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Three quarters of IT leaders believe their organizations’ digital transformation was accelerated by COVID-19, according to a recent <a href="https://news.vmware.com/nologies/global-survey-digital-investments-growth-business-resiliency">MIT Technology Review study</a>. And investment continues. Plans are heavily focused on deploying applications and services at scale—strategies that require cloud innovation.
<a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191029005144/en/IDC-FutureScape-Outlines-the-Impact-Digital-Supremacy-Will-Have-on-Enterprise-Transformation-and-the-IT-Industry">IDC estimates</a> enterprises will build 500 million new apps using cloud native technologies by 2023. But cloud is not enough. As applications get more complex, diverse and heterogenous application needs ultimately drive infrastructure strategies. IT teams need a more flexible, agile approach to meeting business demands. And that starts with consistency when spinning up new capabilities—across all environments. <a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/hyper-converged-infrastructure.html">Hyperconverged infrastructure</a> (HCI) can easily deliver this uniformity.
HCI is a software-defined model that combines the elements of a traditional data center—storage, compute, network and management. HCI boosts <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/ready-ready-position-heres-get/">agility and optionality</a> without the expensive, purpose-built hardware associated with data center infrastructure. It also combines integrated software and x86 servers to:
<ul>
<li>Reduce infrastructure complexity.</li>
<li>Increase scalability.</li>
<li>Establish intrinsic security that permeates the entire system.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Why HCI?</h2>
Analysts at <a href="https://go.451research.com/Infrastructure-Bolsters-Tricky-IT-Transformation-Efforts.html?&#038;utm_campaign=2018_market_insight&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_content=apply_for_trial&#038;utm_term=spotlight_infrastructure_bolsters_tricky_transformation_twitter_post_1">451 Research</a> identified four main reasons organizations adopt HCI:
<ol>
<li>Simplify infrastructure management.</li>
<li>Accelerate provisioning.</li>
<li>Support a hybrid cloud strategy.</li>
<li>Support emerging technologies, namely containers.</li>
</ol>
Initially, organizations chose HCI to simplify infrastructure and accelerate provisioning. Now, they view HCI as a hybrid cloud foundation to effectively extend operations to data centers beyond their own. They’re also interested in leveraging container technology to deploy applications quickly and easily across multiple environments, assisted and automated through orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. This calls for a more complete approach to HCI.

<h2>The Need for Full-Stack HCI</h2>
“Today, customers are focused on full-stack HCI,” said John Gilmartin, senior vice president and general manager of the VMware Cloud Platform Business Unit during <a href="https://www.vmworld.com/">VMworld 2020</a>.
Gilmartin characterized full-stack HCI as the new starting point for a complete, automated private cloud infrastructure. “And customers are using that private cloud as a jumping off point to extend out to the hybrid cloud,” he said.
To pivot fast, organizations are thinking about delivering developer-ready application services on top of a hybrid cloud infrastructure. This would make it easier for developers to consume developer-centric services and collaborate with operational teams. <a href="https://tanzu.vmware.com/tanzu">VMware’s Tanzu</a> portfolio, for example, provides that capability, modernizing application delivery over a hyperconverged infrastructure.
An HCI-based cloud platform positions IT teams to automate and orchestrate infrastructure elements, making systems easier to architect and deploy. Once they’ve done so, the cloud platform allows organizations to use the same on-premises system to manage its entire cloud ecosystem, from the edge to the public cloud.
“It really comes down to developing that cloud operating model,” Gilmartin said, “and focusing more time and energy servicing the needs of application teams and helping them be productive and successful.”

<h2>HCI In the Real World</h2>
T-Systems International GmbH, headquartered in Germany, helps clients with digital transformations, managing companies’ journey to the cloud. At VMworld 2020, Thomas Rumpf, T-Systems’ Chief Technology Officer for private cloud, said that virtually all the company’s clients were using one of more public clouds. But most workloads ran on-premises or via a hosted platform.
“We were looking for a solution that let us serve these clients on-premises or in a T-Systems data center, but also in the cloud,” Rumpf said. “A platform that let us run traditional applications next to cloud-native, containerized applications on the same platform.”
Rumpf said T-Systems also wanted a solution for quickly rolling out infrastructure, so it could be more agile and scale up and down more easily. The company adopted VMware’s solution and rolled it out in April to positive customer feedback.
“T-Systems’ VMware Cloud Foundation-based platform provides clients with a consistent infrastructure and a consistent operating model that lets them move into the cloud at their own pace,” Rumpf told attendees. “They can use their existing tools and processes and manage their workloads, whether hosted on T-Systems’ platform or on VMware Cloud on AWS. With the help of AWS, we are able to provide a private cloud experience that truly looks and feels like a public cloud.”
One T-Systems customer said they deployed a distributed application in less than three hours—a process that previously took five days.
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<h2>Next Steps</h2>
HCI serves as the ideal solution for everything from data persistence to enabling disaster recovery in the cloud. Here’s how organizations get started:
<ol>
<li>Evolve to the private cloud by deploying full-stack HCI in the data center. This will make developers more productive and reduce the amount of time spent managing infrastructure.</li>
<li>Extend to the hybrid cloud using a consistent operating model across private and public clouds. This will allow organizations to move workloads and perform disaster recovery consistently without re-platforming applications.</li>
<li>Ensure developer readiness with a set of consistent services on top of the hybrid cloud. This will help developers consume infrastructure the way they need to—quickly and easily.</li>
</ol>
“When we talk about what&#8217;s driving all this thinking about infrastructure strategy, it&#8217;s all about applications,” Gilmartin said. “The needs of developers and application owners are driving infrastructure strategy.” And the future-ready path forward is hyperconverged infrastructure.

“When we talk about what's driving all this thinking about infrastructure and HCI strategy, it's all about modern apps.”

