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TableofContents
OurSDDCarchitectureconsistsoffourmainproductcategories:
•Compute
• StorageandAvailability
• NetworkandSecurity
• ManagementandAutomation
Compute
VMwarevSphere(“vSphere”),ourflagshipdatacenterplatform,providesthefundamentalcomputelayerforVMwareenvironments.A“hypervisor”isa
layerofsoftwarethatresidesbetweentheoperatingsystemandsystemhardwaretoenablecomputevirtualization.UsersdeploythevSpherehypervisorwhenthey
purchasevSphereorsuiteversionsthatincludevSphere,suchasVMwarevCloudSuitesandvSpherewithOperationsManagement(“vSOM”).
Storage and Availability
Weprovidemanystorageandavailabilityproductstooffercost-effectiveholisticdatastorageandprotectionoptionstoallapplicationsrunningonthe
vSphereplatform.Theseproductsserveashyper-convergedinfrastructuresolutionsdesignedtoenablecustomerstodeployabroadrangeofhardware
solutions.Keyhyper-convergedinfrastructuresolutionsinthisareaconsistof:
•Virtual SAN- clustersserverdiskstocreateradicallysimplesharedstoragedesignedforvirtualmachines.
•vSphere Replication- providescost-efficientandsimplewaytomanagereplication.
•vCenter Site Recovery Manager- leveragesvSphereandvSphereReplicationtoprotectapplicationsagainstsitefailuresandtostreamlineplanned
migrations.
SalesvolumesofourVirtualSAN(“vSAN”)continuedtogrowandcustomercountcontinuedtoincreaseduring2015.Ourlatestreleaseintroducednewdata
efficiencycapabilitiesforall-flashstorage,inadditiontonewQualityofServiceandperformanceandcapacitymonitoringcapabilities.Weexpectfurthergrowth
during2016forvSAN.
Network and Security
Networkvirtualizationabstractsphysicalnetworksandgreatlysimplifiestheprovisioningandconsumptionofnetworkingresources.Inaddition,security
servicesarebuiltin,donotrequirepurpose-builthardware,andcanscalewiththenetwork.OurnetworkvirtualizationsolutionisVMwareNSX(“NSX”),which
waslaunchedinthethirdquarterof2013.SalesvolumesofNSXcontinuedtogrowduring2015acrossthreekeycustomerpriorities:security,automation,and
applicationcontinuity.During2015,VMwarecustomersincreasinglymovedbeyondearlydeploymentsandintroducedNSXintoproductionenvironments.While
themarketfornetworkvirtualizationcontinuestobeinanearlystage,weseefutureopportunitiesinthismarketandexpectincreasedcustomerdeploymentin
2016.
Management and Automation
OurmanagementandautomationproductsmovebeyondcorecomputeinfrastructuretomanageandautomateoverarchingITprocessesinvolvedin
provisioningITservicesandresourcestousersfrominitialinfrastructuredeploymenttoretirement.TheseITprocessesmanagevirtualizedandnon-virtualized
infrastructureresourcesandprivateandpubliccloudinfrastructures,includinghybridcloudservices.Examplesofproductsinthemanagementandautomation
productportfolioinclude:
•vRealize Operations- providesperformance,capacityandconfigurationmanagementforvirtualorphysicalinfrastructure.
•vRealize Automation- enablescustomerstorapidlydeployandprovisioncloudservices.
•vRealize Business- providestransparencyandcontroloverthecostsandqualityofITservices.
Software-Defined Data Center Suites
OurSDDCproductsareavailableseparatelyormaybeacquiredaspartofasuite.TheVMwarevCloudSuite,vSOM,andVMwarevRealizesuiteare
packagedsolutionsforbuildingandmanagingacompletecloudinfrastructureoptimizedforusewiththevSphereplatform.VMwarevCloudSuiteisdesignedto
fulfillthepromiseofthesoftware-defineddatacenterbypoolingindustry-standardhardwareandrunningcomputeandmanagementfunctionsinthedatacenteras
software-definedservices.vSOMallowsuserstooptimizecapacityandmonitortheworkloadperformanceoftheirvSphereenvironments.TheVMwarevRealize
suiteisacloudmanagementplatformthatextendsvCloudSuitecapabilitiesbeyondavSphereprivatecloudenvironmenttobothheterogeneousandhybridcloud
environments.
Hybrid Cloud Computing
Ourcloudstrategyhasthreecomponents:(i)continuetoexpandbeyondcomputevirtualizationintheprivatecloud,(ii)extendtheprivatecloudintothe
publiccloud,and(iii)connectandsecureendpointsacrossarangeofpublicclouds.Ourcloudstrategyisdesignedtoprovideorganizationswithsolutionsthat
workacrossallcloudsandalldevices.
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