3.3 VMware Powered Cloud Service Definitions
VMware service providers who are part of the VMware Cloud Provider Program deploy different cloud architectures and combinations of cloud architectures that align to the core cloud models (private, public and hybrid). The end-user experience when consuming a VMware Cloud Provider Program service is that of a unified hybrid cloud, where the customer’s VMware based on-premises services can be seamlessly extended and migrated to the cloud, enabling hybrid application delivery and management and leveraging existing tools and processes.
vCAT-SP focuses on three main service models to enable VMware Cloud Providers to deliver a unified hybrid cloud experience to their customers:
• Hosting (managed or unmanaged) – VMware Cloud Provider Program Hosting Services offer all the benefits of a dedicated software-defined data center and are engineered on vSphere, so they are 100 percent compatible with end customers’ on-premises vSphere environments. This approach offers a unified hybrid cloud experience with the same advantages of improved availability, recoverability, performance, and scalability to run business critical applications with confidence. The hosting solution can be either managed by the provider or self-managed.
• Private Cloud (managed or unmanaged) – VMware Cloud Provider Program Private Cloud Services are engineered on the VMware vRealize Suite, and are 100 percent compatible with end customers’ on-premises vSphere environments. This unified hybrid cloud experience provides dedicated software-defined data centers, which offer the required self-service consumption, availability, performance, and scalability to run business critical applications in the cloud. The private cloud solution can either be managed by the provider or self-managed.
• Public Cloud – VMware Cloud Provider Program Public Cloud Services are engineered on the VMware vCloud Suite®, with vSphere and vCloud Director at its core. This combination provides complete multi-level security and a multi-tenant architecture, which reduces complexity. The policy implementation can be consistent with your internal data center and VMware vCloud® Air™ yielding a unified hybrid cloud experience for your consumers.
Each cloud model can also be enhanced to offer additional “as a Service” offerings developed by the provider for strategic product differentiation.