“When we talk about what's driving ... infrastructure strategy, it's all about applications.”

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When we considered how to approach our conferences in 2021, we knew it required us to think differently. Every part of our lives has been transformed by the global pandemic. From how we connect to how we engage, everything has fundamentally changed. 
Today, we’re excited to announce the VMware conferences slated for this upcoming year. To ensure the safety and well-being of conference attendees, customers, partners and employees, we will continue hosting digital events that are just as informative, entertaining and engaging.
<ul>
<li>CloudLIVE: May 12-13, 2021</li>
<li>VMware Carbon Black Connect: June 3, 2021 </li>
<li>SpringOne: September 1-2, 2021 </li>
<li>VMworld: October 5-7, 2021</li>
<li>VMworld China: November 2021</li>
<li>VMworld Japan: November 2021</li>
</ul>
While there are many more details to come, the dates are set, and we look forward to reconnecting with you.
<a href="https://go.cloudhealthtech.com/cloudlive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CloudLIVE</a>
May 12–13
CloudLIVE is the industry leading multi-cloud conference dedicated to transforming and scaling organizations in the cloud. CloudLIVE provides a global forum for the cloud computing industry to come together to connect with both the CloudHealth community and other cloud leaders to explore the latest cloud management trends, exchange best practices, and drive business innovation. This year, CloudLIVE will take place virtually on May 12 and 13. Details on registration and sessions are forthcoming.
<a href="https://www.carbonblack.com/event/security-connect-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VMware Carbon Black Connect</a>
June 3
VMware Carbon Black’s premier security event of the year will be held on June 3 in a digital format. This event will bring together thousands of security professionals from around the globe to share best practices, threat intelligence trends and engage with industry experts. Details on registration, speakers and sessions will be updated in the coming months.
<a href="https://springone.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpringOne</a>
September 1–2
SpringOne is the premier conference for developers, DevOps pros and app leaders building scalable software in a changing world. SpringOne will be held on September 1 and 2 in a digital format. Registration opens on February 16.
<a href="http://www.vmworld.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VMworld</a>
October 5–7
VMworld 2021 will occur as a global online event October 5-7. The event will deliver updates from VMware executives, the latest in VMware product and technology news, hundreds of in-depth learning sessions with VMware experts, and customer and networking opportunities. In addition, there will be entertainment, special guests and fun/surprise elements throughout. Registration will go live in June. Check back in the coming months for more VMworld 2021 details or visit <a href="http://www.vmworld.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VMworld.com</a>.
Beyond VMware-hosted conferences, we look forward to participating in important industry events, meetings and other gatherings. However, given the continued evolving nature of COVID-19, VMware will continue to assess conferences that we are sponsoring or have a booth or other tradeshow presence, and we’ll work with those show organizers and VMware teams to determine next steps.
Stay tuned as we imagine the opportunities of a changing world.

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Continued global economic uncertainty puts companies in the very difficult position of investing for positive impact with unknown recovery timetables. Consumer sentiment, business opportunities and global markets are all in flux. Yet, there is increasing urgency to advance digital strategies to support quickly evolving business requirements.
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As they navigate down these <a href="https://www.vmware.com/futureready.html?src=radius&#038;cid=7012H000001YoWN" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">three “future-ready” pathways</a>, leaders increasingly recognize the critical need for cloud-native applications supported by next-gen infrastructure. This is particularly relevant in our current world, where the <a href="https://news.vmware.com/at/reports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">app experience</a> is often the only experience.
It’s these applications that are delivering new insights and forging new relationships with customers while redefining markets for today’s reality. And it’s these essential applications that are key to a return to resiliency and growth for every business.
<h2>Apps at the Heart of Business</h2>
Organizations will be measured on how fast they can change course during unanticipated market dynamics or global events. That’s why digital foundation technologies are so important. And so is the innovation required to support evolving business use cases, customer demands and technical requirements.
“Organizations’ application needs over the past few decades haven&#8217;t changed—the speed of delivery, performance, availability and security—but pretty much everything else has: the apps and the infrastructure delivering those apps,” said Kit Colbert, cloud platform vice president and CTO for VMware.
Colbert pointed to rapid cloud adoption and the transformation of monolithic apps into cloud-native models. He said modern businesses drive modern apps, but modern apps also drive modern infrastructure.
Colbert shared three key challenges facing IT teams today:
<ol>
<li>Highly distributed cloud-native and telco 5G apps require more network bandwidth, which strains existing systems.</li>
<li>Data-centric, machine-learning applications tax core CPUs, needing more cycles.</li>
<li>Distributed multi-cloud and hybrid applications break traditional perimeter security models, increasing risk profiles.</li>
</ol>
Each of these increasingly in-demand apps has different requirements of the underlying infrastructure. And while it’s possible to meet these needs today, it’s expensive and operationally burdensome. The introduction of new specialized systems requires unique hardware, teams and processes to run the new stack.
That’s why modern apps need modern, software-defined infrastructure that delivers seamless, secure and reliable access to users—no matter where they’re located. And as organizations embrace emerging technologies such as GPU and NIC hardware accelerators to ease burdens, they need automated operations to reduce complexity and resourcing constraints.
It’s abundantly clear that modern business will run on next-generation apps. But next gen-apps require next-generation IT infrastructure. Experts like Colbert agree that the best way forward is through modern infrastructure that ensures simplicity, performance and security at low TCO. VMware unveiled Project Monterey to meet this urgent need.

