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title: Cloud Infrastructure
url: https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure
description: Modernize your infrastructure with an advanced, scalable, and flexible private cloud built to evolve with your business.
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# Cloud Infrastructure

Modernize your infrastructure with an advanced, scalable, and flexible private cloud built to evolve with your business.

## Infrastructure Modernization with VCF

Consolidate fragmented, siloed infrastructure with a unified private cloud platform: VMware Cloud Foundation that delivers consistent infrastructure across private, public and edge clouds. Bring together compute, storage, networking, security and management with built-in automation and intelligent operations, so you can modernize infrastructure, scale on demand, and run any workload anywhere — all while reducing costs, complexity, and risk.

## Advanced, Flexible, and Scalable Infrastructure

### Comprehensive Private Cloud Platform
A single, unified platform with integrated enterprise-class compute, networking, storage, management, and security with end-to-end automation.

### Automated Infrastructure 
Automated deployment of an entire infrastructure stack reducing private cloud setup time from months to days.

### Intelligent Operations
Centralized operations with comprehensive fleet management capabilities to manage entire VCF fleet.

### Consistent Infrastructure & Operations
Ability to seamlessly extend from data center to edge to cloud without re-architecting applications or learning new tools and skill-sets.

- [SOLUTION OVERVIEW](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vcf-modern-infrastructure-solution-brief)

## Solve Your Toughest Challenges

- Build & Deploy Private Cloud
- Optimize Infrastructure and Operations
- Modernize Edge Infrastructure
- VDI Workloads
- Sovereign Cloud
- Telco Cloud
- Load Balancing
- [Extend to Public Cloud](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/extend-data-center-to-public-cloud-with-vcf)

### Build and Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure 
Rapidly deploy a new private cloud infrastructure on-premises on Day 0 or modernize your existing infrastructure with a cloud operating model to extract more value from existing investments
- [BUILD PRIVATE CLOUD](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/build-private-cloud-on-premises)

### Optimize Infrastructure and Operations
Optimize Day N operations and management to enable a cloud operating model and improve compute, storage, and networking performance, scale, & efficiency.
- [OPERATE INFRASTRUCTURE](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/optimize-infrastructure-and-operations)

### Modernize Your Edge Infrastructure
Extend your data center to the edge to support near-data processing and latency-sensitive apps.
- [DRIVE EDGE INNOVATION](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/modernize-edge-infrastructure)

### Run VDI on a Modern Platform
Deploy, manage, and secure VDI and DaaS environments at scale.
- [READ SOLUTION BRIEF](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vcf-horizon-solution-brief)

### Deploy a Sovereign Cloud
Protect data residency and compliance with sovereign cloud capabilities while maintaining a consistent VMware environment across jurisdictions.
- [IMPLEMENT SOVEREIGN CLOUD](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/sovereign-cloud)

### Transform Telco Cloud
Modernize network functions and deliver 5G-ready services with a flexible, high-performance cloud infrastructure tailored for telecommunications.
- [LEARN ABOUT TELCO CLOUD](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vcf-telco)

### Plug-and-Play Load Balancing
Deploy resilient, scalable load balancing to improve application availability and performance without adding infrastructure complexity.
- [EXPLORE LOAD BALANCING](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/load-balancing)

### Extend Data Center to Public Cloud
Seamlessly extend VMware Cloud Foundation workloads to leading public clouds for temporary infrastructure needs.
- [EXTEND TO PUBLIC CLOUD](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/extend-data-center-to-public-cloud-with-vcf)

## VMware Cloud Foundation

Achieve the scale and agility of public cloud with the security and performance of private cloud with a unified private cloud platform- VMware Cloud Foundation. Modernize infrastructure and reduce TCO with integrated, compute, storage, networking, management, and security across all endpoints.
- [EXPLORE VMWARE CLOUD FOUNDATION](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vmware-cloud-foundation)

## Related Products

### [Partner-Managed Services](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/partner-managed-services)
Maximize cloud value, modernize apps, and deliver faster innovation.

### [VMware Cloud Foundation Telco](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vcf-telco)
Optimize costs and evolve high-performing core networks with agility.

### [VMware Avi Load Balancer](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/advanced-services/avi-load-balancer)
Software-defined load balancing and security for VMware Cloud Foundation.

## Case Studies

- By using VMware Cloud Foundation, we were able to deploy our new data center in a matter of months.
  - Jeremy Mayfield, Senior Solutions Architect, GCI
  - [READ CASE STUDY](https://www.vmware.com/resources/customers/gci-closes-the-digital-divide-in-alaska-with-vmware)

- Migrating VMware environment was the best option for LIXIL to start leveraging Google Cloud Platform with speed…without downtime, and with a minimal impact to the business.
  - Osamu Iwasaki, SVP, Leader of System Development & Operations, LIXIL
  - [READ CASE STUDY](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-lixil-case-study)

- VMware Cloud Foundation enables us to centralize these systems and move away from a distributed approach towards a more centralized mindset and processes. By focusing on the ‘golden image,’ we can install once and then roll out to the hundreds of stations we operate in production.
  - Christopher Kolb, Domain Architect, Audi
  - [READ CASE STUDY](https://www.vmware.com/resources/customers/audi-smart-factories-accelerate-the-transformation-of-the-global-automotive-industry)

- [READ INFOBRIEF](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vcf-modern-infrastructure-infobrief)

## Ready to Get Started?

Whether you’re ready to start your journey with the Private Cloud Modernization Program or need the help of VMware Pro Cloud Services, select the path that best suits you.

- [START JOURNEY](https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/private-cloud-modernization-program)
- [PRO CLOUD SERVICES](https://www.vmware.com/resources/professional-services)

## Also of Interest

- [Cloud Infrastructure](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure)
- [What is Cloud Infrastructure?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/cloud-infrastructure)
- [What is Cloud Management?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/cloud-management)
