1.2 Deployment Model

Service providers typically have three different cloud deployment models that they can offer to their customers:

• Hosting (managed or unmanaged) – VMware Cloud Provider Program Powered Hosting Services offer all the benefits of a dedicated software-defined data center and are engineered on VMware vSphere to be fully compatible with customers’ on-premises vSphere environments. This offers a unified hybrid cloud experience with the same advantages of improved availability, recoverability, performance and scalability to run your business critical applications with confidence. The hosting solution can either be managed by the provider or self-managed.

• Private Cloud (managed or unmanaged) – VMware Cloud Provider Program Powered Private Cloud Services are engineered on VMware vRealize® Suite, and is fully compatible with customers’ on-premises vSphere environments. This provides a unified hybrid cloud experience and dedicated software-defined data centers, offering the required self-service consumption, availability, performance, and scalability to run your 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 Powered Public Cloud Services are engineered on VMware vCloud Suite® with vSphere and VMware vCloud Director at the core. This unique combination provides complete multi-level security and a multi-tenant architecture that reduces complexity and supports policy implementation that can be consistent with your internal data center and vCloud Air, offering a unified hybrid cloud experience to the consumers.

All three models can be complimented with associated management services. The service provider can offer managed services on top of their core IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS offerings, such as: