS (including iOS/iPadOS, Android, Windows 10/11, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS) and any app, across diverse use cases, all from an integrated digital workspace platform.

The UEM vendor assessment report states, “Workspace ONE addresses a broad range of device types and use cases across vertical industries, from traditional mobility management to modern Windows PC and Mac management and IoT device management. The UEM component of Workspace ONE is also part of a broader product portfolio from VMware's end-user computing group, including VMware Horizon desktop virtualization, endpoint and application analytics, and endpoint security based on technology acquired in the purchase of Carbon Black. VMware made a number of improvements and advancements in Workspace ONE in 2021, including augmented management capabilities for Apple's macOS devices, as well as Windows management.”

Shankar Iyer, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware, commented, “As organizations evolve to support a hybrid workplace, they must establish an engaging and more secure experience across all devices. VMware Workspace ONE supports this mission by enabling customers to automate management of every device for any use case. This latest recognition from the IDC MarketScape reflects our continued drive to provide a single solution for our customers that can help IT secure a fully distributed workforce.”

To access an excerpt from the “IDC Marketscape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2022 Vendor Assessment” (doc #US48325122, May 2022), <a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/756463_REG.html?cid=7012H000001KUmG">click here</a>. An excerpt of the “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software for Apple Devices 2022 Vendor Assessment” (doc #US48325222, May 2022) report is <a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/756498_REG.html?cid=7012H000001KUmQ">available here</a>. An excerpt of the “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software for Ruggedized/Internet of Things Device Deployments 2022 Vendor Assessment” (doc #US48325322, May 2022) report is <a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/756583_REG.html?cid=7012H000001KUmL">available here</a>.

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IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.  

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PALO ALTO Calif. – June 14, 2022 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced the company received the 2021 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year Award for Infrastructure Modernization. VMware was recognized for its achievements as part of the Google Cloud ecosystem for helping mutual customers accelerate their enterprise cloud transformation. VMware and Google Cloud together are empowering customers across industries such as retail, telco, and manufacturing to accelerate cloud modernization initiatives for enterprise applications with Google Cloud VMware Engine.

“Organizations globally are benefitting from the close collaboration of VMware and Google Cloud as we help customers accelerate their cloud-first business strategies,” said Gregory Lehrer, vice president, hyperscaler partnerships, VMware. “This recognition from Google Cloud is a testament to our shared focus on delivering the best business outcomes for our customers by helping them modernize applications, workloads, infrastructure, and consumption models with Google Cloud VMware Engine.”

“This award recognizes VMware’s commitment to customer success, and its delivery of innovative and impactful solutions on Google Cloud in Infrastructure Modernization,” said Bronwyn Hastings, VP of Global ISV Partnerships and Channels, Google Cloud. “We’re proud to recognize VMware as our Technology Partner of the Year for Infrastructure Modernization, and we look forward to continuing our work together building and creating business value for customers with cloud technologies.”

Google Cloud VMware Engine enables customers to modernize infrastructure, operations and applications with lower costs and risks. This jointly-developed, Google Cloud-delivered service offers customers flexible on-demand capacity and full operational consistency with existing on-premises VMware environments, allowing customers to harness the power of Google Cloud. With Google Cloud VMware Engine now available as part of the VMware Cloud Universal program, VMware and VMware partners can offer Google Cloud VMware Engine along with other VMware Cross-Cloud services to enable customers to execute their digital transformation initiatives based on their timelines, with lower overall costs and risk. With Google Cloud VMware Engine combined with VMware Cloud Universal, enterprises can achieve:

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Today VMware received the 2021 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year Award for Infrastructure Modernization. VMware was recognized for its achievements as part of the Google Cloud ecosystem for helping mutual customers accelerate their enterprise cloud transformation. VMware and Google Cloud together are empowering customers across industries such as retail, telco, and manufacturing to accelerate cloud modernization initiatives for enterprise applications with Google Cloud VMware Engine.

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VMware is focused on accelerating growth of our subscription and SaaS portfolio as we provide customers the flexibility and choice they seek. 

