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Google Cloud and VMware, Inc. have expanded their relationship to assist customers with app modernisation and cloud transformation. Customers can now take use of Google Cloud VMware Engine through the VMware Cloud Universal programme. Enterprise clients will benefit from increased financial flexibility, choice, and the opportunity to speed cloud migrations and modernise enterprise applications in Google Cloud as a result of this expanded partnership.
Customers may migrate VMware applications to the cloud without changing their programmes, tools, or procedures using Google Cloud VMware Engine in as little as an hour (1). The VMware Cloud Verified and native Google Cloud service provide enterprise-ready cloud infrastructure for mission-critical vSphere workloads, including security, availability, resource optimisation, management, and operational support. Customers may create hybrid apps right once they're in the cloud, allowing them to be more nimble and secure access to Google services like BigQuery and cloud operations and extending their existing disaster recovery, backup, and storage services. Companies can get the following results using Google Cloud VMware Engine and VMware Cloud Universal:
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Average TCO savings of 38% over three years compared to on-premises environments(1)
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Average yearly cost savings of more than $2M(1)
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Average labour savings of $115K using existing VMware and Google Cloud tools(1)
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100 Gbps dedicated east-west networking and high availability with a 99.99% uptime service level agreement for a cluster(2)
VMware Cloud Universal is a multi-cloud and digital transformation strategy execution programme with a flexible purchasing and consumption model. With the addition of Google Cloud VMware Engine to the VMware Cloud Universal programme, VMware and VMware partners will be able to offer Google Cloud VMware Engine and other VMware Cross-Cloud services to help customers complete their digital transformation initiatives on time and with lower overall costs and risk.
“Our partnership with VMware makes it very easy for businesses to migrate VMware-based applications to Google Cloud’s trusted and highly performant infrastructure,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, Corporate Vice President, Global Ecosystem at Google Cloud. “This announcement brings VMware and Google Cloud closer together and represents a significant step forward in our joint commitment to support businesses’ digital transformations with Google Cloud VMware Engine.”
“Addressing strategic customer initiatives around app and cloud modernisation, as well as distributed workforces, has been the foundation of VMware and Google Cloud’s multi-year partnership,” said Zia Yusuf, senior vice president, strategic ecosystem and industry solutions, VMware. “We are now making it faster and easier for our mutual customers to consume Google Cloud VMware Engine along with other VMware Cross-Cloud services, across the data centre, edge, or Google Cloud. By enabling a multi-cloud approach that lets customers seamlessly take advantage of Google Cloud to run their vSphere apps, we’re helping enterprises deliver digital innovation with enterprise control.”
Customers across industries like retail, telco and manufacturing are using Google Cloud VMware Engine today to modernise and speed the migration of business-critical workloads to Google Cloud.
“We are migrating and modernising our workloads to reduce costs and give us more agility in the cloud,” said Hiroshi Shimizu, manager, digital transformation department, Asahi Group Japan, Ltd. “We have many systems to modernise, and we are confident that Google Cloud VMware Engine will accelerate our modernisation journey. In addition, we also wanted to store our data nearer to our data analytics platform using BigQuery to enable us to make business decisions more quickly.”
“Nokia has been in the process of migrating its on premises IT infrastructure to Google Cloud,” said Ravi Parmasad, vice president global IT infrastructure at Nokia. “And the Google Cloud VMware Engine furthers the migration process, as it meets Nokia priorities of speed, business continuity, and fully maintaining control of our workloads in order to better support Nokia customers in more than 130 countries.”