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<h2>Innovation Spotlight: Project Monterey</h2>
Project Monterey enables organizations to deploy modern, cloud-native and highly data-intensive apps on current investments—simply and cost-effectively. The solution also helps IT deliver insights without introducing complexity that compromises security.
“Project Monterey will ensure that VMware Cloud Foundation can be the right platform for any application—and especially modern ones,” said Colbert.
The solution embraces SmartNICs, a network adapter that offloads processing tasks normally handled by a server CPU. This will enable maximum performance, simplified operations and zero-trust security across all locations—in the data center, at the edge, in the cloud, in a telco environment or anywhere else.
And leading-edge companies are building SmartNIC innovation into future-ready data center strategies.
“At Equinix, our investments in SmartNIC and related proximity networking technology form an essential part of our global, interconnected infrastructure strategy. We’re excited about VMware’s Project Monterey to deliver security and performance for next-generation applications, while simultaneously unifying infrastructure and operations for our customers,” said Lance Weaver, vice president, research and incubation, Equinix.
“Project Monterey is another giant step on our modern apps journey,” <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/vmworld-2020-5-areas-worth-digging-deeper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote Colbert</a>. “We believe Project Monterey will lower TCO—a big win for cost-constrained organizations. It will also improve security, while providing many new capabilities, such as support for bare metal.”

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<h2>Key Takeaways</h2>
As business and consumer demands continue to evolve, leading organizations are ensuring applications and infrastructure keep pace:
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<li>With <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/microsites/possible/stories-uk/future-ready.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">future-ready</a> solutions to help organizations respond quickly to a crisis, adapt to a new reality and accelerate innovation.</li>
<li>Modern, flexible applications and infrastructure for the greatest agility.</li>
<li>And the introduction of a redefined hybrid architecture for a new generation of applications.</li>
</ul>

As business needs evolve, leading organizations ensure apps and infrastructure keep pace by building the data center of the future.

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DBS Bank has a history of innovation. As Southeast Asia’s largest bank, DBS is today a tech company that happens to provide financial services. That ambition requires significant investment in technology and, more importantly, its people.
“The reason we’ll outperform our competition isn’t because of tech or IP, but because our people believe in what they’re doing,” said Piyush Gupta, DBS Group CEO.
<h2>Using Tech to Protect</h2>

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Every part of DBS’ business—from cash management to private banking and from SME to retail—is enriched by digital transformation.
When a DBS Bank employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this year, the bank used data from office access cards and personal calendars to conduct contact tracing within days. With the Covid-19 spreading, within weeks, they rolled out digital platforms that enabled business customers to submit forms without visiting a branch. These measures helped reduce risk and protect employees and customers amid Covid-19.
In a traditional bank, it takes months or more to roll out updates and new services. DBS did it in weeks and days.
“Through our partnership with DBS, their developers can self-provision the infrastructure that they need within the same day and serve their customers quickly,” said Sanjay Deshmukh, vice president and managing director for Southeast Asia and Korea at VMware.
Digitalizing DBS’ internal processes generated an abundance of benefits. By adopting continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), DBS rolled out releases 10 times faster than before. For example, agile processes and a modern computing and cloud infrastructure enabled DBS to use video analytics to determine office space occupancy and decompress work areas. By ensuring safe distancing guidelines were properly implemented, DBS was able to provide a safe working environment for employees required to come into the office for critical banking services.
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“Right now, the crisis may seem like the worst of times because IT folks are working hard to keep the lights on. But it’s also the best of times because it has brought forth the value of technology and the investments we’ve made to modernize our technology stack,” said Jimmy Ng, CIO and head of technology and operations at DBS.
As a result of the pandemic, DBS is exploring new business continuity innovations. Gupta believes 5G will make it easier to work from home. It also offers new customer value by extending relevant banking services, like mobile ATMs, to more locations quickly.

When DBS recognized the need to make the switch from legacy systems to an updated infrastructure, they didn’t want to lose their existing talent pool. Instead, they invested in programs for employees to “re-skill” themselves and learn how to operate the new systems. DBS also decided to bring more of its technology talent in-house and create its own core competencies. This came in the form of building a “development shop” specifically for DBS talent.
&#8220;DBS is committed to doing our part to build a strong pipeline of talent in Singapore equipped with the right skills for the new digital economy,” said Ng. The financial institution will complement training with hands-on experience in managing DBS&#8217; private cloud, from engineering a resilient active-active cloud platform to automating cloud operations at scale.
Cloud skills are highly relevant as DBS powers ahead with their digital transformation journey and contribute to Singapore&#8217;s aspiration to be a Smart Nation. In 2019, the bank was named World&#8217;s Best Digital Bank by <a href="https://www.euromoney.com/article/b18k8wtzv7v23d/worlds-best-digital-bank-2018-dbs">Euromoney</a> for its industry leadership in leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking – one of four global Best Bank accolades DBS has been awarded since 2018.
“We continuously innovate to better serve the nation. Towards this end, we always explore ways to continue providing robust cloud infrastructure for our business needs,” said Gupta.
<h2>Getting Future Ready</h2>
Organizations like DBS continue to adapt, respond, and accelerate their business in this new digital paradigm. On this journey, it’s imperative to upskill the workforce and train a new generation of tech talent.
As part of its commitment to support Asia’s digital ecosystem, VMware announced its “Getting Future Ready” initiative. In partnership with Singapore-based companies, including DBS, the initiative will deepen the country’s expertise and specialization in next-generation technologies. Conducted in-person and online, the program provides trainees with the opportunity to learn and engage with industry specialists through hackathons, hands-on labs, gamification, and more.
“The vibrancy and strength of Singapore’s innovation economy, along with its deep pool of tech talent, serve as a powerful testament to the country’s Smart Nation ambitions,” said Adrian Hia, country manager, VMware Singapore.
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Join former VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and DBS Group CEO Piyush Gupta as they discuss the current business climate, including the growth opportunities of shifting to run like an agile tech company and the partnership between the two organizations allowing for innovation to thrive.