VMware Horizon, our industry-leading virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and apps software, was one of the first products to go SaaS with the release of Horizon Universal Subscription at VMworld 2019. Since then, many Horizon customers have made the move from perpetual to subscription, making VMware’s End-User Computing business a leading driver of the company’s SaaS transformation.

But what about customers who aren’t ready to consume hybrid and multi-cloud use cases, workloads, and SaaS services?

Some competitors in the VDI space have taken a hard line with these organizations, forcing a SaaS offering on them without a plan to ease the transition from a perpetual offering. VMware has taken a more flexible, customer-centric approach. We provide customers choice and flexibility to consume our technology either on-prem and/or on SaaS. And when they are ready to make the move, we help them navigate the transition at their own pace that matches unique requirements.

Today VMware is announcing two new Horizon SaaS and subscription offerings – Horizon Standard Plus Subscription and Enterprise Plus Subscription – to meet customers where they are in their SaaS transformation (<a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2022/06/announcing-horizon-plus-subscription-offerings.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">read the blog post</a>). With these new editions, customers can deploy VDI and apps on a single private or public vSphere-based cloud while consuming new SaaS services that are being built on the cloud-hosted Horizon Control Plane. SaaS services that can be accessed with these new subscription offerings automate common tasks and optimize Day 2 operations and management of VDI and app environments to reduce IT time and cost.

These offerings provide a steppingstone to hybrid and multi-cloud VDI and apps. Once these customers are ready to unlock additional value from Horizon SaaS services that support multi-cloud workloads or management services, it’s an easy move to Horizon Universal Subscription.

Let’s hear from a customer who has embraced a multi-cloud approach to VDI.

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) provides students a modern learning experience accessible from anywhere on or off campus. To deliver this experience, the college needed to embrace more cloud technology and establish a secure, virtual desktop infrastructure at scale.

Partnering with non-profit technology services provider, NJ Edge, the team rolled out VMware Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS and onboarded 7,400 students to the new environment. In addition to the solution being less costly to manage, staff and students enjoy greater choice within the learning experience, which was crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic and for meeting student expectations into the future.

In reference to the benefits of adopting a cloud-first approach with Horizon Universal Subscription, Leonard Niebo, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology at TCNJ, said, “When it comes to our IT, we can never be too flexible, agile or nimble. The more work we put into that, the more it will pay off in the future. With VMware, we’re ready for anything. We can scale, and with support from both VMware and NJ Edge, nothing is as difficult as it seems.”

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You can read the full customer story <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/customers/vmw-college-of-nj-us-cs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

Customers are not the only ones thrilled with the flexibility the various Horizon subscription offerings provide. The new subscription options allow VMware partners to better meet their customers’ specific needs. With these options, partners can help customers optimize on-premises deployments with the latest SaaS innovations on the Horizon Control Plane.

Sean Sullivan,  Business Development Manager for End User Computing at World Wide Technology (WWT) said, “If there’s one thing that will spook a customer, it’s a lack of choice. The way VMware has structured its subscription models allows for flexibility so we can provide customers with a digital workspace solution that allows them to consume SaaS services in the manner and timeline that makes the most sense for them.”

In closing, today’s news encapsulates VMware’s SaaS transformation strategy. It’s all about providing a seamless path to multi-cloud on the customer’s terms. A path that unlocks access to the latest cloud-native innovations that simplify current on-premises environment and provides a way to leverage the benefits of cloud now or in the future.

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Tom Gillis explores how CISOs should invest in detecting and stopping lateral movement of threats on private and public clouds. 

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Comprehensive Mobile Security with VMware Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense

New Update Management Capabilities Helps Automate Windows Device Management

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today unveiled innovations to its anywhere workspace platform, VMware Workspace ONE, that will make it easier for IT teams to manage and better secure all employee devices. New capabilities include:

“As the frequency and sophistication of threats continue to intensify, IT teams need a way to proactively detect threats across the entire device population and respond quickly. That is a tall order for taxed IT and Sec-Ops teams,” said Shankar Iyer, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “VMware Workspace ONE is ideally suited for the new security realities of enabling a hybrid workforce. Leveraging intelligence and injecting automation in every step of the process, it simplifies IT operations, improves security against modern threats, and empowers the best employee experience across any device, anywhere.”

