The VMware Ready Data Protection Program is a new ecosystem initiative to integrate and simplify comprehensive data protection of VMware vSphere 4 environments. The goal of this program is to help customers reduce complexity and accelerate implementation of comprehensive data protection of VMware vSphere 4 environments and provide better functionality, choice and reduced IT expenses for partner data protection products. With this program, VMware is providing partners with best practices and full access to its new vStorage APIs for Data Protection – the enabling framework for data protection partners to develop integrated solutions for centralized virtual machine backup. This enables customers to perform rapid backup without disrupting applications or the end user experience. VMware will continue to support existing implementations of the previous generation of its data protection framework (called VMware Consolidated Backup).
As part of the program, VMware will recommend solutions for essential data protection processes such as backup and restore that are VMware Ready Optimized – meaning these solutions adhere to more stringent integration guidelines and pass a technical validation. Partner products passing this qualification will be allowed to use the VMware Ready Optimized logo, where “Optimized” signifies that the qualifying products provide optimized levels of integration, functionality, or performance. VMware Ready Data Protection solutions will also be featured as “VMware Ready” in the VMware Partner Product Catalog.
Partners interested in the VMware Ready Data Protection Program or customers with questions are invited to contact VMware’s Technology Alliance Program Team or call 1-866-524-4966.
