AWS Outposts With VMware: Admission That Public Cloud Is Not Be-All, End-All

Amazon Web Services decision to move firmly into the on-premises server business side by side with VMware with AWS Outposts-branded rack system offerings is an admission that public cloud is not the "be-all, end-all," said solution providers.AWS Outposts -- fully configured compute and storage racks built with AWS designed hardware- throws up the white flag up on the AWS perennial public cloud only stance and formally acknowledges the power of the hybrid cloud model and channel partners supporting those on-premises server environments, said Bob Venero, CEO of Holbrook, N.Y.-based solution provider Future Tech, a Dell EMC Titanium partner. This is an admission by AWS that public cloud is not the be-all and end-all and on-premises and hybrid is here to stay," said Venero. "AWS has been saying for years that public cloud is the only way to go. This is AWS throwing up the white flag on public cloud only and recognizing there is tremendous value in on-premises solutions and offerings. AWS going into the on-premises business is a testimony to the power of channel partners delivering on-premises solutions.