VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud: Your easy button for VCF Deployments

To kick off the 2024 New Year, the IBM & VMware by Broadcom partnership continues to strengthen with the recent announcement of VMware Cloud Foundation as a Cloud Service available on the IBM Public Cloud Marketplace.

IBM is the first VMware by Broadcom partner to have a managed VCF offering as a Cloud Service Provider.

VCF on IBM Cloud benefits include:

• Automated build and deployment of the full VCF standardized stack as a production instance in under 20 minutes.
• Pre-configured VCF Software integrated on purpose built compute, network, storage, management automation and security in a single tenant platform.
• Available on the self-service IBM Cloud marketplace as a click-2-deploy tile found HERE.
• License Portability: Bring-Your-Own-Subscription License to IBM Cloud is enabled.

VCF is addresses on IBM address key client pain around :

• Workload & Migration complexity
• Resource Expertise & Staff
• license flexibility
• Managing Security
• Compliance & Audit
• Visibility & Control

Why IBM for VMware ?

1. Time to Market & TCO Savings: Benefit from IBM Cloud’s automated build, deploy, & manage of a fully integrated VCF solution -vs- installing & managing an on-premise environment with in-house skills or hired labor resources.
2. consolidate Infrastructure : bring exist vmware workload to the cloud without the need for significant modification or change to the exist VMware environment .
3. Enhance Flexibility: Scale resources up or down based on demand and leverage IBM Cloud’s global data center footprint for geographic diversity.
4. simplify operation : manage both on – premise and cloud environment using familiar VMware tool and interface , streamline operation and reduce complexity .

Key Offering Links:

VCF on IBM Cloud Cookbook

Solution Overview & Architecture

How-To Guide ( ordering , capacity , manage instance )

Offering FAQ

To Learn More:

Get started today with a VCF as a Service demo, TCO analysis, or Try-n-Buy IBM cloud credits, contact your local IBM Cloud Sales team or by contacting [email protected] or [email protected]