VMware unlocks the power of Kubernetes and app modernisation for Southeast Asia

• New VMware vSphere with VMware Tanzu innovations and enablement initiatives set to fast-track enterprise transformation and strengthen region’s future-readiness

• DBS, Telekom Malaysia showcase best practices to drive Southeast Asia towards a digital-first future

VMware, the enterprise software provider, has announced new offerings to help customers further accelerate their app and infrastructure modernisation initiatives. VMware vSphere 7 Update 1, VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1 now help streamline customer adoption of Kubernetes and support stateful applications with new developer-ready capabilities while enhancing scalability and operations.

Source: VMware. Table showing how offers differ across the various Tanzu editions.
Source: VMware. How the different Tanzu editions stack up.

The introduction of VMware Tanzu editions–each of which packages capabilities of the Tanzu portfolio into a solution that directly addresses a single, common customer challenge – along with skills training and development initiatives will further enable businesses in the region to embrace the full potential of modern apps and help businesses to respond, adapt and accelerate business growth amidst macroeconomic uncertainties, VMware said.

Recent research from VMware showed that Asia Pacific (APAC) organisations that adopted a software-led transformation approach were better positioned to weather the impact of business downturns due to their improved delivery of modern applications*. The study also showed that higher-growth APAC companies are spending more time on innovation than their lower-performing counterparts (49% vs 44%), with a greater proportion of agile steps in the app development process (58% vs 46%).

“As organisations continue to adapt their business and operational models to the fast-changing economic environment in Southeast Asia, those that are able to continuously innovate faster and more securely can achieve more impactful business outcomes, enabling them compete more effectively,” said Kip Cole, VP, Tanzu Asia Pacific & Japan.

“With one of the industry’s most comprehensive software stack for modern apps, VMware empowers enterprises with greater agility and time-to-market, delivering hyper-personalised experiences to customers as they build, run, manage, connect and protect their apps across any cloud and any device.”

At VMworld 2019 US, VMware unveiled the Tanzu portfolio and the tech preview of Project Pacific—to rearchitect vSphere into an open platform using Kubernetes APIs. In a year, VMware has delivered a software stack that enables customers to modernise existing applications and infrastructure and develop new, modern applications.

As part of its commitment to level-up Asia’s innovation ecosystem, VMware is announcing its Getting Future Ready initiative, a pilot training initiative that deepens expertise and specialisation in next-generation technologies for the Singapore workforce. Getting Future Ready provides a structured programme that upskills and prepares tech talents for emerging cloud-native job roles and opportunities. Offering up to 1,000 traineeship opportunities to Singapore-based companies, Getting Future Ready will benefit tech talents across VMware’s partner and customer ecosystem which includes organisations such as DBS Bank and telco M1.

“As organisations continue to adapt, respond and accelerate their businesses in this new digital paradigm, VMware is committed to leveraging our industry-leading technologies and expertise to upskill and enable a new generation of tech talents, so they can drive Singapore’s economy forward in its next chapter of growth.”

The next phase of Project Pacific with new product releases will help customers rapidly adopt Kubernetes. VMware vSphere with Tanzu will provide a simple way for hundreds of thousands of vSphere customers globally to get started with Kubernetes and modernise the 70 million-plus workloads running on vSphere.

“As the enabler of Digital Malaysia, we continuously innovate to better serve the nation. Towards this end, we always explore ways to continue providing robust cloud infrastructure for our business needs. With VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated, it further facilitates in addressing the fast-changing requirements of digital journey with ease,” said Umapathy Sivan, CIO, Telekom Malaysia.

Explore:

Watch the whiteboard video: VMware vSphere with Tanzu.

Watch the insights video: Piyush Gupta, Group CEO of DBS, speaks to VMware about how DBS Bank has reaped the dividends of digital transformation to become future-ready.

*Modern Apps Helping Organisations Succeed, VMware, August 2020.

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