Public Cloud

Traditionally, businesses used to invest in server and storage hardware, committing to maintaining these assets for 3-5 years. As the hardware approached the end of its life, they would go through the process of refreshing their infrastructure, purchasing new servers and storage. Throughout this hardware lifecycle, there was a need for power, cooling, and a suitable location to house these physical assets, which all came with associated costs.

But here’s the exciting part: with the advent of the Public Cloud, businesses now have the opportunity to migrate  workloads to the cloud. This not only eliminates the hassle of dealing with the regular refresh cycles but also removes the need to manage physical servers and storage. Cloud computing offers an unprecedented level of scalability through its architecture and virtualisation technologies. Each cloud vendor provides an ‘instance model’ that empowers you to seamlessly transition machines from your on-premise infrastructure to the cloud.

Furthermore, in cases where VMware is already in use, there are fantastic solutions available such as Azure VMware Service and VMware Cloud on AWS. These cutting-edge solutions, provided by VMware within the respective cloud platforms, grant customers the remarkable ability to move their VMware virtual machines directly into the cloud without the need for any re-tooling. You can easily migrate your machines from on-premise VMware vSphere to VMware Cloud and back with a simple vMotion, maintaining the exact same specifications as they have within your physical infrastructure. The possibilities that the cloud offers are endless!