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VMware vSphere
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The fastest way to get started with
Kubernetes workloads
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Innovate Fearlessly Using

vSphere with Tanzu
For CIOs in enterprises today, the pressure is on to help grow revenue and maintain a competitive Between 2019 and 2024,
advantage. Line of Business leaders are clamoring for the type of modern applications that deliver enterprises will build 500
better user experiences and increase market share, and they want these applications in production million apps using cloud
faster than ever before. But modern applications pose their own set of challenges. More complex native tools and methods.1
than traditional applications, they are often made up of multiple VMs, containers, and services
and run across heterogeneous architectures. 1. IDC. “500 Million New Logical Applications:
More Background.” Doc # US45622019.
Al Gillen, Gary Chen, and Frank Gens.
November 1, 2019.

Modern apps are like distributed systems

Kubernetes Cluster App

My Application
vGPU

Control Plane

GPU
Node Node Node

Database
Serverless

Function 1 Function 2

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Challenges Introduced by
Modern Applications By 2025, more than 80% of
ISVs will offer their application
Unsustainable costs of public cloud services and modern infrastructure software in container format,

1 platforms — Line of Business (LOB) and DevOps teams are consuming expensive
cloud services or investing in dedicated Kubernetes platforms for building
up from less than 10% today.2

modern applications, so as to take advantage of modern developer tools.

Infrastructure silos and multiple operating models — IT teams deal with

97%
2 infrastructure silos and struggle to enforce security isolation. IT is unable to
deliver infrastructure for modern applications at the desired pace of DevOps
According to a survey
teams or LOB, due to lack of knowledge or skillsets necessary for a cloud
conducted by IDC on container
operating model.
infrastructure software,
97% of respondents are
Increasing time to market for new applications — Developer teams spend using a Kubernetes-based

3 a significant amount of time on infrastructure operations related to networking

and storage for Kubernetes deployments, which takes away time from
platform.3

development, slowing down the speed to production. 2. Gartner, Inc. “CTO’s Guide to Containers and
Kubernetes: 10 Frequently Asked Questions.”
July 2020.
3. IDC. “Container Infrastructure Software
Market Assessment: End-User Survey Results.”
Doc # US46185520. Gary Chen. April 1, 2020.

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How vSphere with Tanzu Deliver Developer-

Ready Infrastructure
Helps Enterprises Succeed
VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu™ helps customers modernize the 70M+ workloads Align DevOps and
running on vSphere. VMware now delivers Kubernetes to the fingertips of millions of IT admins IT Teams
across the globe for rapid application development on existing IT infrastructure. This solution
is the fastest way to get started with Kubernetes workloads on developer-ready infrastructure.

Simplify Cloud
VMware vSphere with Tanzu opens the floodgates to Kubernetes workloads.
Operations

VMware vSphere
Kubernetes API

Network Service
Tanzu Kubernetes
vCenter
Grid Service Server
Storage Service

Developer
(Apps Team) IT Admin
Intrinsic Security & Lifecycle Management (Infrastructure Team)

Compute Networking Storage

Deliver Developer-Ready Align DevOps and Simplify Cloud

Infrastructure IT Teams Operations

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Deliver Developer-Ready Infrastructure Configure an

enterprise-grade
What if your IT operations teams could use their existing vSphere environment to deliver Kubernetes
Kubernetes clusters to the developer teams at a rapid pace? And what if they could infrastructure with
do this while enabling enterprise-class governance, reliability and security? existing networking
and storage within
Developers can’t afford infrastructure that slows them down. Businesses rely on developers
1 hour.*
to rapidly develop and deploy applications to accelerate digital transformation. On the other hand,
IT teams are challenged to deliver modern infrastructure that supports modern container-based
application development, including the services and tools to build new applications. Kubernetes * Based on internal VMware testing and
expectations for a production environment,
where appropriate networking settings are
helps with container orchestration, but as a technology it is still maturing and currently complex. preconfigured for consumption.

Public cloud-based services are an alternative, but they often become unsustainable due
to cost or compliance reasons.

Tanzu Kubernetes Storage Service Network Service

Grid Service
Manage persistent Manage virtual
Manage consistent, disks for use with routers, load
compliant and containers, balancers, and
conformant Kubernetes clusters, firewall rules.
Kubernetes clusters. and virtual machines.

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Align DevOps and IT Teams Simple, fast, self-

service provisioning
What if your IT admins could use vSphere tools to deliver modern developer services to of Tanzu Kubernetes
developer teams on existing vSphere infrastructure and manage multiple Kubernetes clusters clusters within
alongside virtual machines through vCenter? a few minutes.*
Platform Operators (or SREs) and IT admins are often not on the same page when it comes
to priorities, skillsets, KPIs, preference for infrastructure platforms, and operating models. * Based on internal VMware testing and
expectations for a production environment,
where appropriate networking settings are
Aligning these DevOps teams and IT teams is critical to the success of modern application preconfigured for consumption.

development—especially to bring efficiency, scale and security to these Kubernetes deployments.

VMware vSphere with Tanzu allows these teams to operate with their existing skillsets and
deliver a self-service access to infrastructure for the DevOps teams, while also delivering
observability and troubleshooting for Kubernetes workloads to IT teams.

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Simplify Cloud Operations Evolving the role of

your IT Admin into
The role of the IT admin (VI admin) has been evolving into the role of the Cloud Admin or the SRE, the Cloud Admin or
because every organization is building software applications using a cloud operating model. the SRE, using the
VMware vSphere with Tanzu brings agile cloud operations to the IT admin to enable this transition new capabilities of
into the role of Cloud Admin or SRE by delivering agility in day-to-day IT operations related to vCenter Server and
Kubernetes infrastructure. other vSphere tools.

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Learn More About VMware vSphere with Tanzu

Modern applications are often complex combinations of many different technologies—traditional in-house applications,
databases, modern applications in containers, and potentially even modern applications in functions. Managing these
applications across that heterogeneity is a complex task for both developers and operators.

VMware brings the simplest implementation of Kubernetes to the fingertips of millions of IT admins.

New

VMware Cloud Foundation

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