VMware UK Limited

VMware Cloud on AWS

VMware Cloud on AWS is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation (vSphere, NSX and vSAN) to deliver software-defined data centres (SDDCs) as a cloud service on Amazon Web Services (AWS) .

Features

• VMware SDDC delivered as a cloud service on AWS
• On-demand capacity & flexible hourly consumption available globally
• Run on dedicated, elastic, bare-metal AWS infrastructure
• Operates in multiple Availability Zones within the UK
• Single user interface and API for on-prem and cloud
• vMotion between on-premises and the cloud
• Automated cluster scaling and host remediation
• Direct Connect and L2VPN connectivity and offline data transfer options
• Access AWS services (EBS, RDS, Lambda, etc..) without network charges

Benefits

• Jointly engineered to deliver the best of VMware and AWS
• Unparalleled security of combined VMware and AWS technologies and operations
• Industry leading portability enables migration to and from the Cloud
• Full operational consistency with on-premise VMware technologies
• Scalable infrastructure available when and where you need it
• Common virtual infrastructure makes hybrid deployments truly possible
• Disaster Recover economics are transformed by the cloud
• Support existing and next-generation applications and containers in one platform

£3.57 to £15.27 a server an hour

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

361057562684156

Contact

Chris Hardy
07824 478092
chris.hardy@broadcom.com

Service scope

• Service constraints: N/A
• System requirements: N/A

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: VMware Cloud Service Support Policies are published: ; https://www.vmware.com/support/policies.html; ; Critical (SaaS Severity 1) 30 minutes or less: 24x7; Major (SaaS Severity 2) 4 business hours; Minor (SaaS Severity 3) 8 business hours; Cosmetic (SaaS Severity 4) 12 business hours
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Web chat accessibility testing: VMware Cloud on AWS leverages in-product chat from Intercom.com. Details about chat accessibility can be found here.; ; https://www.intercom.com/help/faqs-and-troubleshooting/the-intercom-messenger/is-the-intercom-messenger-accessible; ; Additional details on development and testing for accessibility of the chat interface can be found here:; https://www.intercom.com/blog/messenger-accessibility
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: VMware Cloud on AWS provides 24/7 production level support as part of the service at no additional cost.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: VMware provides a range of resources to help to start using the VMware Cloud on AWS service. These include comprehensive documentation (in multiple formats), introductory videos, hands-on labs, online and in-person training, access to a large ecosystem of partners and support from the customer success team and public sector account team.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: HTML
• End-of-contract data extraction: Migration of data to and from VMware Cloud on AWS is fully managed by the customer. Documentation exists along with additional tools and services to facilitate the migration of data.; ; VMware Cloud on AWS natively runs VMware vSphere which stores customer data in an industry accepted virtual machine format and VMware vSphere natively supports the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), making it simple to download, clone, migrate, copy, port or transfer workloads between environments.
• End-of-contract process: If you are using the Service Offering on an on-demand basis, you can cancel at any time by deleting your SDDC, using the VMware Cloud on AWS Console. You will be charged for all usage up to the point of termination.; ; Unless you purchase a new subscription, upon expiration of the Subscription Term all services will continue to operate on an on-demand basis and you will be billed at the then current on-demand rate for those services until you cancel your on-demand use.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Using the web interface: The VMware Cloud on AWS Console enables customers to provision Software Defined Data Centers, Configure Networking, Add/Remove Hosts, Connect to the Virtual Center interface and get support.; ; The Virtual Center Interface enables customers to manage their entire Software Defined Data Center.
• Web interface accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Web interface accessibility testing: The Virtual Center interface has undergone accessibility testing. Results of all VMware accessibility tests can be found at: https://www.vmware.com/in/help/accessibility.html
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: After the initial creation of the organisation's account, the service can be configured and operated via the API interface. ; ; VMware Cloud on AWS Service APIs, vSphere APIs and NSX API interfaces are all supported.
• API automation tools:
  • Ansible
  • Chef
  • OpenStack
  • SaltStack
  • Terraform
  • Puppet
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • Other
• Command line interface: Yes
• Command line interface compatibility:
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
  • MacOS
• Using the command line interface: Customers have access to all published and documented APIs through a command prompt.