Best In Class Security for Mobile Devices

Today’s mobile threat landscape is diverse, and mobile workstyles call for specialized protection from phishing and application, device, and rogue network originated threats. VMware Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense, a new add-on to the industry-leading Workspace ONE UEM platform, takes mobile protection to the next level. It incorporates mobile security technologies from Lookout, a leader in the space. The solution aims to address:

Application, device, and network protection via Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense can be activated within Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub. For IT, this means there are no separate apps or agents to download or deploy, and vital information – including alerts and suggested resolutions – is conveyed via a resource that employees use for daily work.

To learn more about Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense, <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2022/06/announcing-workspace-one-mobile-threat-defense.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">read this blog</a>.

Simplifying Windows OS Update Management

As employees embrace hybrid workstyles, traditional network-based solutions are inadequate for securing PCs against vulnerabilities. Workspace ONE combines cloud-native Windows 10 and Windows 11 management with intelligent automation to help IT more seamlessly secure PCs alongside every other endpoint, from anywhere.

VMware is today introducing new Workspace ONE capabilities that will make managing updates/patches even easier and elevate the security posture of Windows devices. Workspace ONE flexibly extends to multiple content sources and unifies policy, deployment and lifecycle management of the OS from the cloud.

Flexibility is an inherent feature of the new Workspace ONE Updates Lifecycle, where critical updates can be automated via approval groups, while admins retain control to hand test patches more likely to create issues. Further enhancements include ability for IT admins to:

To learn more about these new update management capabilities, <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2022/06/workspace-one-windows-patch-management-update.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">read this blog</a>.

IT Teams Enable Secure Anywhere Work with Workspace ONE

Accent Micro Technologies (AMTI) is a technology solutions and systems provider in the Philippines. Josefino "Bong" M. Paloma, executive vice president, Technology, Sales and Marketing, said, “We like Workspace ONE and Carbon Black Cloud for the simplicity and flexibility they offer. They automate many of the manual processes we used to have in provisioning our users, whether it’s installing software or enforcing security policies within the network as well as beyond the perimeter of our network.” Read the full <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company/customers/index/fullpage.html?path=/content/web-apps-redesign/customer-stories/2021/breaking-business-records-during-lockdowns-with-remote-work" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">case study</a>.

swisspro is a provider of electrical installation, information and communications technology (ICT), and automation services. Reto Marti, head of internal IT, said, “Under the old system, it took at least four hours to get a PC ready. But thanks to VMware, we have cut that to about 30 minutes, which makes life so much easier for the IT team.” Read the full <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/casestudy/vmware-swisspro-successstory.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">case study</a>.

Zoom provides a communications platform where people can connect, share ideas, make plans, and more. Aparna Bawa, Chief Operating Officer, said, “It was critical for our security posture to align with the prominence of this moment and the critical role Zoom played in business continuity for our customers. The collaboration with VMware delivers a more secure digital workspace and enables endpoints in our organization to be better safeguarded and compliant with IT security policies.”

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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Introduces VMware ContexaTM Threat Intelligence, Powering VMware Security to Stop Threats Others Simply Can’t See

PALO ALTO, Calif. – June 2, 2022 – VMware Inc, (NYSE:VMW) today announced significant enhancements to its unique lateral security capabilities to help customers achieve strong security for both modern and traditional applications, across multi-cloud environments. Ahead of RSA Conference 2022, VMware introduced <a href="https://www.vmware.com/security/contexa.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Contexa</a>, VMware’s full-fidelity threat intelligence capability that observes the breadth of VMware’s network, endpoint, and user technologies. With Contexa, VMware is reframing traditional security analytics with enriched threat intelligence to enhance its security and management portfolio.

