Says will enable Indian businesses with the fastest way to build and deploy a Software-Defined Data Center
VMware has released EVO:RAIL for the Indian market through its Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners. VMware EVO:RAIL is a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance that helps IT organizations streamline the deployment and scale-out of software-defined IT infrastructure at the speed of business.
Dell, EMC and HP has already announced the availability of their VMware EVO:RAIL based offerings for India. Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp have also partnered with VMware for EVO:RAIL and will make their respective appliances available over time. VMware EVO:RAIL will be offered by these partners’ channel as a single SKU covering hardware, software, and support and services costs, with single point-of-contact support being offered by the Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners.
“VMware and its Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners are bringing the simplicity of consumer appliances to the world of enterprise infrastructure. VMware EVO:RAIL is a new building block for software-defined data center environments that takes the guesswork out of building, deploying, scaling and managing software-defined infrastructure services,” said Arun Parameswaran, MD, VMware India. “Our customers and partners in India have been very excited about the immediate value VMware EVO:RAIL offers them.”
VMware EVO:RAIL is aimed at use cases in the mid-market and enterprise segments, and includes VMware vSphere, VMware Virtual SAN, VMware vRealize Log Insight, and the new EVO:RAIL engine – all integrated with hardware from customers’ preferred Qualified EVO:RAIL Partner. VMware EVO:RAIL will simplify appliance deployment, configuration as well as on-going management, patching and upgrading of the software. The appliance is ideally suited for use cases such as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as well as remote office/branch office for industries including financial services, government, healthcare, higher education, insurance, oil and gas, and retail.