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New and Enhanced Solutions From EMC Federation

And new Federation Ready Partner Program

The EMC2 Federation, announced updates to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution at VMworld and announced a new Federation End-User Computing solution.

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With integrated hardware, software and services from EMC Corp. Information Infrastructure (EMC II), Vmware, Inc. and VCE Company, LLC, the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution unites the strengths of private and public cloud and drives business agility by self-service provisioning of applications and resources to policy-driven service levels. Customers of the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud are gaining efficiencies in traditional IT functions and workflows, with some projecting more than $50 million in IT savings over five years.

With this Federation End-User Computing solution, customers benefit from an integrated, validated solution aimed at driving the complexity out of deploying and maintaining VDI.

EMCfederation-end-user_1Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud features
Built on hundreds of thousands of engineering hours, the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud is a one-of-a-kind engineered solution, which can be deployed in as little as 28 days. It is designed to help organizations drive agility into traditional IT processes and workflows, while reducing risk and lowering the cost to run IT. This integrated solution features best-of-breed technologies from the EMC Federation, hardware and software engineered together to accelerate value, a comprehensive portfolio of professional services and one-call support.

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Previews of enhancements to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud demonstrated at VMworld 2015 included:

  • Enhanced platform support – with new features from VMware NSX 6.2, VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), VMware vRealize Operations 6.1 and vSphere 6 solutions; including enhanced network and security services, increased scalability and ability to perform non-disruptive live migration of workloads.

  • Self-service modification of data protection services – as workload requirements change over time, the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution gives users the ability to add, update and modify data protection and security services such as continuous availability, DR, backup, and encryption, at any time, in just a few clicks from the self-service portal.

  • Deployment options with the VCE VxRack System – offering a hyper-converged infrastructure designed to help accelerate hybrid cloud deployment and reduce infrastructure cost for tier 2 workloads

  • Support for XtremIO all flash arrays – customers will also have the option to consolidate mixed workloads with new support for the XtremIO all flash array.

  • Application lifecycle automation – designed to deliver continuous application development integration and deployment, so that the business can deliver new services as soon as code is ready on vSphere and VMware Integrated OpenStack products as well as OpenStack environments.

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Federation End-User Computing solution
The EMC Federation is announcing the first in a series of new Federation End-User Computing solutions designed to eliminate the complexity of delivering desktops and applications scaling from hundreds to thousands of end users. The initial solution will include all the integrated hardware and software needed for secure, anytime, anywhere access to virtual desktops, applications and end-user data all with EMC and VMware professional installation services and single call support. Customers will have a choice of deployment options including the ability to integrate into their existing infrastructure or leverage Federation Enterprise Hybrid cloud to support nearly any IT strategy.

The storage infrastructure will be optimized for virtual desktop images to reside on XtremIO and end-user data to reside on VNX and Isilon storage. The solution will include Horizon, along with a self-service catalog, IT automation and user experience monitoring enabling IT agility and driving higher levels of user satisfaction. The Federation End-User Computing solution will be shipping under directed availability from the Federation.

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Federation End-User Computing solution supports following business outcomes:

  • User self-ordering and fulfillment – Automation and self-service portal for end-users and departments with vRealize Suite, Operations Center and Orchestrator

  • Instant application distribution – IT can quickly deliver applications and updates while users can safely customize when installing their own applications with VMware App Volumes, ThinApp and Horizon

  • Enable consistent end user experience – Real-time end user experience monitoring with integrated analytics and anomaly detection from vRealize

Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution available through EMC business partners
This business partner program enables hundreds of partners globally to sell the Federation Enterprise Hybrid cloud solution. Federation Ready is a credential that identifies a strategic group of partners who can sell, consult, implement and deploy the solution.

Upon achieving a Federation Ready credential, qualified EMC and VCE Gold and Platinum business partners and VMware Premier and Enterprise Partners will be able to offer consulting, assessment tools and implementation services for Federation Enterprise Hybrid cloud in addition to their ability to position, market, and sell the solution. All other EMC, VMware and VCE business partners are able to position, market and sell Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, but EMC and VCE Global Services and VMware Professional Services will be required to implement the solution. Availability of the Federation End-User Computing solution for EMC Business Partners is expected to begin in Q4 of 2015.

Rama Dhuwaraha, CTO, University of North Texas System, said: “We have selected the EMC Federation as our partner for our future because they lower our TCO. If you look at a five-year cost cycle, having to integrate different solutions, the Federation has already accomplished that. We don’t have to worry about testing or worry about interoperability between these and it reduces our cost and maintenance tremendously going forward.

Khalid AlMansouri, CIO, Etisalat, said: “At Etisalat Misr, we believe that a strong IT backbone remains critical to our ability to innovate to introduce new offerings and better meet the needs our consumers. The Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution enables us to balance the performance, security and compliance capabilities of the private cloud with the agility and cost benefits of a public cloud. The new transformative infrastructure is a step forward in Etisalat Misr’s mission to redefine the future of telecommunications services in Egypt.

Wilbour Craddock, VP, IT, eHealth, said: “We chose the Federation End-User Computing Solution along with the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution, to deploy VDI because it meets our needs for desktop security, rapid provisioning, regulatory compliance, performance and end-user satisfaction. What makes the Federation even more valuable to us is that we are now able to consolidate complex systems seamlessly by working with one strategic partner.

Jeremy Burton, president, products and marketing, EMC, said: “Customers can save as much as 24% of their IT operating expense by moving to a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure. The Federation Enterprise Hybrid cloud is unique in the market – it combines best-of-breed technology from EMC and VMware, over 40,000 hours of solution engineering and a pre-defined set of services to get customers up and running in as little as 28 days.

Carl Eschenbach, president and COO, VMware, said: “The EMC Federation is empowering customers to have confident experiences with software-defined technologies that not only offer choice and flexibility, but also helps them react quickly to optimize growth. The Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution and the Federation End-User Computing solution are two strong illustrations of tightly integrated solutions that can empower organizations to transform their business.

More information:
Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud: Redefining Comprehensive
Virtual Desktops Just Got Simpler
EMC Helps Bring the Benefits of VMware vSphere APIs for IO Filtering to Customers and Partners
Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
Federation End-User Computing Solutions

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