VMware vCloud Air Ownership Transition
How small is VMware vCloud Air? Think of it this way: In conjunction with the asset sale, VMware is reiterating its previously issued financial guidance for Q1 and the full fiscal year 2018. In other words, this is not a material business for VMware, despite the vCloud Air hype over the years.As part of the deal, VMware is transitioning vCloud Air U.S. and European data centers, customer operations, and customer success teams to OVH. After the close of the acquisition, OVH will operate the service as vCloud Air Powered by OVH. In a bid to calm any customers who are concerned by the asset sale, OVH and VMware are emphasizing their ongoing business relationship. "Through our strategic relationship with VMware, which includes joint R&D and best-in-class delivery of solutions, OVH leads the private cloud market in Europe," said Octave Klaba, chairman and CEO, OVH, in a prepared statement. "With this acquisition, OVH will offer a very unique value proposition for larger enterprise deployments, including rich capabilities for migration and advanced hybrid functionalities for virtual data centers. This will benefit all our clients across the globe."Who Is OVH?
