LAS VEGAS, April 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DELL
TECHNOLOGIES WORLD -- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced they are expanding their
partnership to address a wider range of customer needs and help
accelerate digital transformations. Through this collaboration, the
companies will deliver a fully native, supported, and certified
VMware cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Additionally, joint
Microsoft 365 and VMware Workspace ONE customers will be able to
manage Office 365 across devices via cloud-based integration with
Microsoft Intune and Azure Active Directory. VMware (NYSE:VMW) will
also extend the capabilities of Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop
leveraging VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
"At Microsoft, we're focused on empowering customers in their
digital transformation journey, through partnerships that enable
them to take advantage of the Microsoft cloud, using the
technologies they already have," said Satya
Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. "Together with Dell Technologies
and VMware, we are providing our mutual customers with an
integrated cloud experience and digital workplace solutions to open
up new opportunities and meet their evolving needs."
"With this announcement Dell Technologies and Microsoft
are working to simplify our customers' entire technology
environment," says Michael Dell,
chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies. "Our goal is to provide a
single view from edge to core to cloud – an integrated platform for
our customers' digital future."
The cloud has become fundamental to enabling organizations to
move faster toward their business goals. With the cloud's
scalability, enhanced security, productivity, cost savings and
more, companies are capitalizing on the many benefits. These
benefits are enabling organizations to better tap into the
potential of technologies like artificial intelligence and Internet
of Things. Through this collaboration, the companies aim to
accelerate customer transformations with even more open, flexible
and scalable solutions.
"Customers are excited to see us expand our collaboration with
Microsoft," commented Pat Gelsinger,
CEO, VMware. "These innovative cloud and client offerings will
deliver customers even more value, provide more flexibility to
accelerate their hybrid multi-cloud and multi-device journey, and
accelerate the digital transformation of their business."
New Azure VMware Solutions Provide a Seamless VMware
Experience on Microsoft Azure
Azure VMware Solutions are built on VMware Cloud Foundation - a
comprehensive offering of software defined compute, storage,
networking and management – deployed in Azure. With these
solutions, customers can capitalize on VMware's broadly deployed
and trusted cloud infrastructure while experiencing the power of
Microsoft Azure.
Azure VMware Solutions give customers the power to seamlessly
migrate, extend and run existing VMware workloads from on-premises
environments to Azure without the need to re-architect applications
or retool operations. Customers will be able to build, run,
manage, and secure new and existing applications across VMware
environments and Microsoft Azure while extending a single model for
operations based on established tools, skills and processes as part
of a hybrid cloud strategy. Some of the more popular customer
scenarios Azure VMware Solutions will support are app migration and
datacenter expansion, disaster recovery and business continuity and
modern application development.
Azure VMware Solutions enable organizations to tap into Azure's
scale, security and fast provisioning cycles to innovate and
modernize applications while also improving performance. By
integrating with native Azure services, customers can easily infuse
advanced capabilities like AI, Machine Learning, and IoT into their
applications enabling new, intelligent experiences.
Azure VMware Solutions are first-party services from Microsoft
developed in collaboration with VMware Cloud Verified partners
CloudSimple and Virtustream (a Dell Technologies company).
"At Walmart, we're focused on making it easy, fast, friendly and
fun to shop with us no matter where you are - whether online, in
our stores or through our pick-up services. We're excited about the
role technology plays in this and how it can help us deliver new
services faster. Cloud and Client innovations are an important part
of this and a key enabler of our digital transformation,"
commented, Clay Johnson, executive
vice president and enterprise chief information officer, Walmart
"The partnership being announced today between Microsoft, Dell and
VMware in Cloud and Client innovations will allow them to better
bring their best solutions to customers like us. We look
forward to continuing to work with Microsoft, Dell and VMware to
accelerate our digital transformation."
Helping customers advance their digital workspace
strategy
With this agreement, mutual Microsoft 365 and VMware Workspace
ONE customers will be able to get the most out of their digital
workspace across device platforms while maximizing existing and
future investments. Specifically, customers will be able to use
Workspace ONE to manage and secure the powerful productivity
features of Office 365 across devices via cloud-based integration
with Microsoft Intune and Azure Active Directory.
Through the new Dell Technologies Unified Workspace offerings,
customers can further accelerate their Windows 10 digital
transformation journey by leveraging the integration of Microsoft
Windows Autopilot and Dell Device Provisioning and Deployment
Services, like Dell ProDeploy – all enabled by the integration of
Microsoft 365, Workspace ONE, and Dell Provisioning Services.
In addition, Microsoft recently announced Windows Virtual
Desktop, the only service that delivers a multi-session Windows 10
experience, optimizations for Office 365 ProPlus, and support for
Windows Server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and apps. As
a part of this agreement, VMware will extend the capabilities of
Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop to enable customers to further
accelerate their cloud initiatives, leveraging VMware Horizon Cloud
on Microsoft Azure. Initial capabilities are expected to be
available as a tech preview by the end of calendar year 2019.
Microsoft and VMware are also exploring initiatives to drive
further integration between VMware infrastructure and Azure such as
integration of VMware NSX with Azure Networking and integration of
specific Azure services with VMware management solutions. They will
also be exploring bringing specific Azure services to the VMware
on-premises customers. Through this collaboration, the companies
aim to give customers a more seamless experience across VMware and
Azure environments.
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is a unique family of businesses
that helps organizations and individuals build their digital future
and transform how they work and live. The company provides
customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative
technology and services portfolio spanning from edge to core to
cloud. The Dell Technologies family includes Dell, Dell EMC,
Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, Virtustream and VMware .
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) is the leading platform and
productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and
its mission is to empower every person and every organization on
the planet to achieve more.
About VMware
VMware software powers the world's complex digital
infrastructure. The company's cloud, networking and security, and
digital workspace offerings provide a dynamic and efficient digital
foundation to over 500,000 customers globally, aided by an
ecosystem of 75,000 partners. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to
being a force for good, from its breakthrough innovations to its
global impact. For more information, please visit
https://www.vmware.com/company.html.
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