According to VMware, businesses in Southeast Asia are ramping up on their digital transformation strategies. In a recent Gartner survey of CIOs, companies in the region are spending slightly more than a quarter of their IT budgets on digitisation, and this is set to increase by more than 10% in 2018*.
"Digital transformation yields tangible results for businesses, and it is heartening to see more organisations leveraging technology to extend the limits of what's possible. VMware is committed to equipping organisations with the digital tools to run, manage, connect and secure any application on any cloud to any device, enabling them to make the most of the opportunities before them," said Ron Goh, President, Southeast Asia and Korea, VMware at the time.
A multicloud environment is increasingly the critical enabler for business success, the company said, showcasing V3 Smart Technologies' (V3) successful cloud journey as an example of this reality. V3 is a provider of smart mobility and automation solutions for over 600 customers and 10,000 vehicles in Singapore, and needed an IT infrastructure to scale IT resources rapidly based on customer demand.
After transitioning to an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) model, enabled by Singtel and VMware, V3 reduced operational overheads and infrastructure costs by half, and can now roll out new applications and services to customers within days instead of months.
To continue pushing the boundaries in delivering best-in-class cloud services, VMware unveiled a new set of products and services at the US VMworld event in August 2017. The priority was to make cloud easy by partnering with public cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM Cloud and more than 4,300 cloud service providers globally, to provide a consistent infrastructure across all clouds, including clouds not based on VMware technologies.
The expanded VMware Cloud Provider Program and new VMware Cloud Services enable organisations to manage, secure, monitor and automate cloud infrastructure and applications by providing a unified approach for end-to-end visibility into cloud usage, costs, and network traffic.
Future digital workspace platforms deliver a simple and secure experience for both end-users and IT teams, VMware showed. A leading global financial institution needed to equip its 200,000 employees with a seamless and easy-to-use platform, allowing them to deliver quality customer service. In partnership with Dell EMC, VMware worked closely with the organisation to tailor a suite of software-defined workspace solutions, VMware Horizon Enterprise Edition. This created an IT architecture that made it easier for employees to get work done in real-time from any device or location by simplifying access and app management, while keeping all information secured.
"Standard web and office productivity apps are driving more immersive experiences, and consuming greater endpoint resources than ever before. In close collaboration with VMware, we look to empower the bank's employees with solutions ideal for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments," said Eric Goh, MD and VP, Singapore Enterprise Business, Dell EMC.
"The Dell EMC VDI solution, powered by VMware Horizon software and built on Dell EMC infrastructure and software-defined storage, enables employees to self-manage the apps they need at any given time, reducing complexity, safeguarding corporate data and streamlining IT management and delivery. By virtualising its business-critical apps, the bank is able to ensure that its workforce can remain productive while drastically reducing the organisation's exposure to data being compromised at endpoints."
To further empower the digital workspaces of the future, VMware is expanding its VMware Workspace ONE solution to deliver the broadest platform and endpoint support for end-users and IT teams. The enhanced Workspace ONE solution will extend a native client experience to iOS, Android, macOS, Windows 10 and Chromebooks so that end-users can access everything they need for work from a single unified digital workspace. To reduce complexity for IT teams, Workspace ONE will also unify context, identity and device management into a single streamlined management console.
A modernised data centre is key to increasing the performance and efficiency of IT resources and strengthening the availability and security of critical applications. Singapore telecommunications provider, M1 has a Software-Defined Networking Data Centre (SDNDC) powered by the VMware Cloud Provider programme which has demonstrated significant customer momentum. One of the SDNDC's customers, Teralytics, depends on the facility to process and crunch massive volumes of data quickly. Equipped with the ability to deliver billions of signals from multiple sources rapidly, the data analytics company can create timely and actionable insights for its end-customers, including city planners, transportation operators, car manufacturers and ride-sharing companies.
VMware announced new releases of Integrated OpenStack and VMware vRealize Network Insight earlier this year. These releases are aimed at helping customers modernise their data centres to increase business and developer agility, while introducing increased networking and security capabilities. Additionally, VMware is unveiling a new VMware vSAN offering to reduce the cost and complexity of collecting, storing and processing data to support Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives, especially in defense, oil and gas, manufacturing and retail.
"In this new digital paradigm, we empower our customers to succeed with solutions that are tailored to specific business and industry needs. VMware's vision for cloud is what organisations really need from a unified, multi-cloud environment: the ability to securely and efficiently work across any cloud with flexibility and choice. With our portfolio of cloud and infrastructure solutions, we are ready to continue supporting our customers in Southeast Asia to drive digital transformation and realise the region's digital future," added Ron Goh.
Explore:
Learn how VMware helped Meezan Bank with digital transformation and modernised KBZ Bank
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts on VMworld announcements, including on:
VMware Cloud on AWS, Workspace ONE
*Gartner Says CIOs in Southeast Asia Must Balance High Expectations with Moderate Budget Increases, March, 2017
To further empower the digital workspaces of the future, VMware is expanding its VMware Workspace ONE solution to deliver the broadest platform and endpoint support for end-users and IT teams. The enhanced Workspace ONE solution will extend a native client experience to iOS, Android, macOS, Windows 10 and Chromebooks so that end-users can access everything they need for work from a single unified digital workspace. To reduce complexity for IT teams, Workspace ONE will also unify context, identity and device management into a single streamlined management console.
A modernised data centre is key to increasing the performance and efficiency of IT resources and strengthening the availability and security of critical applications. Singapore telecommunications provider, M1 has a Software-Defined Networking Data Centre (SDNDC) powered by the VMware Cloud Provider programme which has demonstrated significant customer momentum. One of the SDNDC's customers, Teralytics, depends on the facility to process and crunch massive volumes of data quickly. Equipped with the ability to deliver billions of signals from multiple sources rapidly, the data analytics company can create timely and actionable insights for its end-customers, including city planners, transportation operators, car manufacturers and ride-sharing companies.
VMware announced new releases of Integrated OpenStack and VMware vRealize Network Insight earlier this year. These releases are aimed at helping customers modernise their data centres to increase business and developer agility, while introducing increased networking and security capabilities. Additionally, VMware is unveiling a new VMware vSAN offering to reduce the cost and complexity of collecting, storing and processing data to support Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives, especially in defense, oil and gas, manufacturing and retail.
"In this new digital paradigm, we empower our customers to succeed with solutions that are tailored to specific business and industry needs. VMware's vision for cloud is what organisations really need from a unified, multi-cloud environment: the ability to securely and efficiently work across any cloud with flexibility and choice. With our portfolio of cloud and infrastructure solutions, we are ready to continue supporting our customers in Southeast Asia to drive digital transformation and realise the region's digital future," added Ron Goh.
Explore:
Learn how VMware helped Meezan Bank with digital transformation and modernised KBZ Bank
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts on VMworld announcements, including on:
VMware Cloud on AWS, Workspace ONE
*Gartner Says CIOs in Southeast Asia Must Balance High Expectations with Moderate Budget Increases, March, 2017
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