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IBM enables channel partners to offer VMware solutions

IBM has announced that it aims to further accelerate hybrid cloud adoption by providing its channel partners an easy way to sell VMware Cloud Foundation and other VMware-based cloud services.

In line with this new initiative, IBM Business Partners will now be able to offer cloud services, which clients can utilise to quickly extend their existing VMware environments to the IBM Cloud.

According to the vendor, its business partners can now provide a one-stop shop for clients looking to migrate their on-premises VMware platforms to the cloud by providing a portfolio of lifecycle services including planning, architecture, migration and end-to-end management.

IBM is the first to market to bring this offering to channel partners, such as Avnet, BMSIX, Ingram Micro, Tridatum, and Vicom, who are looking to sell these new VMware subscription-based solutions running on the IBM Cloud.

“Enterprises need fast and easy ways to deploy and move workloads between private and public cloud environments,” said Zane Adam, VP, IBM Cloud. “By being the first to market with channel partners and VMware, IBM is enabling organisations to scale and create new business opportunities while making the most of their existing IT investments in a hybrid cloud environment.”

IBM highlighted tht with VMware Cloud Foundation and other VMware-based cloud services running on the IBM Cloud, both clients and channel partners can now automatically provision pre-configured VMware software defined data centre (SDDC) environments. The automated platform integrates VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX and SDDC Manager and gives customers broad choice in their infrastructure decisions. With more than 1,000 clients engaged, the global partnership between IBM and VMware is helping more organisations extend existing workloads to the cloud in hours versus weeks or months.

“IBM and VMware share a common goal of empowering organisations to quickly and easily extend their workloads to the cloud,” said Ajay Patel, Senior Vice President, Cloud Provider Software, VMware. “Through the IBM and VMware strategic partnership, customers can easily move and implement enterprise applications and disaster recovery solutions across a global network of cloud data centers.”

The vendor also highlighted that it also mobilised 4,000 global service consultants with the expertise required to help VMware customers leverage IBM Cloud and provide a full portfolio of lifecycle services including planning, architecture, migration and end-to-end management. IBM also has a broad ecosystem of partners that support the VMware solutions on IBM Cloud, including HyTrust, Veeam and others.

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