Introducing VMware Cloud Services – A SaaS Journey

In 2018 , VMware continued rolling out Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings and cloud products. These are aimed to deliver a unified approach to end-to-end visibility, governance, and security for VMs and containers running in VMware based private and hybrid clouds, as well as across public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Some of the newly additions include VMware AppDefence, VMware Cloud Assembly, VMware Service Broker, CloudHealth ect. If you’ve missed Pat Gelsinger’s (VMware CEO) keynote speech, where he presented some of these new offerings at this year’s VMworld conference, you can watch it below:

VMworld 2018 Europe Day 1 General Session

As of today, VMware Cloud Services & cloud products consists of following products/offerings:

*Located on the VMware Cloud website

All SaaS offerings from the above list, like VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud Assembly, ect.. are being referred to as VMware Cloud Services.

Furthermore, although these are not VMware official name umbrellas, subsets of these services are commonly being referred as follows:

Cloud Automation Services, which includes:

  • VMware Code Stream
  • VMware Cloud Assembly
  • VMware Service Broker

Cloud Operations includes:

  • VMware Cloud Automation Services
  • Wavefront by VMware
  • VMware Secure State
  • (may include more in future)

To get started and access these offering you can visit the VMware Cloud portal at:

https://cloud.vmware.com

In a series of follow up posts we will be taking a closer look into many of these offerings , starting with VMware Cloud Assembly and VMware Service Broker, VMware AppDefence and VMware Secure State. So be on a look out for those.

Now lets take an overview of all of the offerings.

VMware Cloud on AWS

VMware Cloud on AWS delivers vSphere-based, Consistent Hybrid Operating Environments on AWS Cloud. It brings our Software-Defined Data Center software to the AWS Cloud, delivered as an on-demand service.

VMware Cloud on AWS

https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws

VMware Cloud on AWS – Overview (Youtube)

VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud

A secure platform for government agencies to access the benefits of public and private clouds.

VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud

https://cloud.vmware.com/govcloud

VMware Discovery

VMware Discovery provides Automate Cloud Inventory Detection Across AWS, Azure and VMware Environments. It delivers a secure and efficient approach for automatically detecting your public and private cloud inventory, making it easier to organize and search cloud resources.

VMware Discovery: Automate Inventory Detection across Clouds

https://cloud.vmware.com/community/2017/08/28/vmware-discovery-automate-inventory-detection-across-clouds/

Discovery – Overview (Youutbe)

VMware vCloud Usage Insight

vCloud Usage Insight provides automated usage reporting, simple onboarding, secure data transfer and aggregation of usage across all contracts and sites. vCloud Usage Insight is available free of charge.

VMware vCloud Usage Insight is now Available!

https://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/2018/10/vmware-vcloud-usage-insight-is-now-available.html

Introduction to VMware vCloud Usage Insight (Youtube)

VMware Network Insight

VMware Network Insight delivers Better Network Visibility across AWS and VMware Environments. Analyze traffic flows, plan security and troubleshoot network issues across all virtual, physical and public cloud environments.

Network Insight

https://cloud.vmware.com/network-insight

Network Insight – Overview (Youtube)

VMware Cost Insight

Empowers IT to compare and analyze the cost of running multiple clouds, identify key cost drivers, find efficiencies and communicate the cost of services to their business.

Cost Insight

https://cloud.vmware.com/cost-insight

Cost Insight – Overview (Youtube)

VMware Log Intelligence

Real-time visibility into infrastructure and application logs across private clouds and AWS, including VMware Cloud on AWS.

Log Intelligence

https://cloud.vmware.com/log-intelligence

VMware Cloud PKS

VMware Cloud PKS delivers deployment and consumption of Container Services with Production-Grade Kubernetes. VMware and Pivotal collaborate to deliver Kubernetes-based container services for multi-cloud enterprises and service providers.

VMware Cloud PKS – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/vmware-cloud-pks

What’s new with VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS) 1.2 (Youtube)

VMware Code Stream

Speed software delivery and streamline troubleshooting with release pipelines and analytics.

Code Stream – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/code-stream

VMware Cloud Assembly

Orchestrate and expedite infrastructure and application delivery in line with DevOps principles

VMware Cloud Assembly – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/cloud-assembly

VMware Service Broker

Aggregate native content from multiple clouds and platforms into a single catalog with role-based policies

Service Broker – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/service-broker

VMware Cloud Marketplace

The technologies you know and love, delivered on the world’s most trusted enterprise cloud. Stay informed about the latest information about Cloud Marketplace and its availability.

Cloud Marketplace – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/cloud-marketplace

VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension

VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension provides App Mobility and Infrastructure Hybridity Across Any-to-Any vSphere. It delivers secure and seamless app mobility and infrastructure hybridity across vSphere 5.0+ versions, on-premises and in the cloud.