“Threat actors are increasingly deploying sophisticated infiltration tactics, including the use of stolen credentials in order to exploit vulnerabilities and hide in the noise of normalcy,” said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, VMware. “In a world where the stakes in security continue to rise, lateral security has become the new battleground. Combining VMware Contexa with our architectural advantage, VMware exclusively sees every process running in an endpoint, every packet crossing the network, every access point, and the inner workings of both traditional and modern apps to identify and stop threats others can’t.” 

VMware Contexa Leaves Attackers with Nowhere to Hide

VMware Contexa is a full-fidelity threat intelligence cloud that sees what other solutions don’t and stops what other solutions can’t. With a privileged position in the infrastructure, Contexa observes and understands the inner workings of both modern and traditional apps every step of the way— from user, to device, to network, to run time, to data.  

VMware Contexa records and processes over 1.5 trillion endpoint eventsi and over 10 billion network flowsii daily, along with strategically curated threat intelligence data captured through technology partnerships. This rich context is further analyzed using machine learning and insights of over 500 researchers across VMware’s Threat Analysis Unit and incident response partners. Today, Contexa uncovers over 2.2 billion suspicious behaviors dailyiii, achieving zero touch detection and automated, graduated response for over 80 percent of these events.

Integrated into every VMware security product, Contexa will be available to all new and existing customers at no additional cost. The company that pioneered virtualization, now protects VMs like no other—and is driving innovation in modern application security. 

An Innovator in App Modernization Secures Apps at Scale

VMware Tanzu is a trusted partner for companies in their app modernization journey, helping them build, operate, and better secure modern applications at scale on any cloud. Today, VMware announced further enhancements to its Modern Apps Connectivity Services (MACS) solution that allows customers to build security into the full application lifecycle. With VMware Tanzu Service Mesh’s capabilities, customers now gain deep visibility and insights into the inner workings of application micro-services as they interact with each other via internal (East-West) APIs—and help to better protect them. VMware Contexa allows Tanzu Service Mesh to understand the context of the internal traffic flows, and therefore more accurately identify legitimate internal traffic from the internal movement of attacks such as ransomware. 

A Pioneer in Virtualization Protects VMs Like No Other

A leader in virtualization, VMware has introduced innovative and powerful distributed security capabilities for its multi-cloud platform over the years, allowing the company to make customer workloads more secure on VMware cloudsiv. As innovations in server virtualization have driven higher virtual machine densities on a single physical server, less lateral traffic is visible to a network tap. This makes it difficult for a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology or security analytics solution to identify lateral security threats by analyzing sampled data such as network flow records or selected network traffic taken from taps.

VMware has introduced new capabilities to help customers identify and respond to malware and ransomware attacks in the network by integrating its advanced intrusion detection & prevention (IDS/IPS) and Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) directly into the virtualization layer with VMware NSX. These new enhancements, powered by VMware Contexa, now inspect and analyze every packet and every process to provide extremely high-fidelity alerts that other systems relying on sampled data cannot match. 

Anywhere Workspace Platform Advances Security for Employee Devices

New innovations to VMware Workspace ONE will make it easier for IT teams to manage and better secure all employee devices, while contributing to Contexa’s rich data set. VMware is today introducing Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense, which incorporates technologies from Lookout, a leader in the mobile security space. The new offering will help protect employees’ mobile devices from a wide range of application, device, and network-originated threats. Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense can be activated within Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub. For IT, this means there are no separate apps or agents to download or deploy, and vital information – including alerts and suggested resolutions – is conveyed via a resource that employees use for daily work. 

VMware is also introducing new Workspace ONE capabilities that will make managing updates/patches even easier and elevate the security posture of Windows devices. For instance, the new capabilities will enable IT to automate critical updates to pre-approved groups, hand test patches more likely to create issues, and pause or rollback patches if an issue is detected. Further Workspace ONE enhancements are detailed <a href="https://news.vmware.com/releases/anywhere-workspace-security" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

Joins the XDR Alliance to Modernize the SOC

VMware is announcing it has joined the <a href="https://www.xdralliance.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XDR Alliance</a>™, a partnership of leading cybersecurity industry innovators committed to an inclusive and collaborative XDR framework and architecture. VMware is well positioned with very mature endpoint and network offerings that offer a high level of insight and context for identifying and responding to threats. The mission of the XDR Alliance is to work in collaboration to make an open approach to XDR a reality for SecOps teams and help them effectively protect their organizations from cyberattacks.