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Application modernization is at the forefront of most enterprise transformation initiatives. Modern apps help organizations adapt quickly in changing times, whether that means:
<ul>
<li>Rapidly introducing new ways of serving customers wherever they are; or</li>
<li>Enabling digital collaboration when in-person communication is disrupted.</li>
</ul>
And app modernization is on the rise, gaining traction in some unlikely places.
Founded more than 130 years ago, <a href="https://www.northerntrust.com/united-states/home">Northern Trust Corporation</a> has transformed itself into an agile, digital institution. Cloud and related technologies create exceptional experiences for its customers and employees.
“We&#8217;ve been on a cloud journey since early 2013 and made some bold early bets on hyperconverged infrastructure, software-defined data centers, containers, platform as a service and CI/CD (continuous integration, continuous delivery),” said Vijay Luthra, Northern Trust Chief Technology Officer, during <a href="https://www.vmworld.com/">VMworld 2020</a>. Luthra joined VMware experts for the VMworld 2020 Solutions Keynote “Modern Apps — Get Better Software into Production Faster.”
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“We also made big bets on an event-based fabric, as well as a service mesh,” Luthra continued. “As we move toward (becoming) a real-time, agile enterprise, our investments have allowed us to easily transition to a hybrid cloud architecture with microservices leveraging cloud-based services for compute, while data continues to securely reside in our private cloud.”
Throughout its transformation, Luthra said, Northern Trust’s application modernization efforts yielded measurable results. The company’s developers:
<ul>
<li>Reduced time to market by 70%.</li>
<li>Cut the resources required for build activities by 80%.</li>
<li>Boosted production deployments six-fold, automating 100% of those deployments.</li>
<li>Significantly improved reliability and stability.</li>
</ul>
Northern Trust achieved these results through an architecture that’s responsive to internal stakeholders’ needs, while giving developers the platform they require to deliver capabilities at a high velocity.
“Our cloud journey has evolved quite a bit over the years,” Luthra said. “However, our commitment to delivering products and services to our clients rapidly by providing a frictionless experience to our developers remains as important as ever.”
<h2>Modern Apps Deliver Business Outcomes</h2>
The architectures on which modern apps are built and the platforms through which they’re delivered continue to evolve. This new model gives organizations the ability to run apps over multiple clouds and embrace autonomous, self-service development models.
“Cloud and cloud-native architectures have lowered the barrier to entry for building new applications,” said Ajay Patel, general manager, modern apps at VMware. “Seventy-five percent of applications supporting digital business today are expected to be custom built. That&#8217;s because modern apps deliver real business impact.”
Business leaders want to modernize their apps for three primary reasons:
<ol>
<li>Build new revenue-generating customer experiences.</li>
<li>Manage growing volume of software and vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Take advantage of innovations offered by the cloud.</li>
</ol>
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And how enterprises modernize their apps will depend on various factors, including where those apps will live—on-premises, in a public cloud or at the edge. Organizations may decide to “lift and shift” some applications, essential migrating legacy applications to the cloud as they are. Teams may also:
<ul>
<li>Containerize legacy applications.</li>
<li>Rewrite legacy code.</li>
<li>Disaggregate legacy code into microservices.</li>
<li>Build new cloud-native apps.</li>
</ul>
The more teams steer development efforts toward cloud-native apps, the more they can enjoy the benefits of automation and more quickly launch new features and capabilities.
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“VMware is uniquely set up to deliver application speed and agility with the infrastructure modernization to move across any cloud,” Patel said. In fact, VMware offers the <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/the%E2%80%AFcounterintuitively%E2%80%AFfastest-path-to%E2%80%AFapp-modernization-part-1%E2%80%AF/">counterintuitively fastest path to app modernization</a>.
The lightweight container model for cloud software is popular because it supports greater speed and agility, results in apps that can run anywhere, simplifies DevOps and more.
<h2>The Keys to Rapid App Development</h2>
Today, enterprises across industries can take advantage of VMware vSphere 7 with Tanzu, available in a variety of editions. It embeds Kubernetes in the vSphere control pane, allowing organizations to easily run containers and virtual machines (VMs) side by side. And it’s an ideal foundation for addressing app modernization from the infrastructure up.
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For developers, Tanzu Application Service—the application runtime environment—is now available on any cloud, according to James Watters, vice president in VMware’s Modern Platforms Business Unit. Watters told VMworld 2020 attendees that Tanzu Application Service is especially suited to developing Java apps using VMware Spring microservices, an increasingly popular approach to app modernization where code is developed in small, independent pieces.
“As you enable developers to move faster, they want to move more independently and they want to be able to scale parts of their codebase independently. And that&#8217;s really where this trend around microservices comes from,” Watters said. “Microservices—especially Spring microservices—have really started to digest and transform the world of legacy middleware.”
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When Northern Trust brought in Tanzu Application Service, it established an operations and engineering team that was focused on developer productivity and speed to market. “Some of our most critical applications are moving toward microservices and leveraging the Tanzu platform for higher resiliency and time-to-market benefits,” said Luthra.
For Northern Trust, agile development drives transformation and app modernization.
“We&#8217;ve taken a unique approach to ensure we stay laser-focused on what developers need, as well as to ensure cross-functional teams come together to enable a high-velocity delivery model,” Luthra said. The company completely reengineered its client-facing business processes, leveraged cloud-based machine-learning and artificial intelligence to mine data and improve communication with clients. The team also reimagined customer-facing experiences by using its hybrid cloud to deliver secure, scalable mobile apps.
“Northern Trust is committed to investing in our technology by continuously rationalizing and transforming our application portfolio,” Luthra said. “Post-COVID, the transformation will only accelerate, and a hybrid cloud architecture will be the foundation of our digitalization strategy.”

To drive real impact, you need to get applications into production, faster.

Northern Trust Corporation transformed itself into an agile, digital institution with an architecture and platform for app modernization. Read their story.

