AWS launches a VMware-as-a-Service offering
- Amazon Elastic VMware Service lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS
- The preview will launch during AWS re:Invent 2024
- VMware-aaS comes with “flexibility and cost-saving” benefits
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the preview launch of its new Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) – a new VMware-as-a-Service offering that allows customers to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). ).
In a blog post, General Manager Commercial Applications at EC2 Steven Jones indicated that this move was the next logical step after eight years of collaboration between the companies.
“In the hundreds of VMware-related conversations we’ve had over the past year, customers and partners alike consistently tell us they are looking for more options that improve the experience of running VMware-based workloads on AWS,” said Jones.
AWS launches VMware aaS offering
Amazon EVS is designed to meet customer demands for seamless migration and modernization of VMware workloads. Customers can use their existing VCF licenses to set up and deploy a VCF environment directly on AWS.
Easy migration, no changes to IP addresses or operational processes and no need to retrain staff are cited as some of the key benefits of the service.
Jones added that Amazon EVS “unlocks the flexibility, cost savings and economies of scale of AWS” without requiring customers to refactor or replatform. Customers can deploy a VCF environment in hours with guided configuration and automated installation, and organizations can also take advantage of native AWS capabilities to enhance their VMware workloads.
VCF’s license portability allows AWS customers to run their VMware-based workloads alongside other applications they run in AWS, simplifying operation and management.
The preview will launch at the company’s UPCOMING AWS re:Invent conference, but no word yet on general availability.
While the partnership between the two companies is a strong sign of interoperability, VMware has been the subject of debate since its acquisition by Broadcom 12 months ago, with customers unhappy about steep price increases and the expensive bundling of some products.