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VMware
Cloud Foundation Edge
Modernize your edge infrastructure at scale

Customer challenges A platform for modernizing your edge infrastructure

• Lack of flexible, scalable turnkey solution In today’s “Digital First” world, Digital Transformation is essential for every
for edge locations business to stay ahead of the curve. And data is one of the foundational
elements of Digital Transformation, serving as the lifeblood that fuels innovation
• Operational overhead and complexity
and growth, drives operational efficiency, unlocks new business opportunities,
• Incompatible infrastructure and and delivers better customer experiences.
skill gaps
This data originates from myriad sources every second, spanning across devices,
• Security and compliance sensors, applications, social media platforms, and more. Businesses want to use
this data and apply AI/ML algorithms to this data to gain meaningful insights
• Infrastructure and operational downtime
from it. However, they lack the ability to easily apply those insights back into the
field. To automate this intelligence and make time-sensitive decisions on site,
Solution:
customers need an IT infrastructure closer to the data source.
VMware Cloud Foundation Edge
• VMware Cloud Foundation™ Edge And that’s where edge infrastructure comes into the picture. Edge computing
provides a turnkey private cloud brings computing resources closer to the data source (edge site) rather than
platform optimized for edge locations relying solely on centralized data center or cloud infrastructure. Because of
that integrates leading products the requirements such as low latency, lower cost of bandwidth, improved
including VMware vSphere® (compute), sustainability, resiliency, scalability and data sovereignty and compliance
VMware vSAN™ (storage), VMware restrictions, edge computing has become a critical component for most
NSX® (networking), VCF Automation enterprises’ digital transformation initiatives.
and VCF Operations into a single
solution and provides you flexibility VMware Cloud Foundation Edge
to choose and deploy either full-stack VMware Cloud Foundation Edge is an optimized configuration of VMware Cloud
or individual components as per Foundation tailored for edge use cases. It provides the industry’s first private
your needs. cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service solution for edge locations, offering integrated
• VMware Cloud Foundation Edge is enterprise-class compute, storage, networking, management and security
a scalable platform that allows you to capabilities. VMware Cloud Foundation Edge delivers scalable and flexible edge
start small and scale later as per your infrastructure with automated deployment and lifecycle management. It provides
business needs. a unified platform with consistent infrastructure and operations across data
center, public cloud, and edge locations.
• VMware Cloud Foundation Edge
removes your burden of lifecycle
management so that you can focus
on business innovation while VMware
takes care of an infrastructure.

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Benefits Advanced Services

• Reduced operational overhead Private Disaster Advanced Load Container Data Edge Workload
AI Recovery Security Balancing Operations Services Orchestration Automation
and complexity – With automated
Modern Cloud Interface: AI/ML, K8s, Traditional VMs
deployment and lifecycle management, MANAGE OPERATE

VMware Cloud Foundation Edge Tenant Mgmt,

Content AI / ML K8s Traditional VMs
Service Catalog,
Orchestration, Apps
CONSUME

reduces an operational burden of

edge infrastructure. With consistent BUILD
DEVOPS
PLATFORM ENGINEER
MANAGE OPERATE
DEPLOY
operations, it streamlines the operations OPERATE Capacity, Tenancy, Automation & Operations SRE Ops, Fleet
Configuration and Security Mgmt

across data center and edge sites.

• Cost efficiency – VMware Cloud CLOUD ADMIN

Compute Storage Networking
Foundation Edge decreases the total (vSphere) (vSAN) (NSX)

EDGE
cost of ownership (TCO) through
low-cost optimized VMware Cloud Figure 1: Core platform components.
Foundation configuration and
automated lifecycle management, • VMware Cloud Foundation Infrastructure Stack – Includes VMware’s
reducing both CapEx and OpEx. industry-leading solutions—virtualization and compute through vSphere
for compute, storage through vSAN, and networking by NSX. Additionally,
• Enhanced security and reliability – it provides vSphere with the vSAN Witness Appliance that can be deployed
VMware Cloud Foundation Edge locally, which is useful specifically in scenarios where customers do not want
delivers high availability, resiliency and to use VCF Operations fleet management.
robust security for edge sites, ensuring
• VCF Operations fleet management – Automates the installation, operations,
comprehensive data protection and
and lifecycle management of the SDDC stack, streamlining deployment,
uninterrupted business operations. configuration, and updating processes.
• VCF Automation and VCF Operations – Delivers comprehensive operations,
automation, and analysis, across the full-stack infrastructure platform.
• VCF Operations HCX – Enables seamless migration, workload rebalancing,
and disaster recovery across private and public clouds.

