At a live web-event, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger has unveiled VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud operated by VMware and built on the trusted foundation of VMware vSphere, giving customers a common platform to seamlessly extend their data center to the cloud.
vCloud Hybrid Service will seamlessly extend VMware software used by hundreds of thousands of customers into the public cloud. This means customers will be able to extend the same skills, tools, networking and security models across both on-premise and off-premise environments.
VMware vCloud Hybrid Service will allow customers to extend their data centers to the cloud with Application Neutrality, Seamless Networking and Security, Business-Critical Reliability and Simplified Management.
"VMware's mission is to radically simplify IT and help customers transform their IT operations. Today, with the introduction of the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, we take a big step forward by coupling all the value of VMware virtualization and software-defined data center technologies with the speed and simplicity of a public cloud service that our customers desire," said Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware.
VMware vCloud Hybrid Service will be delivered by partners and compatible with other VMware-based cloud services. vCloud Hybrid Service can be sold the same way as on-premise VMware licences with a standard SKU, and partners can retain the billing relationship with customers. VMware vCloud Hybrid Service will be available in June through an Early Access programme, with general service availability in the US expected in Q3 2013.
