VMware has announced that it has signed on 40 service provider
partners in India under the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP).
The program has been uniquely designed to help service providers
develop, promote and sell their cloud products, services and
solutions.
The model, introduced in 2010, is fast emerging as a preferred
option for Indian companies, both large and small, who are looking
at subscription based hosted IT services to easily address their
dynamic business requirements, while maintaining control and
security of their IT environment.
“With the VMware Service Provider Program, we have enabled
our partners to offer solutions that provide cost-effective,
cloud-based virtualized infrastructure that meet the specific needs
of their customers through a simplified, easily accessible service
model. The growing interest by partners suggests that public and
hybrid clouds are not only a strategic imperative in organizations
today, but also that Indian companies are increasingly considering,
evaluating and consuming compute services in the cloud," said T
Srinivasan, Managing Director, VMware India & SAARC.
The VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) was created for IT
partners providing Hosted IT services to end user companies and
includes partners that provide subscription or web services to
third parties.
“The Cloud today offers granular flexibility in subscription
and usage terms to customers. Customers are demanding cloud
services on an hourly, monthly and even on a multi-year term basis.
Our strategic partnership with VMware has enabled us to build and
offer Enterprise Grade Cloud services with complete flexibility,
security and scalability,” said CVS Suri, President &
CEO, Enterprise Services, Sify Technologies. “Our association
with VMware is not just confined to products; it also includes
building strong expertise on VMware tools to support the end to end
service lifecycle. Today, Sify has over 20 VMware Certified
Professionals, 29 VMware Sales Professionals and 56 VMware
Technology Sales Professionals, which differentiates us
vis-à-vis other public cloud players in the
country.”
Sify is a leader in the public cloud space across IaaS
(Infrastructure as a service) and PaaS (Platform as a service) in
India, enabling hundreds of enterprise customers to leverage the
benefits of the cloud platform.
“With reduced fixed costs, predictable operational expenses
and increased adaptability in a dynamic market environment, we are
witnessing a growing demand for our Cloud services today,”
said Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director & CEO, Netmagic
Solutions. “Netmagic was one of the first Service Provider
partners under the VSPP program in India to develop the
orchestration layer on top of the VMware platform. Our offerings
leverage VMware technologies to provide unprecedented levels of
scalability and flexibility for our customers. We believe that the
ability to deliver resources in time with our clients’ needs,
gives us a significant advantage in the market.”
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