Optimizing Your Cloud Computing Strategy: From Cloud First to Cloud Smart

Almost every company in the world is using VMware technology to run a Software-Defined Data Center. VMware revolutionized the IT industry by virtualizing compute with vSphere and the ESXi hypervisor, virtualizing storage with VMware vSAN, and virtualizing networking and security with VMware NSX. With the majority of new workloads now being deployed on public cloud, VMware has embarked on a major company transformation from on-premises perpetually licenced software, to public cloud SaaS services.

From Cloud-First to Cloud-Smart — Best approach for Organizations!

The first wave of companies moving or extending to the public cloud arguably resulted in varying outcomes. Many companies successfully transformed their operating model to optimize their IT environment for the cloud. Others were unsuccessful and saw their cloud spend to skyrocket. A ‘cloud first’ approach typically drove these ‘first wave’ cloud migrations.

This meant the public cloud had been the first choice for every and all workloads, regardless of architecture, business value, and so on. This ‘Cloud First’ approach can cause a state VMware calls ‘Cloud Chaos’, where companies are not in control of their cloud environments.

VMware cloud solutions in the VMware Cross-Cloud portfolio help companies become ‘Cloud Smart’. This means they can run workloads where they run best, deliver a consistent operating model across data centers and clouds, and deliver a consistent developer experience.

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