VMware Sessions at RSA Conference 2022

<a href="https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/agenda/session/The%20Next%20Disruption%20Security%20Beyond%20the%20Perimeter%20and%20Endpoint" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Keynote - The Next Disruption: Security Beyond the Perimeter and Endpoint</a>  Monday, June 6 at 4:15 PM PST Tom Gillis, SVP & GM, Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, VMware

<a href="https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/agenda/session/What%20is%20Zero%20Trust%20What%20ISNT%20Zero%20Trust%20Lets%20Make%20Sense%20of%20This" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">What is Zero Trust? What ISN’T Zero Trust? Let’s Make Sense of This!</a>  Tuesday, June 7 at 8:30 AM PST  Evan Gilman, VMware (Panelist)

<a href="https://www.rsaconference.com/USA/agenda/session/How%20Modern%20Bank%20Heists%20Are%20Escalating%20to%20Hostage%20Situations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How Modern Bank Heists Are Escalating to Hostage Situations</a>  Tuesday, June 7 at 9:40 AM PST  Karen Worstell, senior cybersecurity strategist, VMware (moderator)  Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy, VMware  Chad Skipper, global security technologist, VMware

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 www.vmware.com/company.  

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i. VMware Internal Analysis, May 2022 ii. VMware Internal Analysis, May 2022 iii. VMware Internal Analysis, May 2022 iv. SE Labs, “Breach Response Detection Test: VMware NSX Network Detection and Response,” August 31, 2021

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Today, every organization needs technology to manage operations and deliver services. However, due to resource constraints and systemic inequities, many social-sector organizations have not yet fully recognized (or cannot afford to embrace) the benefits of technology or the importance of <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/the-imperative-of-nonprofit-digital-transformation/">digital transformation</a>.

That’s why VMware created <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZ86HEakg0">Good Gigs Projects</a> — an OCTO program that encourages co-innovation amongst VMware people and with the nonprofits of their choice. The program strengthens nonprofit tech capacity through what VMware calls “Tech Pro Bono Service Learning” (or just “Tech Pro Bono”). With this support, the Malala Fund team created more efficiencies around day-to-day operations, and they’re able to spend more time working toward their mission – a world where all girls can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

Nearly 130 million girls were out of school before the pandemic — and 20 million more may be out of school by the time this crisis is truly over. In addition to the pandemic, girls’ access to education continues to be disproportionately impacted by issues like conflict, racial discrimination or devastation from climate change and natural disasters. It doesn’t take much to expose the fragility of our support systems and the depths of global inequality. But <a href="https://malala.org/">Malala Fund</a> prefers to focus on the strength of girls around the world and their determination to learn, whatever obstacles life throws their way.

The international nonprofit team invests in local education activists ​​and advocates who are working to help girls across nine countries go to school. They also amplify the voices of young women fighting for chance and advocate for the policies and resources needed to help all girls learn. A quality education provides girls with the skills they need to thrive, more job opportunities and greater independence. Meanwhile, communities and workplaces benefit from greater diversity and fresh perspectives.

“We believe all girls are entitled to 12 years of free, safe, high-quality education,” explained Amanda Cosby, chief operating officer at Malala Fund. “Being able to react quickly is fundamental to dealing with the challenges these girls are facing, and technology is a driving force that makes that happen.”

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Malala Fund met the Good Gigs team and VMware principal partner, Insight, in 2018. They formed an alliance that demonstrates just how much impact the right technology and a little expert guidance can have.

In a sector where time is the most valuable resource, the team worked together to give every employee more time from the moment they start work. They began by helping Malala Fund better control corporate-owned-personally-enabled (COPE) devices.

“Onboarding, offboarding and device management were slow and manual. Now we can empower staff to hit the ground running with a personalized digital workspace, single sign-on and higher levels of security from day one,” added Cosby.