Scaling

• Scaling available: Yes
• Scaling type:
  • Automatic
  • Manual
• Independence of resources: Customer environments are logically and physically segregated to prevent users and customers from accessing resources not assigned to them.; ; Each customer SDDC runs on dedicated hardware which eliminates the potential for other customers to affect their workloads.; ; VMware and AWS both continuously monitor service usage to project infrastructure needs to support availability commitments/requirements.
• Usage notifications: Yes
• Usage reporting:
  • API
  • Email
  • Other

Analytics

• Infrastructure or application metrics: Yes
• Metrics types:
  • CPU
  • Disk
  • HTTP request and response status
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Number of active instances
  • Other
• Other metrics:
  • VSphere provide comprehensive infrastructure logs
  • Performance logs
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Backup and recovery

• Backup and recovery: Yes
• What’s backed up:
  • Account configuration information
  • SDDC Configuration information
• Backup controls: Customers retain control and ownership of their virtual machines and have the ability to use their own backup and recovery solution. VMware Cloud on AWS enables virtual machine images to be replicated ; by Site Recovery Manager to another Availability Zone or to a datacenter of the customer's choosing, which ensures that workloads would always exist in more than one physical location.; ; There are many companies that offer backup and recovery solutions that are compatible with VMware Cloud on AWS service. A list of vendors can be found here: https://marketplace.vmware.com/
• Datacentre setup: Multiple datacentres with disaster recovery
• Scheduling backups: Users schedule backups through a web interface
• Backup recovery: Users can recover backups themselves, for example through a web interface

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: VMware will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that each component of the Service Offering ("service component") is “Available” during a given billing month (as defined in the Service Description) equal to the “Availability Commitment” specified in the table below:; ; Service Component Availability Commitment; SDDC Infrastructure 99.9%; SDDC Management 99.9%; VMware Site Recovery - Management 99.9%; ; More information about the SLA can be found at: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/vmw-cloud-aws-service-level-agreement.pdf
• Approach to resilience: VMware has implemented backup or redundancy mechanisms to ensure compliance with regulatory, statutory and contractual obligations. VMware has a defined Information Security Program that includes Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies for data and hardware redundancy, network configuration redundancy and backups and regular testing exercises. ; ; VMware Cloud on AWS uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) geographically resilient data hosting options. Data centers are built in clusters in various global regions. VMware provides customers the flexibility to place instances and store data within multiple geographic regions as well as across multiple Availability Zones within each regions to support their resiliency needs.
• Outage reporting: The real-time status of the VMware Cloud on AWS services along with past incidents is publicly available on https://status.vmware-services.io/.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Management interfaces implement role-based access controls and require members to authenticate against the corporate identity provider. Access is managed through the management gateway which restricts access based on originating IP address and SSL usage. Additional security and authentication mechanisms including the use of time-based credentials are used to secure and monitor access.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
• Devices users manage the service through:
  • Dedicated device on a segregated network (providers own provision)
  • Dedicated device over multiple services or networks
  • Any device but through a bastion host (a bastion host is a server that provides access to a private network from an external network such as the internet)
  • Directly from any device which may also be used for normal business (for example web browsing or viewing external email)

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Schellman & Company, LLC
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 14/10/2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: Yes
• CSA STAR accreditation date: 01/04/2022
• CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
• What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: N/A
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: Crowe LLP
• PCI DSS accreditation date: 16/12/2021
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: N/A
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • SOC 2
  • HIPAA
  • PCI-DSS
  • IRAP
  • OSPAR

