Vodafone and IBM have joined hands to offer enterprises across the globe the VMware Cloud Infrastructure on Vodafone Hosted Private Cloud to and from the IBM Cloud.
With the offering, customers can move VMware workloads from on premises environments to the cloud without incurring the cost and risk associated with re-tooling operations, re-architecting applications and re-designing security policies.
The IBM Cloud capability helps clients meet this growing demand by extending the global footprint of Vodafone’s Hosted Private Cloud service and helping establish a new hybrid cloud offering for enterprises. This new service is designed to help Vodafone enterprise customers reduce latency by locating applications closer to users while maintaining data within a security-rich global network.
In utilising VMware NSX network virtualisation across Vodafone’s global network, a single virtual data centre based on VMware was created to bridge between the Vodafone Hosted Private Cloud and the IBM Cloud. This enables enterprises to establish true application portability and burst capability across a geographically diverse data centre footprint using a single management portal.
Ajay Patel, SVP, Product Development, Cloud Services, VMware
This new offering from Vodafone and IBM will enable businesses to utilize a globally consistent, common operating model for running, managing and securing their workloads across clouds.
Greg Hyttenrauch, Vodafone Director of Cloud and Hosting Services
The combination of our network and our VMware based Hosted Private Cloud with the global reach of IBM’s capabilities gives customers more flexibility, more choice and the possibility of a true hybrid cloud.
