Arrow Takes on VMware vCloud Hybrid
February 13, 2014
Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: Michael Cusanelli.
Arrow Electronics (ARW) unveiled an expansion of its cloud services today with the introduction of the VMware (VMW) vCloud Hybrid Service, which will be distributed via the ArrowSphere platform to its North American channel partners. The announcement came as part of VMware’s Partner Exchange 2014 (PEX 2014) in San Francisco. According to Arrow, the vCloud Hybrid Service offers automated replication, monitoring and high availability of applications without requiring code changes, allowing for simple deployment into public, private and hybrid clouds for low overall costs of ownership.
“We are pleased to join with Arrow to offer VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, which enables customers to obtain comprehensive IT services from partners, while providing an easy and fast path to achieve the agility and efficiency of the public cloud,” said Frank Rauch, vice president of Americas Partner Organization at VMware, in a prepared statement…
“VMware vCloud Hybrid Service is built on the trusted foundation of VMware vSphere, and it provides customers with a common platform to seamlessly extend their data center to the cloud, without having to change or rewrite their applications."…
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