The fight for equality is a battle against age-old prejudices that have no place in the modern world. But not everyone is happy about it. Keeping data secure doesn’t just protect sensitive personal details; it’s vital to protect the safety of Malala Fund staff, partners and recipients and to make sure nothing derails its mission.

As for giving back more time, it’s not just Cosby banking more minutes for the operations team. Staff can pick from a catalog of 20 relevant apps without having to remember 20 unique logins every day — a headache we can all relate to.

The Right Tools at the Right Time

With global operations, field staff in remote areas, and a turbulent global stage, agility is also a priority for Malala Fund.

“VMware Workspace ONE gives us a central console to manage devices anywhere in the world,” explained Cosby. “If a laptop is stolen, I can wipe it in seconds. And when the pandemic hit, we could make emergency funds available to scale up digital programs while classrooms were closed.”

This level of visibility wouldn’t be possible without centralized data and strong collaboration between staff and partners who run the programs. Luckily, the team already had the necessary tools to take meetings online when flights were grounded and could continue working with no downtime.

“We ask our team to be contactable at all times. Other than that, where, when and how they work is up to them. With hassle-free technology, they’re free to focus completely on what matters most: getting more girls back in the classroom,” concluded Cosby.

Nonprofit digital transformation is made possible with programs like Good Gigs. Learn how it changed Malala Fund.

With the support of Good Gigs Projects, the Malala Fund team created more efficiencies around day-to-day operations, and they’re able to spend more time working toward their mission – a world where all girls can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

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“It’s so hard … can we skip to the good part?”

You’ve probably heard this lyric from <a href="https://youtu.be/hqrWXNMTaKY">AJR</a> on TikTok at some point over the past few months. It’s the soundtrack to countless clips that all follow the same pattern — someone starts out with one thing, then effortlessly segues into another. From pregnancy tests that turn into babies to outdated bathrooms that turn into modern spas, the <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/skiptothegoodpart">#skiptothegoodpart</a> tag has racked up more than 140 million views … and counting.

What’s behind the popularity of this trend? A lot more than just a catchy song. It gets at a fundamental truth about how most people feel about change. We like the idea of transformation and the better, brighter outcomes it can create. But the process and work of actually getting there? Not so much.

It makes sense. The prospect of change is designed to make us feel uncomfortable and on edge. Chalk it up to instinct — the result of ancestors who constantly scanned their surroundings for any sign of movement that might threaten their survival.

But like it or not, doing the work of change is a constant — in life and in business. So, how can we get more comfortable with it?

I spend a lot of time thinking about this as part of my work at VMware — because in many ways, our business is change. We help drive digital transformation for our customers, particularly in their push to the cloud. But this is a major transition that a lot of organizations struggle with.

We’ve heard the same story, time and time again. Cloud migrations take too long and are too complex. They demand not just technical changes, but process and support changes that require significant leadership buy-in over the long-term. And the pressure to get it right — right now — is tremendous. The pandemic not only turned five-year plans into one-year plans, but fundamentally changed expectations about how quickly an organization should be able to pivot in the digital space. It’s no wonder our customers want to skip to the good part.

While we can’t make the process of change quite as easy as TikTok creators make it look, figuring out how digital transformation can be simpler and faster for our customers is a huge priority for VMware. We know it’s not enough to just create great products — we also have to deliver the business outcomes our customers need, on the timelines they want, with the resources they have.

The only way to succeed at doing this is by getting comfortable with change ourselves. We have to constantly push ourselves to innovate and evolve so that we can stay one step ahead of our customers’ needs.

This dual push for change — transforming ourselves so that we can help our customers transform — is a unique challenge. It’s a bit like trying to change a tire while you’re cruising down the highway. And the desire to solve it is what drew me to VMware a little more than a year ago.

I’ve always been drawn to the change process and the opportunity to create, rather than just sustain. And as a leader, it’s my responsibility to help get my team excited about it too — not only for ourselves, but for our customers. So over the next few months, I’ll be sharing my best tips for navigating the terror — and thrill — of transformational change.

Until then … what change would you love to skip to the good part of?

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