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service level expectations and
accelerating change—delivering
self-service with control.
• Ensure choice through
management interoperability with
ecosystem partners and cloud
interoperability across service
providers using an open,
standards-based approach.
Cloud Interoperability
The extensible VMware vSphere
platform also serves as a secure
foundation for hosting and service
providers to deliver enterprise cloud
infrastructures. vCloud powered
services are built on VMware vSphere,
VMware vCloud Director and VMware
vShield. In addition, VMware is
working closely with leading cloud
providers Bluelock, Colt, SingTel,
Terremark and Verizon to deliver
VMware vCloud Datacenter Service
offerings. vCloud Datacenter Service is
a new breed of enterprise-class hybrid
cloud services, offering agility coupled
with the security, interoperability
and control that enterprises demand.
vCloud Datacenter Service offerings
are built on a VMware-developed
architecture and certified by VMware
to be compatible and secure, in
contrast to commodity public cloud
services. Enterprises have to make
little or no changes to move existing
virtualized workloads to vCloud
Datacenter Service clouds. The
infrastructure and applications are not
just secure, they can also be audited to
demonstrate compliance with industry
regulations and security standards.
For example, Verizon designed its
enterprise-ready cloud computing
solution, Computing as a Service
(CaaS)—with vSphere as one of the
underlying technologies—to help
customers gain flexibility and improve
efficiencies while controlling costs.
Verizon’s CaaS delivers highly resilient
infrastructure on demand that enables
customers to employ computing
resources in the quantities and duration
dictated by their businesses. Built
on Verizon’s Security Management
Program-certified, PCI-certified and
Statement on Auditing Standards
(SAS) No. 70 audited platform, CaaS
provides a reliable and secure solution.
Teaming with VMware, Verizon
enhances its CaaS offering, enabling
the enterprise to create a truly hybrid
environment. Customers can extend
their internal datacenters, leveraging
current investments in infrastructure,
and easily port existing virtualized
workloads into the Verizon cloud for
increased flexibility, scalability and
efficiencies. Verizon and VMware
provide a secured architecture for
improved performance and secure
transition to public cloud adoption,
while allowing customers to maintain
control of their cloud environments.
Similarly, additional leading partners
are providing secure, interoperable
vCloud services that enterprises can
access on demand.
By leveraging the services of vCloud
partners, you can:
• Extend the logical boundaries of
your datacenter and leverage third-
party cloud computing services,
based on secure and proven
VMware technologies.
• Create an interoperable service
delivery model and approach that
achieves the full flexibility and
benefits of cloud computing while
preserving control.
More than 2,600 VMware vCloud
hosting and service provider
partners deliver compatible
enterprise cloud infrastructures
based on the extensible
VMware vSphere platform.
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