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • CSA CCM version 3.0
  • ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: VMware security policies are documented and available to employees on an internal web site. Policies and procedures are reviewed annually, updated as needed. ; VMware utilizes a standard operating procedure repository to store an extensive set of documented procedures. Detailed procedures are defined for the following categories of functions: information security, physical security, network availability, HR, communications, risk/issues and service level customer service.; On an annual basis, VMware Cloud on AWS is audited by third-party auditors for ISO 27001/17/18, SOC2, PCI-DSS and HIPAA. Policy adherence is included as a part of these third-party audits.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: The VMware Cloud on AWS team has a comprehensive development lifecycle and and change management system in place. Continuous reviews and testing occur on the software development pipelines for individual products and components. VMware generates builds from approved components and runs these through BITs (Basic Integration Tests), PVTs (Product Validation Tests), FSLite (Feature Stress Lite Tests) and continuous Loop tests for Deployment, Upgrade and Cluster expansion/ reduction. Additionally, we run performance tests, feature stress tests, security scans, vulnerability tests and System Tests at scale for every cycle.
• Vulnerability management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: VMware has comprehensive vulnerability management program in place which includes continuous internal and regular third-party vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.; ; The VMware Security Response Center (VSRC) leads the analysis and remediation of service security issues. VSRC receives reports directly and monitors the ecosystem for relevant security issues and works with VMware Research and Development to develop and resolve issues. ; ; VMware Cloud on AWS has the capability to rapidly patch vulnerabilities. Remediation efforts and timelines are prioritized and applied using industry best practices. ; ; For further details on the process and our commitment to customers, see the VMware Security Response Policy https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html
• Protective monitoring type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: VMware has a Security Operations Center staffed 24x7 and alerted on security anomalies in the VMware Cloud on AWS environment. ; ; VMware Cloud on AWS has several intrusion detection/prevention mechanisms in place and the service continuously collects and monitors the environment logs which are correlated with both public and private threat feeds to spot suspicious and unusual activities. ; ; The customer is responsible for the security of the environment over which they have administrative level control.
• Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: The process complies with industry standards for legally admissible chain-of-custody and forensic-data-collection management processes and controls. Response standards, procedures, methods are implemented based on the severity level. If VMware determines that unauthorized access to/use/disclosure of customer content, VMware will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify customers, ; taking into account any applicable law, regulations, governmental request. VMware will also notify customers of a suspected breach of the infrastructure if that breach occurred on a segment of the platform consumed by a customer, or in the event of Denial of Service attacks. ; ; VMware does not monitor guest workloads for such breaches.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Separation between users

• Virtualisation technology used to keep applications and users sharing the same infrastructure apart: Yes
• Who implements virtualisation: Supplier
• Virtualisation technologies used: VMware
• How shared infrastructure is kept separate: Each VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) is provisioned on dedicated bare-metal hardware within an AWS VPC dedicated to the customer. vSphere is installed on this dedicated hardware and customers are given access to their individual instance of Virtual Center to manage their virtual environment.

Energy efficiency

• Energy-efficient datacentres: Yes
• Description of energy efficient datacentres: VMware Cloud on AWS utilizes AWS datacenters and information about AWS & Sustainability can be found here:; ; https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/sustainability/

Social Value

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  • Sustainable growth for VMware’s business requires decoupling our company growth from carbon emissions. To this end, we’ve accelerated our focus on decarbonization and received third-party validation from the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) on our science-based targets. Since 2018, we have maintained our certified CarbonNeutral® company status, in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol. Since 2019, we have sourced 100 percent of our power in our global facilities from renewable sources, in accordance with RE100 Reporting Guidance.; • VMware’s net zero emissions goal builds on approved science-based targets and expands the scope of our climate commitments. For us, a net zero goal means reducing emissions for our entire carbon footprint. We are focused on prioritizing energy efficiency within our operations through our commitment to green buildings, working with our suppliers to reduce their emissions, and supporting distributed workforces through our Future of Work initiative. Through carbon financing, we support low carbon sustainable development projects that enable carbon avoidance to offset our remaining emissions. In line with the leading net zero guidance, we are developing our strategy to include carbon removal projects to address residual emissions.; • In FY22, we furthered climate transition planning at VMware, guided by Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. As VMware continues to learn more about climate risks, we can build longer time horizon risks into our strategy to become even more sustainable and resilient.
• Covid-19 recovery:

