Why Choose VMware HCI?
Enterprise Tested, Enterprise Approved
In use by the most customers worldwide, our complete hyperconverged infrastructure stack includes best-in-class and market-leading compute, storage, and network virtualization technologies with integrated management. The full stack is completely extensible to public cloud for a true hybrid cloud implementation.
vSphere
Compute Virtualization
- #1 virtualization software*
- 500,000 customers
- Used by 100% of Fortune 100
*Source: IDC Worldwide Virtual Machine Software Market Shares 2017
vSAN
Storage Virtualization
- #1 most deployed software for HCI*
- 17,000 customers
- Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure
- Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Q3 2018
*Source: 451 Research, Voice of the Enterprise: Servers and Converged Infrastructure, Vendor Evaluations 2018
NSX
Network Virtualization
- 8,000 customers
- Used by 82% of Fortune 100
- CRN Networking Product of the Year Finalist (2018)
Leading Organizations, Real Results
“Those full lifecycle processes that originally took over a hundred days are now being measured in minutes. It’s an absolute game changer.”
– Vipul Nagrath, Global CIO
“We’re using vSAN for hyperconverged infrastructure because of its reliability; it’s stable and lives depend on it. VMware systems are designed to just keep running…it’s an unstoppable system.”
– Tom Lynott, Director of Software Architecture
“[VMware] software-defined technologies are deployed in all three of our data center facilities. We’ve been able to prove that we have resiliency built in and can execute DR strategies effectively.”
– Victor Principe, SVP of Engineering
“VMware delivers the software stack required to empower us to take what we want to do to the next level.”
– Mark Fournier, Systems Architect
“VMware products really give us visibility into our environments. I look like a magician when really, we’ve built great, standardized products on solutions that can be easily replicated. VMware has been a wonderful partner that helps us better understand what our end products and services are going to be.”
– Jeffery Thomas, Former CTO
“[VMware technologies] offer the greatest opportunities compared to the competition. The vSAN software-defined storage solution was chosen because it is the most flexible; it integrates seamlessly with the vSphere virtual infrastructure.”
– Anton Lushchikov, Head of Infrastructure Development and Operations
“Those full lifecycle processes that originally took over a hundred days are now being measured in minutes. It’s an absolute game changer.”
– Vipul Nagrath, Global CIO
“We’re using vSAN for hyperconverged infrastructure because of its reliability; it’s stable and lives depend on it. VMware systems are designed to just keep running…it’s an unstoppable system.”
– Tom Lynott, Director of Software Architecture
“[VMware] software-defined technologies are deployed in all three of our data center facilities. We’ve been able to prove that we have resiliency built in and can execute DR strategies effectively.”
– Victor Principe, SVP of Engineering
“VMware delivers the software stack required to empower us to take what we want to do to the next level.”
– Mark Fournier, Systems Architect
“VMware products really give us visibility into our environments. I look like a magician when really, we’ve built great, standardized products on solutions that can be easily replicated. VMware has been a wonderful partner that helps us better understand what our end products and services are going to be.”
– Jeffery Thomas, Former CTO
“[VMware technologies] offer the greatest opportunities compared to the competition. The vSAN software-defined storage solution was chosen because it is the most flexible; it integrates seamlessly with the vSphere virtual infrastructure.”
– Anton Lushchikov, Head of Infrastructure Development and Operations
Freedom to Choose
We know you need flexibility in order to satisfy the unique needs of your data center. That’s why VMware offers 5x more hardware choices (across all 19 major OEMs) than any other HCI vendor, as well as the broadest set of deployment options on the market. In addition, our vast ecosystem of technology and software partners offer enhanced capabilities and support to meet your extended infrastructure needs.
vSAN ReadyNodes
For private cloud deployments, choose from 500+ certified x86 systems that are ready to run vSAN out of the box.
Turnkey HCI Appliance
If you’re looking to further reduce operational costs, Dell EMC VxRail is jointly engineered for a streamlined deployment experience.
HCI-as-a-Service
To deploy in or extend to public cloud, we provide the largest HCI cloud ecosystem that includes leading cloud providers AWS and IBM. According to Gartner, VMware HCI supports the most hybrid cloud use cases of any vendor.
See What Hyperconverged Infrastructure Can Do for You
Sign Up for a Free HCI Assessment
VMware’s hyperconverged infrastructure solution, powered by vSAN, simplifies your evolution to full stack HCI, offers the industry’s broadest deployment flexibility and is multi-cloud ready. Take the next step by requesting a free, online assessment. It's the simplest way to evaluate the readiness of your existing vSphere environment for HCI.
Protect Your Investments from Edge to Core to Cloud
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The Next Step on Your Journey to Hybrid Cloud
Built on the most broadly deployed and most trusted cloud infrastructure in the world, VMware Cloud Foundation is the next generation hybrid cloud platform that ensures consistent infrastructure and operations for private cloud, public cloud, and edge scenarios.