- VMware, Amazon Launch Collaboration of VMware Cloud on AWS
- VMware, AWS Collaborate on New Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
VMware Cloud on AWS is a hybrid cloud platform that was launched by the two companies in 2017. The platform enables users to bring VMware’s software-defined data center (SDDC) to the AWS cloud so applications can be run on public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
The collaboration enables customers to use tools from both companies to integrate on-premise data center environments with AWS using existing infrastructure. VMware-integrated hybrid cloud extends to on-premise vSphere environments to a VMware SDDC running on AWS elastic, bare metal infrastructure.
Scalability was cited by 54 percent of respondents as a top driver for considering VMware Cloud on AWS. Other top drivers included strategic IT initiatives (49 percent) and cost savings (45 percent).
Close to one-quarter of respondents plan to migrate to or deploy VMware Cloud on AWS in the next 12 months, while another 26 percent plan to migrate in 12 to 24 months
Top business initiatives for VMware Cloud on AWS were data center extension (49 percent), cloud migration (46 percent), AWS integrated applications (35 percent), and disaster recovery (33 percent).
More than half of the respondents who have workloads on off-premises private cloud are considering VMware Cloud on AWS.
For respondents who have already migrated to VMware Cloud on AWS, the top three migration challenges were executing the actual migration (29 percent), assessing workloads (20 percent), and finding experienced personnel (19 percent).
For respondents who have already put workloads in VMware Cloud on AWS, the top three usage challenges were cost management (51 percent), network complexity (37 percent), and AWS prerequisites (27 percent).
Respondents were using an average of 2.59 clouds, choosing from Azure, AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS, and Google. Sixty-four percent of respondents said they have workloads in Azure, 57 percent in AWS, 25 percent in VMware Cloud on AWS, and 26 percent use Google.
Half of users were running Kubernetes on-prem or on VMware Enterprise. Top use scenarios of Kubernetes are on-prem (31 percent), on VMware Enterprise (19 percent), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (17 percent).
“The results from the Faction 2019 VMware Cloud on AWS Market Survey are very much aligned with what our customers report to us. Scalability, support for strategic initiatives, and cost savings are leading drivers for VMware Cloud on AWS interest and adoption. We expect adoption to continue at a rapid pace over the next few years,” concluded Faction CEO Sean Charnock.