How the platform works

• Workload Compute Platform – At its core, VMware Cloud Foundation
leverages vSphere to create and manage virtual machines and containers,
providing a flexible, secure, and scalable compute platform.
• Storage Optimization – By integrating vSAN or external storage into the
platform, VMware Cloud Foundation offers integrated, secure, scalable storage
solutions that enhance resource efficiency and reduce operational complexity.
• Network Integration – Leverages NSX to provide a secure, software-defined
networking layer capable of handling the dynamic needs of modern
cloud-based applications.
• Automated Provisioning and Management – VMware Cloud Foundation
automates key operational tasks in a cloud operating model, reducing the
time and complexity associated with deploying, managing, and maintaining
private cloud environments.

VMware Cloud Foundation Edge delivers a unified and automated platform

optimized for edge locations, simplifying the deployment of a fully integrated

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Key use cases infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) stack at the edge. Enabling consistent, secure,
VMware Cloud Foundation Edge can be and agile operations across private cloud, public cloud and edge environments,
used to modernize edge infrastructure VMware Cloud Foundation Edge ensures that organizations can flexibly choose
across different industries. Here are either a full stack or individual infrastructure components and scale their
some of the key use cases and example infrastructure as per their evolving business needs.
scenarios under each of those use cases:

Infrastructure extension
Why VMware Cloud Foundation Edge?
VMware Cloud Foundation Edge plays a crucial role in modernizing edge
• Remote Office Branch Office/
infrastructure for the businesses. Let’s look at some of the key differentiators
Fulfillment Centers
that VMware Cloud Foundation Edge offers:
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
1. Enterprise-ready infrastructure
• Offline Locations with intermittent
– Enterprise grade turnkey infrastructure at the edge locations with out-of-the-
network connectivity
box enterprise class compute, storage, networking, security, and management.
Artificial intelligence – Unique, built-in security, performance, availability, supportability, and
• Augmented Customer Service Agents manageability features to meet enterprise requirements.
• Automated Preventive Maintenance 2. Automated deployment and lifecycle management
• Adaptive Learning/Smart City – Fast and easy to deploy infrastructure at new edge sites with automated
deployment.
Real-time analytics
– Shift of IT team’s focus from routine infrastructure tasks to strategic
• Fraud Detection
initiatives and business innovation with automated lifecycle management.
• Autonomous Vehicles
– No need to maintain technical personnel on site at the edge location.
• Financial Trading Apps
3. Unmatched flexibility and scalability
Industrial IoT – Ability to start small and seamlessly scale up or down later as needed.
• Automated Inspection Support for small “far edge” and large “near edge” sites at scale.
• Supply Chain Management – Ability to choose either full-stack or individual infrastructure components
(compute, storage, networking, management) as per the business needs.
• Inventory Management
– Flexibility to deploy either VCF Operations fleet management or
Content delivery VMware vCenter® on the VMware Cloud Foundation instance in the
• Streaming Services data center or edge sites for full lifecycle management.

• Online Gaming 4. Consistent and familiar platform

• AR and VR Content Delivery – Consistent Infrastructure across central data center and edge locations
that minimizes risks and complexities while integrating edge sites with
data center VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
– Consistent operations across edge, data center and cloud allow you to
re-use existing tools, skill-sets and processes with minimal learning curve.

5. Unified operations and management

– A unified operations layer to streamline operations.
– Option to use either VMware vCenter or VCF Operations to manage
workload domains across multiple edge sites.

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For more information or to VMware Cloud Foundation support

purchase VMware products The deployment of a full-stack private cloud platform such as VMware Cloud
Call 877-4-VMWARE (outside North Foundation Edge is enhanced by a suite of support programs, assessment, and
America, +1-650-427-5000), professional services for ongoing operations. VMware Cloud Foundation Edge
Visit product page support includes cloud maturity and adoption assessments coupled with digital
vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation learning, in addition to Jumpstart Workshops that help customers understand
VMware’s recommended best practices for cloud maturity. These services
Join the Cloud Foundation Community
provide a tailored implementation and adoption plan to help customers achieve
vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-
their business outcomes.
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How to get started
@vmwarevcf
Getting started with VMware Cloud Foundation Edge is simple. For a
YouTube quick hands-on experience, try the VMware Cloud Foundation Hands-on
Lab. When you are ready to purchase, there are four ways to purchase
VMware Cloud Foundation:

1. Directly from VMware

2. From VMware channel partners

3. As part of an integrated system from OEM vendors

Modernize your edge infrastructure at scale

with VMware Cloud Foundation Edge
VMware Cloud Foundation Edge provides you a scalable and flexible
Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform for the edge locations where you can
start small with a low-cost starter configuration and scale later as per your
evolving business needs. It delivers a comprehensive suite of compute,
storage, networking, management and security capabilities and rich
enterprise-grade performance, security, availability, supportability, and
manageability features built into an infrastructure. With consistent infrastructure
and operations helps you streamline across an entire infrastructure landscape,
you can seamlessly integrate edge infrastructure with the data center and
cloud while re-using your existing tools, skill sets and processes. And with
the unified operations layer, it helps you streamline orchestration and
management across multiple edge sites.

For more information on cloud computing and VMware Cloud Foundation Edge,
please visit vmware.com/products/cloud-foundation.

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