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Arabian Post
2 days ago
- Business
- Arabian Post
Amazon Expands Cloud Services with VMware Integration
Amazon Web Services has launched the Amazon Elastic VMware Service, marking a significant step in its cloud offerings. This new service allows businesses to seamlessly run and scale VMware-based workloads on AWS infrastructure. By integrating VMware environments with AWS, organisations can leverage the cloud without needing to replatform or refactor their existing workloads. This innovation is aimed at simplifying cloud migration and operations for businesses relying on VMware technologies, particularly those seeking to reduce infrastructure costs and enhance scalability. Amazon EVS was designed to address a growing demand for hybrid cloud solutions that combine on-premises infrastructure with the flexibility and scalability of the cloud. Traditionally, businesses using VMware for on-premises data centre operations faced challenges in integrating these environments with public cloud resources. This led to complex migrations and time-consuming transitions, hindering the potential for cloud adoption. With the new AWS offering, enterprises can now manage VMware workloads natively within AWS's secure and resilient environment, making it easier for them to benefit from the cloud's dynamic capabilities. A key feature of Amazon EVS is its ability to support existing VMware tools and workflows. This allows IT teams to continue using the same processes and procedures they've grown accustomed to while expanding into the cloud. VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vSAN, among other VMware components, are directly integrated into AWS, offering customers a familiar interface and management experience. Additionally, the service provides full compatibility with AWS-native services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and AWS Lambda, enabling organisations to extend their existing VMware workloads into a broader cloud ecosystem. ADVERTISEMENT The introduction of Amazon EVS comes at a time when many businesses are adopting multi-cloud strategies to avoid vendor lock-in and increase operational flexibility. With a multi-cloud approach, organisations can choose from a variety of cloud providers while ensuring their workloads remain portable and integrated. Amazon EVS facilitates this by offering seamless interconnection between on-premises VMware environments and AWS, enabling smoother hybrid cloud deployments. This is particularly valuable for organisations that have complex data sovereignty requirements or need to maintain certain workloads on-premises due to compliance regulations. In addition to hybrid cloud capabilities, the service addresses the growing demand for disaster recovery solutions. By enabling businesses to run their VMware workloads on AWS, Amazon EVS provides an efficient, scalable, and cost-effective way for companies to implement disaster recovery strategies in the cloud. With AWS's global infrastructure, businesses can replicate their critical VMware workloads across multiple regions, ensuring business continuity and reducing the risk of downtime during unforeseen events. The launch of Amazon EVS is a response to the increasing need for enterprise solutions that bridge on-premises and cloud environments. According to industry analysts, many businesses are still hesitant to fully migrate their VMware workloads to the cloud due to concerns over compatibility, security, and control. Amazon's offering directly addresses these concerns by providing a managed service that integrates with existing VMware tools, ensuring security and compliance while offering the flexibility of AWS's cloud platform. AWS's entry into the VMware market is also a significant move in the cloud competition. While VMware has its own cloud offering, the new Amazon service competes directly with solutions from other cloud giants, including Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, which have long integrated VMware capabilities into their platforms. However, AWS's extensive infrastructure and strong presence in the enterprise market give Amazon a competitive edge, particularly among businesses already using AWS for other cloud services. As AWS continues to expand its portfolio of cloud services, the introduction of Amazon EVS positions the company as a key player in the hybrid and multi-cloud space. With its ability to run VMware workloads natively on AWS, the service is expected to appeal to businesses that wish to retain control over their legacy applications while enjoying the benefits of cloud infrastructure. ADVERTISEMENT The potential applications of Amazon EVS extend beyond disaster recovery and hybrid cloud deployments. Organisations in industries such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, which rely heavily on VMware for critical business functions, can benefit from the enhanced security, scalability, and resilience provided by AWS. These sectors, known for their stringent regulatory requirements and need for high availability, will find Amazon EVS an attractive option for modernising their infrastructure while maintaining operational continuity.