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<h2>VMworld 2020 Partner News and Announcements</h2>
September 30, 2020
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<h2>Joint News</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed.Lumen-Teams-With-VMware-to-Expand-Edge-Compute-Capabilities-for-the-4th-Industrial-Revolution.95fdd3fa-7e31-4d69-b452-3d93dd98ad69.html" target="_self" rel="noopener">Lumen Teams with VMware to Expand Edge Compute Capabilities for the 4th Industrial Revolution</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed.VMware-and-NVIDIA-to-Enable-Next-Gen-Hybrid-Cloud-Architecture-and-Bring-AI-to-Every-Enterprise.801b9b92-97a9-4a75-9074-116733900cb5.html" target="_self" rel="noopener">VMware and NVIDIA to Enable Next-Gen Hybrid Cloud Architecture and Bring AI to Every Enterprise</a></li>
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<h2>Partner News</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.amd.com/en/press-releases/2020-09-30-amd-epyc-processors-bring-advanced-security-features-and-high-performance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AMD EPYC™ Processors Bring Advanced Security Features and High-Performance Capabilities to VMware Customers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://atos.net/en/2020/press-release_2020_09_30/atos-introduces-bullsequana-agility-a-new-hyperconverged-solution-to-leverage-the-power-of-multi-cloud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atos Introduces BullSequana Agility, a New Hyperconverged Solution to Leverage the Power of Multi-Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="https://corporate.delltechnologies.com/en-us/newsroom/announcements/detailpage.press-releases~usa~2020~09~20200929-dell-technologies-innovations-advance-management-automation-and-protection-of-vmware-environments.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dell Technologies Innovations Advance Management, Automation and Protection of VMware Environments</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.druva.com/about/press-releases/druva-achieves-vmware-ready-certification-for-vmware-cloud-on-aws-and-vmware-cloud-on-dell-emc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Druva Achieves VMware Ready Certification for VMware Cloud on AWS and VMware Cloud on Dell EMC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/09/30/2101411/0/en/Fortanix-Partners-with-VMware-to-Enable-Cloud-Service-Providers-to-Deliver-Data-Security-as-a-Service.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fortanix Partners with VMware to Enable Cloud Service Providers to Deliver Data Security as a Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kennasecurity.com/news/kenna-delivers-rbvm-for-new-vmware-carbon-black-cloud-workload-solution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenna Security Delivers Risk-Based Vulnerability Management for New VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload Protection Solution </a></li>
<li><a href="https://ordr.net/pr/vmware-nsx-integration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ordr Announces Integration with VMware for Campus and Data Center Device Visibility Made Simple</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pensando.io/press-release/pensando-vmware-monterey-9-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pensando Partners with VMware on Project Monterey to Co-Develop Next-generation Infrastructure Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.purestorage.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/pure-expands-design-partnership-with-vmware.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pure Storage Expands Design Partnership with VMware, Delivering Enhanced Solutions to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/09/29/2100794/0/en/Rackspace-Technology-Makes-Significant-Investment-in-Extending-its-VMware-Multicloud-Solutions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rackspace Technology Makes Significant Investment in Extending its VMware Multi-Cloud Solutions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.zscaler.com/press/zscaler-extends-strategic-partnership-vmware-accelerate-secure-digital-transformation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zscaler Extends Strategic Partnership with VMware to Accelerate Secure Digital Transformation</a></li>
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For all the news, announcements and innovations, please explore our <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company/news/media-resources/vmworld-2020-media-kit.html">VMworld 2020 Media Kit.</a>
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VMware Secure Access Service Edge Platform Adds New Capabilities to Empower Organizations to Intelligently Manage and Better Secure Access to Applications and Information
PALO ALTO, Calif.—VMworld 2020—This week at <a href="https://www.vmworld.com/en/index.html">VMworld 2020</a>, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is announcing VMware Future Ready Workforce solutions to provide exceptional workforce experiences, end-to-end Zero Trust security controls, and simplified management. The Future Ready Workforce solutions combine VMware Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Digital Workspace and Endpoint Security capabilities to help IT manage and optimize more secure access to any app, on any cloud, from any device while providing a simple, high performant, and a safer user experience for the distributed workforce.
“Organizations are navigating one of the most significant disruptions of our generation. These challenges will accelerate a shift to cloud-centric strategies, like SASE, that address the requirements of enabling people to work from anywhere,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, chief operating officer, products and cloud services, VMware. “The VMware Future Ready Workforce solutions help businesses enable their people to work from anywhere with intrinsic security, delightful end-user experiences and lower operational complexity.”
SASE: An Emerging Architecture for Unifying Networking and Security in the Cloud
Legacy networking and security approaches lack the automation, cloud scale and intrinsic security needed to connect and protect apps, data, and users across a globally distributed business fabric. The VMware SASE Platform converges cloud networking, cloud security and zero trust network access with best in class web security to deliver flexibility, agility, and scalability for enterprises of all sizes. It is a cloud-first offering that delivers application quality assurance, intrinsic security, and operational simplicity, and is ideal for organizations that are supporting a work from anywhere workforce.
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<li>Industry-leading SD-WAN – VMware has been positioned as a leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure three consecutive years for its SD-WAN solution(1). The VMware SD-WAN global network has now been expanded to more than 2,700 cloud service nodes across 130 points of presence (POPs). The new VMware Edge Network Intelligence gives IT teams added visibility and telemetry into the end-user experience as applications are accessed from anywhere, and application traffic traverses many different networks. The Dell EMC SD-WAN Solution powered by VMware has also been expanded to include built-in LTE to support mobile clinics / temporary sites as well as higher reliability for work from home.</li>
<li>Industry-Leading Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) – <a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/velocloud/2020/06/16/vmware-sd-wan-workspace-one-coming-together-to-provide-a-global-zero-trust-service/">VMware Secure Access</a> is a ZTNA service that combines VMware Workspace ONE and VMware SD-WAN into a single, cloud-hosted offering that enables more secure, optimized, and high-performance access for remote and mobile users. VMware has been positioned as a leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management three consecutive years for its Workspace ONE solution(2).</li>
<li>Best-in-Class Cloud &#038; Web Security – VMware is partnering with leading companies to provide customers flexibility and choice in meeting their cloud and web security requirements.
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<li>The new VMware Cloud Web Security service will integrate Menlo Security’s best-in-class secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access service broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention, sandbox, and remote browser isolation capabilities natively into the VMware SASE solution. VMware Cloud Web Security will be sold and supported by VMware, with a single management interface and integrated back end operations, offering customers of all sizes an easy to deploy and ready to use solution.</li>
<li>VMware and Zscaler announced an expanded strategic relationship to enable enterprises to combine VMware SD-WAN and VMware Secure Access with Zscaler Internet Access into a best of breed SASE solution. VMware and Zscaler will join forces to support the needs of the world&#8217;s most demanding enterprise organizations.</li>
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<li>Integrated Next-Gen Firewall as a Service – The VMware NSX Firewall is a stateful Layer 7 firewall that will be integrated into the VMware SASE Platform for cloud-delivered firewall as a service in both single-tenanted and multi-tenanted deployment options. This will complement the firewall capabilities of the existing VMware SD-WAN solution today. Forrester Research recently categorized VMware as one of five “large” firewall vendors in their report, Now Tech: Enterprise Firewalls, Q1 2020(3).</li>
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“The pandemic created market dynamics that require organizations to transform their IT infrastructure to meet the business needs of the new normal. Having an adaptable and flexible approach to connecting and securing access to corporate resources can be the difference between success and failure,” said Jay Chaudhry, chairman and CEO of Zscaler. “Zscaler and VMware have a longstanding partnership of delivering best-in-class networking and security solutions for large global enterprises. We are extending this relationship to combine our proven, industry-leading solutions so customers can accelerate adoption of SASE and not have to compromise on networking or security.”
