420 billion global demand for cloud computing solutions

- $61 billion in Broadcom's acquisition of VMware and integrating information security with our solutions

- 30% of businesses rely on computing solutions to improve productivity and increase their competitiveness

- Our goal is to help companies accelerate digital transformation and reduce costs to meet economic challenges

- VMware introduces new cloud technologies and launches a range of partnerships to drive innovations

Barcelona: Khaled Hassan

Prepared for publication: Bakinam Khaled - Wael Al-Husseini

Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware, a global company specialized in cloud computing and technology infrastructure, said in response to a question “Alam Rakamy ” that global spending on cloud computing solutions exceeded about $420 billion during 2021, with an annual growth rate of more than 17 It is expected that the size of this market will double over the next three years, especially with the increasing demand for high-performance computing, as 30% of the institutions use one of the types of cloud computing, and 50% of the institutions are looking at how to benefit from cloud computing.

This came during his inauguration of the activities of the company's annual conference "VMware EXPLORE", which is organized in Barcelona, ​​Spain, in the presence of 120 journalists from different countries of the world and about 20,000 experts, partners and clients of the company in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Digitization of government institutions

In response to a question " Alam Rakamy " about the company's vision to help governments in the Middle East to benefit from cloud computing technologies, he said the region is one of the most developed regions in the world in the use of technology and the launch of many smart government initiatives, which of course depends more on the use of technological solutions, including computing Cloud and data centers to improve, manage and analyze the huge amount of data resulting from the digital transformation process, especially after the Covid_19 award. .

He added that we have many success stories with our partners in all countries of the region, especially Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In response to a “Alam Rakamy” question about how the company employs artificial intelligence technologies, the CEO of VMware said that while encouraging reliance on cloud computing, what is known as the chaos of electronic applications for mobile devices has emerged, but the most important thing that distinguishes “VMware” solutions is its ability To organize the chaos of applications, as there are now thousands of applications that are not needed by all institutions or are not used periodically, but these applications can be a source of inconvenience to the network of institutions, so we rely on artificial intelligence techniques to determine the actual needs of each institution based on the analysis of its behavior and work pattern, and from there It made it better without loading its network with useless applications.

Broadcom Acquisition and Solution Integration

With regard to the acquisition by Broadcom, which specializes in the design and manufacture of electronic chips for modems and Wi-Fi, on VMware, at a value of $61 billion, in the third largest deal in the history of the information technology sector, which is expected to end in 2023. Raghuram confirmed that VMware is the software arm of Broadcom, and this acquisition will give Broadcom greater power to compete in the cloud computing and infrastructure market for commercial enterprises, especially since it has previously acquired CA Technologies, a company specializing in security software and databases. Therefore, we expect this acquisition to deliver a suite of end-to-end solutions to customers by integrating existing security and infrastructure programs as part of VMware's solutions.

On the multiplicity of types of computing and the vision of “VMware”, the CEO of the company said that there are many challenges that we face today, such as the increasing cost of technologies and the security challenges associated with them. There are also today 350 thousand new application projects for mobile devices every week, but there are problems associated with these applications, such as Using different clouds, lack of developer skills, and chaos caused by using different and inconsistent clouds.

MultiCloud Unified Platform

He added that we launched the concept of "MultiCloud" computing, which works as a unified platform to provide all kinds of computing to business organizations according to their needs, and we are trying in "VMware" to help companies get rid of the chaos resulting from the use of different cloud environments by providing a platform to deal with and manage them Together, companies can run any application across any type of cloud and on any device.

During the conference, the CEO of "VMware" announced that VMware has advanced a new concept in protecting information through NSX solutions, as these solutions depend on many principles, including the principle of zero trust (ie not trusting any application or device until it is tested), And the principle of not using any devices and relying primarily on software solutions for protection.

Partnership with HP

Raghu Raghuram also revealed that VMware is strengthening our partnership with HPE, to enhance private cloud technologies, and we also announce the strengthening of our partnership with Equinix, as well as our long-term partnership with Dell.

The CEO of “VMware” confirmed that 63% of organizations expect to achieve returns by leveraging their data and analysis within 5 years, and the number of VMware Sovereign Cloud service providers more than doubled to reach 25 partners around the world, Among them are the Communications Regulatory Authority and Digital Government in the Emirates, and the National Information Center in Saudi Arabia.