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Data owners, IT administrators, and developers in midsized or enterprise organizations seek a consistent software platform to simplify management, capacity growth, development, deployment, and upgrades. As businesses consume IT resources differently, there is a need for powerful, efficient, and trusted data protection, enabling organizations to transform and meet future demands when modernizing their IT environment. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on Dell EMC VxRail, combined with Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager to protect workloads, is one solution to these modern challenges.
VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (vSphere compute, vSAN storage, NSX networking, and security) and cloud management services (with the vRealize Suite) to run many types of enterprise applications. This can range from traditional applications, deployed as virtual machines and VMware Horizon virtual desktops, to Kubernetes powered containerized cloud-native applications, and can include private and public environments. Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is an effective solution to protect these environments.