“With the transition to remote work, and an accelerating migration to SaaS, the traditional corporate network perimeter has evaporated. The Internet is the new corporate network and the new branch is an employees’ home or mobile device. Networks and security are being totally reimagined and rearchitected as the future of work is being transformed,” said Amir Ben-Efraim, CEO, Menlo Security. “That’s why we’re teaming with VMware to build the Menlo’s Cloud Secure Web Gateway Platform into the VMware Cloud Web Security service. We are bringing together our leading-edge secure cloud security platform, built on our unique Isolation Core™ technology with the VMware SASE platform to better protect customers against the most sophisticated and prevalent attacks such as phishing, ransomware and malicious content.”
A Vision for the Future of Work with a Focus on Security and Employee Experience
The global pandemic has changed the future of work forever. According to <a href="https://www.vmware.com/learn/655785_REG.html?cid=7012H000001KQGx&#038;src=af_5f625a4896fa1">VMware research</a>, 42% of global employees surveyed say the ability to work remotely is a prerequisite to their job, not just a perk. 90% say that it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure employees have appropriate access to digital tools to enable remote work(4). However, enabling a distributed workforce is fraught with challenges ranging from remote employee on-boarding, visibility and compliance, security, employee safety, and more.
To address these challenges, VMware Workspace Security combines industry-leading unified endpoint management and endpoint security platform to enable customers to leverage the power of big data to provide comprehensive endpoint visibility as well as actionable insights in conjunction with data-driven prevention technology through a single dashboard. Today, VMware announces additional <a href="http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2020/09/vmworld-2020-workspace-one-keynote-recap.html">Workspace ONE</a> and Workspace Security offerings available to effectively and efficiently better secure devices, and are easy to deploy, manage, and scale including:
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<li>VMware Workspace Security Remote – Combines industry-leading unified endpoint management (UEM), endpoint security, and remote IT support into an integrated solution to better manage and protect Mac and Windows 10 devices. While InfoSec teams focus on preventing, detecting, and responding to threats, IT teams enable  broader compliance and help to operationalize security updates. Workspace Security Remote brings the two teams, technologies, and consoles closer together to enhance overall device health, provide Zero Trust access and efficiently automate threat response.</li>
<li>VMware Workspace Security VDI – Integrates VMware Horizon and VMware Carbon Black Cloud into a single unified solution that helps security and IT teams deliver highly secure virtual desktops and applications. Workspace Security VDI goes beyond legacy solutions as it uniquely integrates Carbon Black technology directly into the VMware vSphere Hypervisor and VMtools to deliver an agentless approach with improved anti-tamper capabilities, audit, and remediation, and uses behavioral detection to protect against ransomware and file less malware.</li>
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Customer Commentary
Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance Services is a full-service medical transportation provider of air ambulance, ground ambulance and commercial medical escort for critically ill and injured patients.
“Now more than ever, patients across the country need safe medical flights for specialty care. Our air ambulances provide a safe, clean environment to transport patients to the right level of care,” said Paul Green, chief development officer at Angel MedFlight. “The sudden shift to an all-remote work world would have been challenging without Workspace ONE. It allowed us to transition quickly, as every employee was simply able to take home their Apple Mac mini and immediately keep working, with highly secure access to all the apps they need to help transport our patients. Workspace ONE helps us completely change the way IT works in the office. And ultimately that makes it easier for the flight crews who are caring for patients.”
Dow is a global leader in material science with plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings, and silicones businesses that deliver a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers.
“During the DowDuPont merger in 2017, we chose VMware’s VDI solutions to provide temporary system access to employees until we could spin out into three separate companies: Dow, DuPont, and Corteva. Given the complexity of the merger, reliability of system access across the companies was critical going from a baseline usage of 4k users and quickly scaling to 18k users,” said Paul Kline, IT global director at Dow. “I’m pleased to say that VMware consistently met our performance and reliability expectations. While site separations were still underway, COVID-19 exploded, and all three companies shifted non-essential workers to working from home. VMware’s VDI solutions were instrumental in enabling continued system access as transitioning employees shifted to working from home practically overnight.”
Lumen enables enterprises to acquire, analyze and act on data, adopt emerging technologies, and take advantage of the opportunities of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
“Lumen helps enterprises modernize their networks and strengthen security to reduce the complexity and risks of digital transformation. Our customers look to us to deliver solutions that help them adapt and thrive in virtually any business condition,” said Paul Savill, senior vice president, enterprise products and services at Lumen Technologies. “Working with VMware, we further expand our portfolio of networking and security capabilities that can help enterprises protect and empower employees working from anywhere. With the new VMware SASE platform our customers will have access to a cloud-delivered solution to more securely access applications that is optimized for branch, home and work-from-anywhere users.”
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is the world’s leading comprehensive cancer treatment and research center.
“We have partnered with VMware for its SD-WAN solution,” said Emil Patel, Director of IT at MD Anderson Cancer Center. “We deployed thousands of VMware devices to extend the same level of user experience to the home as if our employees were working onsite. We continue expanding WFH initiatives in these difficult times of COVID-19.” Patel who will be presenting in the following sessions at VMworld: VCNC2919 <a href="https://my.vmworld.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2020/catalog?tab.deliveryfordisplay=1597089771221001YGg0&#038;search=vcnc2919">“Prepare for the New Normal of Work from Anywhere”</a>  and VCN2799 <a href="https://my.vmworld.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2020/catalog?tab.deliveryfordisplay=1597089771221001YGg0&#038;search=vcn2799">“Solutions Keynote: Virtual Cloud Network – The Network for your Future Ready Business.”</a>
Availability
VMware Workspace Security Remote and VMware Workspace Security VDI are available today. VMware Edge Network Intelligence is expected to be available in VMware’s Fiscal Q3 FY21, which ends on October 30, 2020. VMware Cloud Web Security is expected to be available in VMware’s Fiscal Q1 FY22, and NSX Firewall as a Service for the VMware SASE Platform is expected to be available in FY22.
1-Gartner, Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, September 2020
2-Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management, August 2020
3-Source: VMware is 1 of 5 “large” firewall vendors (with  greater than $500m in annual revenue) in the Forrester Research report, Now Tech: Enterprise Firewalls, Q1 2020, March 2020
4-Source: “The New Remote Work Era: Trends in the Distributed Workforce,” Vanson Bourne and commissioned by VMware and Dell, June–July 2020.
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News at VMworld 2020
Read a summary of today’s news from Chris Wolf: <a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/VMworld-2020-corporate-stories-chris-wolf">VMworld 2020: Innovating with the Expectation of Change</a>
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<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-intrinsic-security-cloud-news">VMware Delivers Intrinsic Security to the World’s Digital Infrastructure</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-multicloud-announcement">VMware Empowers Customers to Build their Multi-Cloud Future</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-app-modernization-announcement">VMware Expands Tanzu Portfolio and Partnerships to Accelerate Customers’ Infrastructure and Application Modernization Efforts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-project-monterey-hybrid-cloud-news">VMware Unveils Project Monterey: Re-Imagining Hybrid Cloud Architecture to Support Next-Generation Applications</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-networking-announcement">VMware Delivers the Next Wave of Virtual Cloud Network Innovation to Connect and Protect Today’s Distributed, Multi-Cloud Enterprise</a></li>
<li>For information on all news announcements at VMworld 2020, <a href="https://www.vmware.com/company/news/media-resources/vmworld-2020-media-kit.html">view the online media kit</a></li>
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Some organizations seem incapacitated by abrupt changes, while others appear invigorated by it. Tech leaders at VMworld 2020 unpacked the defining difference: the digital foundation and culture needed to rapidly adapt and innovate.

