VMware Introduces Kubernetes as a Service on Photon Platform

BARCELONA, SPAIN--(Marketwired - October 18, 2016) - Today at VMworld® 2016 Europe, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced built-in support for Kubernetes in VMware Photon™ Platform to enable IT operations teams to deliver Kubernetes as a Service to development teams. VMware Photon Platform will also add networking and storage services powered by VMware NSX® and VMware Virtual SAN™, respectively. With the addition of these new services, Photon Platform offers an end-to-end enterprise cloud-native infrastructure platform for running modern, containerized applications in production with support provided by VMware.

Businesses are increasingly differentiating themselves via software applications and services that deliver innovative customer experiences. To reduce application development lifecycles, developers are adopting cloud-native application methodologies, architectures and technologies. VMware Photon Platform will now deliver access to the services needed to build and run modern applications including Kubernetes as an on-demand service in customers' data centers. The comprehensive Photon Platform automates IT infrastructure provisioning and allows businesses to focus on their development efforts versus building, operating and supporting a custom solution.

"VMware Photon Platform takes a major step forward by empowering IT teams to deliver, secure and operate the modern services that development teams require with the infrastructure automation demanded by today's leading enterprise organizations," said Paul Fazzone, vice president and general manager, Cloud-Native Applications Business Unit, VMware. "Based on the industry-leading hypervisor, network virtualization and hyper-converged storage solutions, VMware Photon Platform offers customers unprecedented business speed and agility to deliver innovative software solutions to market quicker."

Photon Platform Introduces Kubernetes as a Service, New Networking and Storage Services

In August 2015, VMware introduced Photon Platform as an enterprise cloud-native infrastructure platform optimized for containers and modern applications. It is purpose-built for use in API-driven, multi-tenant and high-scale environments. With this release, VMware will expand Photon Platform with new developer services and broader infrastructure functionality including: