VMware Overview: How the Cloud Is Transforming IT

In recent years, the IT infrastructure paradigm has changed significantly. Traditional static, cumbersome, and resource intensive IT infrastructures have prevented organizations from making the quick and agile changes needed to provide them with a competitive edge. VMware's cloud computing infrastructure provides a vastly more efficient, flexible, and cost-effective way for IT to meet escalating business needs. VMware provides an industry leading infrastructure solutions that harness the power of a cloud based infrastructure ensuring security and preserving the value of your existing technology investments.

VMware provides a three-tier approach to provide a framework to position your organization, applications and users to migrate to a cloud-based infrastructure.

Cloud Infrastructure and Management

The Cloud Infrastructure and Management tier is based on the VMware vSphere server virtualization software. There are several editions, bundles, and applications that can provide a right sized virtual infrastructure to create the foundation for your business applications and processes.

As an additional layer of infrastructure, Juniper's vGW offers additional security for your multi-tenant or ultra secure environments. The vGW runs at the host and VM layer to provide granular management and enforcement of your security policies.

Cloud Application Platform

The Cloud Application Platform tier provides a set of tools that enable developers to rapidly build and run modern cloud applications. VMware's development platform is based on the most widely used application server to allow for maximum flexibility in choosing a deployment strategy. VMware's vFabric solutions provide the platform, management, monitoring, and performance tools for your applications.

End-User Computing

VMware View changes the traditional approach of a device-centric user experience to a user-centric experience. VMware View is a full featured VDI solution that uses the VMware vSphere platform to deliver a desktop like experience to the user, no matter which type of device is being used.