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The extraordinary events of 2020 have impacted every industry in a unique way.

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Organizations everywhere continue to navigate a world transformed by disruption. ​More than ever, they rely on rapid digital innovation to survive and even thrive through unprecedented circumstances.

“I’ve connected over Zoom with hundreds of CEOs and CIOs over the last several months,” Gelsinger said. “What I hear is a deep sense of urgency—from hospitals on the frontlines, to schools, airlines, banks, retailers, carmakers. All are under pressure to turn the corner and chart a path forward. They’re looking to engage with customers in new ways, searching for a strategic lifeline back to stability and growth.”

“At the heart of it all is software innovation,” he said. “The next question becomes: How do we accelerate the software that will power our researchers, our educators, our small businesses and our communities?”

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A Trusted Digital Foundation for an Uncertain Future

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Much of the future is unpredictable. What leaders do know is that they need the right tools to confidently navigate through the roughest waters.

That’s how <a href="https://www.news.vmware.com/redirect/rescuing-americas-food-waste/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Feeding America</a>, a U.S. hunger relief organization, keeps all 200 food banks in its network operational through pandemics, hurricanes or wildfires. Using cloud services, the organization ensures its digital infrastructure is always available to track food, trucks and day-to-day operations across the country.

Food and volunteer shortages strained their supplies during the 2020 pandemic. So, Feeding America quickly updated and scaled its digital donation platform. This made it easier for any food business in the U.S. to donate unsold products—keeping communities fed during these turbulent times.

Technology also enabled <a href="https://www.news.vmware.com/hospital-cio-reprioritizing-in-pandemic/">American Hospital Dubai</a> to act quickly under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff converted a field hotel into a fully functioning field hospital, where patients could be quarantined and treated. Within 72 hours, doctors and nurses could access the hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR) system from the hotel.

