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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

You're reading from VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture Automate and orchestrate your Software-Defined Data Center on AWS

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787283435

Length 504 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Kundan

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. The Freedom with Cross-Cloud Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Implementing Service Architecture for Cross-Cloud Services

3. Transforming a Data Center from Silos to Software-Defined Services

4. Designing a Mixed Cloud Model with VMware

5. Implementing Service Redundancy Across All Layers

6. Designing Software-Defined Storage Services

7. VMware Cloud Assess, Design, and Deploy Services

8. Transforming Your Network Architecture

9. Dealing with Data Sovereignty

10. Designing Effective Compliance Regulations to Fix Violations

11. Lower TCO and Greater ROI with Maximum Agility

12. VMware Pricing and Licensing for a Cross-Cloud Model

13. The Economics of Cross-Cloud Services

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Chapter 12. VMware Pricing and Licensing for a Cross-Cloud Model

This chapter will help you to learn about the VMware Cloud Foundation pricing and licensing, as well as about VMware Cloud on AWS, which is very important for decisions based on total cost analysis. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

Transforming data centers with Cloud Foundation
Cloud Foundation licensing with pricing and packaging
VMware pricing and licensing in AWS Cloud
VMWare's Subscription Purchasing Program (SPP)

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Authors (1)

Kundan

Kundan

Ajit Pratap Kundan stands at the leading edge of the most innovative cloud technology in the world. He has helped position VMware as a leader in the private cloud area in relation to his federal government customers through an SDDC approach. An innovative techy with 18+ years of industry experience, he has promoted technologies to his government and defense customers. Ajit is a valued writer on cloud technologies and has authored one book, VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture, published by Packt. He currently resides in Delhi, India, with his wife, Archana, and their two sons, Aaradhya and Akshansh.

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