VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service looming over the Far East
VMware could be readying for an assault on the Far East, according to a report in The Register, which has spotted clues it may be about to open a data center in the region.
The publication claims that VMware is looking to setup its vCloud Hybrid Service shop in Kyushu, Japan, based on a number of jop postings the company has made in that city. This includes one listing for a “Senior Data Center Operations Manager based in Kyushu”, whose duties would include taking care of the vCHS Operations team in Japan.
VMware declined to comment when questioned, but the fact it’s also on the lookout for a Data Center Engineer in the same city is a bit of a giveaway. With respect to this position, candidates are expected to be competent in “datacenter operations responsibilities”.
As The Register notes, VMware currently doesn’t have any data centers in Japan, or even in Asia. To date, it’s only publicly disclosed data centers include five based in the US, and one located in the UK that was opened just last year.
But foreign expansion is a necessary step if VMware is serious about its international ambitions, as this would mean its Asian customers would see better performance and also be reassured that their data is subject to local laws and legislation, as opposed to being the de facto property of the NSA.
Offshore data centers are popular with some of VMware’s public cloud rivals too – the likes of AWS, Google and Microsoft all have a number of data centers up and running in the region. AWS has a presence in Beijing, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, Google has one in Taiwan, and Microsoft has two facilities in Japan (in Osaka and Saitama) and one in Hong Kong.
VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service was launched last year at Vmworld. At the time of its launch, Wikibon analyst Stu Miniman said the move was part of the company’s bid to hinder Amazon’s expansion into the traditional enterprise market (see more of Miniman’s analysis below). The company has its own data centers, but it’s also using the services of resellers to help out, similar to HP’s strategy with its Helion cloud.
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