  Covid-19 recovery

  • Decisive action by VMware during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a company-wide remote workforce, which our customers were able to implement as well through VMware’s Workspace solutions. ; • Through VMware’s unique Citizen Philanthropy approach to giving, we empower every VMware employee—wherever they are—to be active, engaged citizens, contributing to what matters most to them in their own communities. Throughout the pandemic, VMware people delivered food to neighbors in need, made masks and donated resources to frontline workers and relief efforts, and helped nonprofit organizations strengthen their IT operations so they can focus on supporting their communities. VMware also supported GlobalGiving’s Coronavirus Relief Fund and TechSoup’s COVID-19 Response Fund, and raised the limit on matching gifts available to all VMware people.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  • VMware IT Academy partners directly with more than 2,500 educational institutions, governments and nonprofits globally to empower learners through coursework, labs and experiences. To enrich learning and help jump-start careers, our partner academic institutions can also access the latest suite of VMware software solutions and use them in a hands-on educational environment. VMware IT Academy is key to our 2030 goal of upskilling 15 million people through our educational offerings and creates a pipeline of diverse talent that is available to advance companies’ digital journeys and deploy VMware solutions.; • VMware donates our technology to academic institutions, enabling learners with access to technical training and labs across technology solutions and companies through Academic Cloud.; • VMware IT Academy partners with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for their Cybersecurity Bootcamp, an immersive, 15-week hands-on training course to reskill or upskill unemployed individuals, including minorities and veterans.; • VMinclusion Taara offers free technical education on VMware products & technology that enable digital business transformation, addressing the gender gap in the Indian IT sector and empowering women with financial and social independence.; • VMware Responsible Sourcing supports sustainability, diversity and accessibility across our supply chain. VMware has committed to working with 75% of our suppliers (by spend) to set their own science-based targets by the end of 2024. We are also prioritizing the sourcing of goods and services through diverse businesses and have committed to spending $1.5B with diverse suppliers through 2030. Our definition of diverse supplier includes: small-business enterprises, minority-owned enterprises, woman-owned enterprises, and businesses owned by other underrepresented groups such as LGBTQ, veterans, and proprietors with disabilities.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  • VMware joined the Valuable 500, a global business collective that is igniting systemic change and unlocking the business, social and economic value of more than 1 billion people with disabilities around the world. From ensuring the technology we develop is accessible for all to empowering our employees through accessible, inclusive and innovative engagement and wellbeing programs, our company remains committed to driving meaningful impact on disability, wellness and neurodiversity inclusion.; • As a leading software company, user accessibility is top of mind at VMware. One of our ESG goals by 2030 is to ensure the technology that we develop, and source within our supply chain, is accessible for all. We created internal Accessibility Guidelines within VMware and committed to assess all new software and events suppliers for accessibility standards aligned with our own guidelines.; • Employee Resource Groups at VMware are called Power of Difference communities (“PODs”), and they play a strategic role in building a culture of belonging. We are focused on driving a culture that is inclusive of all forms of diversity, including supporting employees with disabilities. In 2021, VMware was named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion by the Disability Equality Index (DEI).; • Making VMware more diverse, equitable and inclusive for our employees, customers and communities is fundamental to who we are. That’s why measuring and achieving equitable change is key to our 2030 Agenda. We have assigned compensation performance goals around drivers that improve representation, including hiring and retention of women globally and underrepresented minorities in the United States, inclusive culture scores and diverse candidate slates. For interviews at every level, our goal is to have all candidate interview slates include at least one woman and one underrepresented minority (US only) candidate.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  • At VMware, we enrich lives at work, at home and in the community, because we believe that empowering our people to bring their authentic selves to work drives business excellence and enables us to achieve our business goals. We prioritize employee wellbeing and work hard to foster a culture that is ethical and respectful, kind and compassionate, which is defined by our EPIC2 values—Execution, Passion, Integrity, Customers and Community.; • Employee wellbeing at VMware is a top priority as we believe people are the key to our success, and we are always striving to make it easier for employees to pursue wellbeing on their own terms, which will also help them perform well at work. We recognize that VMware has a responsibility to help support our employees manage the added complexities of their work and family situations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our wellbeing benefits include: four supplemental days off (our “EPIC2” days), life coaching and emotional support, work-life services for employees and their families, and a wellbeing allowance

Pricing

• Price: £3.57 to £15.27 a server an hour
• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at chris.hardy@broadcom.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.