At the VMware Explore 2022 Europe event in Barcelona company announced innovations, new offerings, services, and expanded partnerships that further enable customers to optimize their journey to multi-cloud.
“VMware and its partners continue to deliver new innovative offerings to help customers benefit from a cloud-smart approach,“ said Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware. “Customers recognize that a multi-cloud environment provides them a choice of clouds—sovereign and global—in which to run their apps. VMware is there every step of the way to help customers turn multi-cloud complexity into a competitive advantage.“
„Digital transformation is top of mind for enterprises as they aim to accelerate their pace of innovation. We understand the challenges they face in terms of cost, cybersecurity, and energy consumption. We’re uniquely positioned to help them address those challenges through innovation and expanded partnerships“, according to Raghuram.
As organizations have embraced multi-cloud, they’ve encountered a big spike in complexity, security challenges, and a skills shortage. Despite the challenges, organizations have accelerated multi-cloud use. Together with its ecosystem partners, VMware is helping organizations successfully adopt a “Cloud Smart“ approach, with flexibility and choice across multiple clouds. Cloud-smart organizations have benefitted from their multi-cloud operations noting their enhanced competitiveness and top-line results.
For example, according to the research by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by VMware, 97 percent of cloud-smart organizations surveyed say their approach to multi-cloud has improved their revenue growth, and 96 percent say it has improved their profitability. These learnings point to the impact of VMware Cross-Cloud services - which provide customers with the advantages of a cloud-smart approach by helping them choose the right cloud for the right app.
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