Hybrid Cloud Extension – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/vmware-hcx

VMware Secure State

Real-time Configuration Security and Compliance Monitoring for AWS and Azure

Secure State – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/secure-state

VMware AppDefence

VMware AppDefense is a data center endpoint security product that protects applications running in virtualized environments. A sophisticated solution that embeds threat detection and response into the virtualization layer on which applications and data live.

AppDefence – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/appdefense

AppDefence Overview (Youtube)

Introducing VMware AppDefense (Youtube)

VMware Learning Platform

A SaaS platform that delivers hands-on virtual IT labs to anyone on the planet at cloud scale. Ready to experience the robust and simple-to-use platform yourself?

VMware Learning Platform – Overview

https://cloud.vmware.com/learning-platform

VMware Horizon Cloud on IBM SoftLayer

Desktop as a service (DaaS) and cloud-hosted applications that empower your end users with anytime, anywhere access to their digital workspaces from any device.

Horizon Cloud (IBM) – Overview

https://www.vmware.com/products/horizon-cloud-virtual-desktops.html

VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure

Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure simplifies the delivery of virtual desktops and apps. With a single solution, organizations can easily deploy and manage virtual applications and desktops on Microsoft Azure while leveraging cloud resources. IT can save time getting up and running with an easy deployment process, simplified management, and an architecture built for the cloud. And for organizations with fluctuating app usage, the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure solution provides flexible, consumption-based pricing down to the minute.

VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Administration Guide

Click to access hzncloudmsazure-15-admin.pdf

VMware Horizon Cloud with Microsoft Azure Technical Overview (Youtube)

VMware Horizon 7 on VMware VMC on AWS

VMware Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS delivers a seamlessly integrated hybrid cloud for virtual desktops and applications. It combines the enterprise capabilities of VMware’s Software-Defined Data Center (delivered as a service on AWS) with the market-leading capabilities of VMware Horizon.

Horizon 7 on VMware VMC on AWS – Overview

https://www.vmware.com/products/horizon/horizon-on-vmc-aws.html

VMware Horizon 7 v 7.5 with VMware Cloud on AWS Technical Overview (Youtube)

Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS (Youtube)

VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence

Improve user experience, optimize resources and strengthen security and compliance across your entire digital workspace with VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence.

Workspace ONE Intelligence – Overview

https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one/intelligence.html

Introduction to Workspace ONE Intelligence (Youtube)

Workspace ONE Intelligence Lightboard (Youtube)

VMware Workspace ONE

Simply and securely deliver and manage any app on any device with VMware Workspace ONE, an intelligence-driven digital workspace platform powered by VMware AirWatch Technology. Workspace ONE integrates access control, application management and multi-platform endpoint management and is available as a cloud service or for on-premises deployment.

Workspace ONE – Overview

https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one.html

VMware Workspace ONE Product Demo (Youtube)

VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

Reduce costs and improve security with modern, over-the-air management of every endpoint – including desktops, mobile, rugged, and IoT – and ensure enterprise security at every layer with Workspace ONE UEM, powered by AirWatch technology.

Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Powered by AirWatch – Ovewrview

https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one/unified-endpoint-management.html

Overview of Unified Endpoint Management Technology in VMware Workspace ONE, Powered by AirWatch (Youtube)

VMware Workspace ONE, Powered by AirWatch Unified Endpoint Management (Youtube)

Wavefront by VMware

Wavefront by VMware delivers monitoring of Cloud-Native Environments with High-Velocity Custom Metrics and Analytics. It is a metrics monitoring and analytics platform that handles the high-scale requirements of modern cloud-native applications.

Wavefront by VMware – Ovewrview

https://cloud.vmware.com/wavefront

Wavefront by VMware – Finding The Signal in the Noise (Youtube)

Wavefront by VMware and PKS (Youtube)

CloudHealth

CloudHealth helps you quantify, understand, optimize, and automate your infrastructure, to control your data through knowledge.

CloudHealth – Overview

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/

VMware NSX Cloud

Provides Consistent Networking and Security for Applications Running Natively in Public Clouds. Having a common networking and security model across clouds significantly improves operational scalability, control, and visibility – with lower OpEx.

NSX Cloud – Overview

https://www.vmware.com/products/nsx-cloud.html

NSX Cloud Overview (Youtube)

VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to deploy and run a hybrid cloud. VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and security) and cloud management services to run enterprise applications in both private and public environments.

VMware Cloud Foundation – Ovewrview

https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-foundation.html

VMware Cloud Foundation Overview (Youtube)

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Spas Kaloferov has been a technology professional since 2004 and holds over 30 industry certifications. His experience is focused around the Microsoft and VMware portfolios. He studied in Germany and now lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. Spas joined the VMware family in 2014. He is currently part of a team delivering high-level training across the VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) product stack. He has been an active VMware contributor via his personal blog. Publications include technical resource for “VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook – Second Edition” and author of the “Mastering vRealize Operations Manager – Second Edition” (Packt Publishing 2018) book.

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