Techday NZ
4 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
NetApp brings FSx for ONTAP to Amazon EVS for enhanced cloud migration
NetApp has confirmed that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now available as an external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS is a recently introduced AWS service that enables customers to operate VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), running alongside other applications. This service aims to aid organisations in moving VMware workloads to AWS, extending their VMware environments and providing added business agility. Cloud migration support The integration leverages NetApp's data management and protection functions within the cloud environment provided by AWS. It is designed to help customers transition their VMware workloads to AWS without requiring changes to application platforms, refactoring, or adjustments to existing workflows. This new option is intended to address the complexities associated with cloud migration for mission critical workloads. By doing so, businesses can eliminate outdated infrastructure, lower operational expenses, and maintain important business timelines. NetApp noted that an effective data strategy is necessary to avoid challenges such as unplanned costs, IT sprawl, and disconnected services. NetApp is currently the only enterprise storage provider with a first-party data storage service built into AWS. Users who have adopted Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP have achieved cost reductions of up to 50 percent. The service's built-in data management capabilities also support improved planning and reduced total cost of ownership for VMware environment migrations. Customer and partner perspectives "Customers utilizing Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP can now enjoy the same data efficiency, protection, and automation they trust on-premises," said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. "Through our collaboration with AWS, we're making it easier to move critical workloads to the cloud and manage them at scale." Matthew Swinbourne, CTO Cloud Architecture at NetApp Asia Pacific, also commented on the regional impact: "We foresee incredible benefits for Asia Pacific enterprises with the launch of Amazon EVS. The native integration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP into Amazon EVS elevates the security, efficiency and performance of VMware workloads whilst reducing the TCO for our customers. With this launch, APAC organizations can achieve the flexibility, performance, and cost benefits that they need to accelerate their cloud ambitions." Xtravirt, a NetApp Preferred Partner and AWS partner, expressed support for the integration. Robin Gardner, CCO at Xtravirt, stated: "Enabling support for FSx for ONTAP on Amazon EVS gives customers more granular control over the data powering some of their most important workloads. Customers will be able access NetApp's advanced data management functionality to reduce the overhead of managing virtual environments and more efficiently and securely manage hybrid deployments." New features and functions NetApp now provides customers with several enhancements intended to simplify the management of advanced workloads in the cloud. These include the general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a storage option for Amazon EVS, improved migration processes using BlueXP workload factory, and expanded disaster recovery options within BlueXP for VMware. The disaster recovery solution is compatible with both NFS- and VMFS-based datastores, supporting file and block protocols. The company has also introduced further measures to enhance ransomware protection for Amazon EVS workloads. Notably, the NetApp ONTAP autonomous ransomware protection for FSx for ONTAP can detect and respond to ransomware events in real time. This is complemented by the BlueXP ransomware protection service, which supports end-to-end orchestration for customers to safeguard their data in AWS environments and reduce downtime by identifying threats at the storage layer. NetApp emphasised that, while its technologies add an important layer of ransomware defence, no detection or prevention system can provide absolute protection. There remains the possibility that some ransomware attacks might go undetected. Follow us on: Share on:
Techday NZ
5 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
NetApp brings enhanced data management to Amazon EVS on AWS
NetApp has announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP will now be available as a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS is a newly available service that enables customers to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), alongside other cloud workloads. This offering allows businesses to migrate VMware environments to AWS without the need to re-platform or re-factor their existing applications, extending their on-premises setups and unlocking additional flexibility for transformation initiatives. The integration is designed to combine NetApp's data management and protection tools with AWS's platform capabilities, aimed at helping customers simplify and speed up workloads migrations to the AWS Cloud. The move also allows organisations to avoid disruption to their data management workflows while leveraging AWS scalability and resilience. Migrating key workloads to the cloud is considered a pathway for businesses to drive change by moving away from ageing infrastructure, lowering operational expenditures, and meeting vital timelines for their operations. The transition to cloud workloads, however, requires a robust data management strategy to avoid potential challenges, such as unforeseen costs, fragmented services, and an overly complex IT landscape. NetApp has positioned Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a solution for enterprises seeking native cloud data storage, claiming it as the only enterprise storage offering built natively on AWS. By adopting the joint solution, some customers have reported operational cost reductions of up to 50 percent. The integration also aims to help improve migration planning and lower the total cost of ownership through integrated data management features. "Customers utilizing Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP can now enjoy the same data efficiency, protection, and automation they trust on-premises," said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. "Through our collaboration with AWS, we're making it easier to move critical workloads to the cloud and manage them at scale." Matthew Swinbourne, CTO Cloud Architecture at NetApp Asia Pacific, commented on the expansion of services in the region. "We foresee incredible benefits for Asia Pacific enterprises with the launch of Amazon EVS. The native integration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP into Amazon EVS elevates the security, efficiency and performance of VMware workloads whilst reducing the TCO for our customers," Swinbourne said. "With this launch, APAC organizations can achieve the flexibility, performance, and cost benefits that they need to accelerate their cloud ambitions." Expanded features NetApp has outlined several new features in support of the integration. These include: Support for using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as external storage for Amazon EVS, allowing VMware administrators to migrate virtual machines to AWS using familiar tools and providing data management functionality to decrease total ownership costs and boost cyber resilience. The migration advisor feature within BlueXP workload factory for AWS, which is now compatible with Amazon EVS workloads for automated virtual machine discovery, storage provisioning, and data store placement. Enhanced disaster recovery for VMware within BlueXP, supporting integration with Amazon EVS and using FSx for ONTAP as a disaster recovery target. This supports both NFS and VMFS datastore formats, ensuring comprehensive recovery scenarios. Additional ransomware protection, including NetApp ONTAP autonomous ransomware protection for FSx for ONTAP and orchestration capabilities in BlueXP ransomware protection service. These features aim to detect ransomware threats in real time and help minimise downtime. Xtravirt, an AWS and NetApp Preferred Partner, welcomed the announcement. Robin Gardner, CCO at Xtravirt, said, "Enabling support for FSx for ONTAP on Amazon EVS gives customers more granular control over the data powering some of their most important workloads. Customers will be able access NetApp's advanced data management functionality to reduce the overhead of managing virtual environments and more efficiently and securely manage hybrid deployments." NetApp also noted that, while it offers autonomous ransomware protection, no ransomware prevention system can provide complete protection, and attacks may still go undetected. However, the company believes its technology forms a useful additional layer of defence for customers overseeing hybrid and public cloud environments. Follow us on: Share on:
Business Wire
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) to enable customers to quickly and easily run and scale their VMware workloads on AWS. Amazon EVS lets customers run VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS without having to re-platform or re-factor their applications. With Amazon EVS, customers can use familiar VMware tools to control and customize their virtualization stack, while realizing the security, reliability, and performance benefits of AWS for their VMware workloads. With Amazon EVS, customers can use their VMware Cloud Foundation license portability to run their VMware workloads alongside other applications in AWS, maximizing their VMware investment without having to change IP addresses, retrain staff, or re-write operational runbooks. Customers have the choice of self-managing Amazon EVS or working with partners from the AWS Partner Network who are experienced in managing and operating VMware Cloud Foundation environments and integrating their VMware workloads with Amazon EVS. Customers and partners including Aeromexico, Alcaldía de Cali, Effectual, Huron Consulting Group, and more are using Amazon EVS to meet their VMware workload migration and modernization needs. 'Since 2016, enterprises have trusted AWS to run their most mission-critical VMware workloads, and today, we're expanding our VMware portfolio by giving customers even more flexibility, control, and choice,' said Steven Jones, general manager of Commercial Applications at AWS. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service offers customers a straightforward way to bring their VMware workloads to AWS using the tools they know and trust, plus an easy onramp to the breadth of AWS services to help them increase agility, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation.' 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service provides customers with a powerful way to extend modern private clouds to AWS based on unified and consistent VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure,' said Ahmar Mohammad, vice president of Partners, Managed Services, and Solutions GTM, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom. 'With support for VCF license portability, this service helps customers maximize the value of their existing VCF investments while also benefitting from the scale and innovation of running on AWS. Our collaboration with AWS underscores Broadcom's commitment to delivering flexibility, efficiency, and choice for Broadcom customers.' Amazon EVS lets customers run VMware Cloud Foundation directly within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), providing organizations the flexibility to control and configure infrastructure, while seamlessly integrating their VMware environments with AWS's comprehensive services. Customers can automatically deploy a fully functional VMware Cloud Foundation environment using a simple step-by-step workflow in the AWS console and continue to use familiar features—including preferred tools for backup, recovery, and storage, like Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP—that help maintain a consistent backup strategy. With Amazon EVS, customers can also leverage AWS's industry-leading capabilities in analytics, storage, databases, serverless compute, and generative AI such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q for Business, and gain competitive advantage by modernizing their infrastructure and accelerating innovation with AI. Customers and partners are deploying Amazon EVS Alcaldía de Cali is the municipal government of Santiago de Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, providing data-driven services to its residents. 'As part of our cloud-enabled strategy to strengthen public service delivery, Amazon Elastic VMware Service helped us migrate to AWS in just three weeks, while keeping 75% of our workloads on VMware technology,' said Alexander Mondragon, director of the Municipal Administrative Department of Information and Communication Technologies. 'Working with AWS Partner Blend helped us to successfully execute this migration. The ability to be agile and deploy in less than 24 hours was critical to maintaining uninterrupted public services and improving delivery across healthcare, education, property management, and payments, which ultimately helps us better serve the 2.2 million residents of Santiago de Cali.' Aeromexico is Mexico's global airline and a leader in Latin American aviation. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service is a crucial addition to our efforts in modernizing applications and adopting the cloud at Aeromexico,' said Fernando Rocha, senior vice president of IT and CIO at Aeromexico. 'We have been collaborating extensively with AWS to harness the benefits of the cloud, and any advancement that speeds up this process is highly appreciated. With Amazon Elastic VMware Service, we can transition our applications to the cloud without the need to invest in on-premises infrastructure. This service is pivotal in accelerating our cloud journey while maintaining the resilience and security required for our operations.' Effectual is an IT service management company specializing in enterprise digital transformation, from migrations to modernization in the cloud. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service enables customers to achieve accelerated timelines and unlock business agility by quickly migrating their VMware-based workloads to the cloud,' said Matt Crognale, senior manager, Migrations and Modernization at Effectual. 'With Amazon Elastic VMware Service, we are able to help customers migrate to the cloud without re-factoring applications, enabling them to maintain existing operational processes so they can focus on delivering value instead of managing infrastructure.' Huron Consulting Group is a global professional services firm that specializes in providing strategic consulting, technology, and analytics solutions, primarily for clients in healthcare, education, and commercial industries. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service gives us the control and customization to configure our virtualization stack exactly how we need it,' said Frank Fioretti, principal infrastructure architect at Huron. 'Running our VCF environment on the same infrastructure as the rest of our cloud workloads allows our team to leverage their VMware expertise while benefitting from the same cloud scale, security, performance, and innovation as our next-generation workloads.' Amazon Elastic VMware Service is generally available today in US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Dublin), Europe (Frankfurt), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo), with availability in additional Regions coming soon. To learn more, visit: The Amazon EVS announcement blog and AWS News for details on today's announcement. The Amazon EVS page to learn more about the service. About Amazon Web Services Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. 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