And <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/customers/vmw-brisbane-catholic-education-en-casestudy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brisbane Catholic Education</a> moved to remote learning during the pandemic almost immediately due to technology. Prior to the spread of COVID-19, IT staff securely provisioned and managed around 40,000 devices for e-learning. During lockdown, they were able to quickly set up about 50% more devices so every student could access apps outside of the classroom—as well as during their return to “normal” class delivery.

What made it all possible was a <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/microsites/possible/stories/building-a-foundation-for-digital-business.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">digital foundation</a>—a software-defined, dynamic digital infrastructure designed to meet new demands and prepare for future ones. A digital foundation aligns with business goals and IT priorities, enabling organizations to create new value, protect brand and customer trust, and transform engagement, according to <a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/company/vmware-building-a-digital-foundation-ebook.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VMware</a>.

5 Strategic Priorities for a Digital Foundation

Five strategic technologies form a digital foundation that accelerates organizations on an unconditional path forward.

Businesses create value by unlocking innovation and responding to new opportunities with applications. Organizations <a href="https://www.vmware.com/cloud-solutions/app-modernization.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">modernize applications and infrastructure</a> to deliver better software to production, continuously. With modern apps and infrastructure, developers and IT can quickly and collaboratively build, run and manage any app on any cloud.

Innovations in app modernization:

Applications are at the heart of any successful digital transformation effort—enabling enterprises to deliver personalized digital experiences to their customers and employees. The complex and diverse needs of applications are driving <a href="https://www.vmware.com/cloud-solutions/multi-cloud-ops.html">multi-cloud</a> strategies. Every organization is now on a multi-cloud journey to support app modernization.

Innovation in multi-cloud:

<a href="https://www.vmware.com/solutions/empower-digital-workspace.html">Digital workspace</a> solutions engage the workforce with intuitive experiences that boost productivity. New and expanded capabilities empower customers, help improve business resilience and prepare for the hybrid workforce of the future.

Innovation in the digital workspace:

Modern app architectures, multi-cloud environments and distributed workstyles introduce levels of complexity that the network of the past 20 years is simply not designed to address. Organizations harness a <a href="https://www.vmware.com/solutions/virtual-cloud-network.html">cloud network</a> to deliver and distribute all networking services in software across the enterprise. This provides the public cloud experience of automated one-click application deployment, pervasive connectivity, intrinsic security and visibility from data center to cloud to wherever users are.

Innovation in cloud networking:

Security remains vital for protecting brand and customer trust, especially in times when threats are pervasive. And the transformation of work requires businesses to rethink their approach to application access and security. <a href="https://www.vmware.com/security.html">Intrinsic security</a> solutions architected into everything empower businesses to intelligently manage and secure access to any app on any cloud delivered to any device, while providing an optimal experience for users and IT.

Innovations in security:

Future Ready Technologies for Future Ready Business

“Business as usual” is no longer an option. Instead, businesses must prioritize three steps to return to a state of stability, growth and differentiation.

Step 1: Respond to Business Continuity Needs

First, businesses must respond to their most pressing, immediate concerns, like:

Step 2: Adapt to a New Reality for Business Resiliency

Next, businesses must adapt to a “new normal,” one which requires more efficiency by:

Step 3: Accelerate Digital-First Innovation

Finally, to create new value, businesses must accelerate systemic and structural change, such as:

The journey will look different for every organization, but there are three universal outcomes:

1. A Future-Ready Workforce

1. A Future-Ready Workforce

The new reality is employees are increasingly distributed, flexible and remote. They access data, collaborate as a team and engage with customers from anywhere and at any time. So, they need scalable and secure technologies, new policies and inclusive cultures that support new workstyles.

The new reality is employees are increasingly distributed, flexible and remote. They access data, collaborate as a team and engage with customers from anywhere and at any time. So, they need scalable and secure technologies, new policies and inclusive cultures that support new workstyles.

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2. A Future-Ready Cloud Strategy & Operating Model

2. A Future-Ready Cloud Strategy & Operating Model

Multi-cloud strategies enable organizations to scale resources for changing business demands, including new remote work initiatives and expanded disaster recovery solutions. IT also takes advantage of more efficient operational models, optimized spending and modern app development services in the cloud.

Multi-cloud strategies enable organizations to scale resources for changing business demands, including new remote work initiatives and expanded disaster recovery solutions. IT also takes advantage of more efficient operational models, optimized spending and modern app development services in the cloud.

3. Future-Ready Apps

Organizations increasingly look to apps to enable new business services, adapt customer engagement models, create new revenue opportunities and serve a more distributed set of employees. This will require new approaches to teams, tools, processes and architectures to build, run and manage the next generation of applications.

Businesses already put significant demand on app development teams. It will only increase as organizations look to new business services, adapt customer engagement models, create new revenue opportunities and serve a more distributed set of employees. This will require new approaches to teams, tools, processes and architectures. To build, run and manage the next generation of applications, developers need modern app platforms that speed delivery of new services and access to innovative cloud services.

Disruptions like COVID-19 tend to expose the limitations of existing systems, processes, team structures and business models. Apps are complex, and skillsets are limited. Budgets are uncertain, and existing investments weigh heavy. Agility is low, and security and compliance requirements are strict.

So, how can IT begin creating a “future-ready” infrastructure today?

Organizations work with industry pioneers and strategic, trusted advisors to architect a path back to stability, growth and innovation. Partners provide a valuable blueprint for how many organizations successfully do so. And technology providers offer robust solutions for accelerating the future-ready journey and building a digital foundation.

Only through new levels of collaboration can organizations, technology providers and industries jointly produce powerful innovation. Together:

In rapidly changing and uncertain times, business and technology leadership together can lead organizations, people and communities toward a better future.

Ashley Speagle

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