Cyber and Data Resiliency for the VMware Cloud
by Sue Ulintz, Product Marketing Manager, VMware Live Recovery
Nov 6, 2023 – VMware Explore Barcelona
VMware is excited to announce the upcoming launch of VMware Live Recovery, a new solution that will provide protection for ransomware and disaster recovery across the VMware Cloud in one unified console.
VMware Live Recovery is designed to help organizations protect their VMware-based applications and data from a wide variety of threats, including ransomware attacks, infrastructure failure, human error, and more.
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VMware Live Recovery provides:
- Secure Cyber Recovery
VMware Live Recovery will enable organizations to recover from ransomware attacks confidently and quickly. - Unified Protection
VMware Live Recovery will provide a single console to manage ransomware and disaster recovery functionality, simplifying administration across the enterprise. - Simplified Consumption
VMware Live Recovery will offer flexible licensing across use cases and clouds, making it easy for organizations to get the protection they need.
VMware Live Recovery will be ideal for IT administrators responsible for infrastructure resiliency and security teams who also manage cyber threats. It will be an essential tool for organizations that rely on VMware Cloud to run their mission-critical applications.
Why VMware Live Recovery is Different
VMware Live Recovery will be different from other solutions on the market in a number of ways. First, it will be an integrated solution that providing unified protection for ransomware and disaster recovery. This means that organizations will be able to manage their protection needs across multiple clouds from a single console, simplifying management and reducing costs.
Second, VMware Live Recovery is designed to help organizations securely recover from ransomware attacks. It will do this by using a variety of techniques, including immutable snapshots, a VMware-managed isolated recovery environment (IREs) for testing and validation of infected VMs, guided workflows, and embedded next-generation antivirus and behavioral analysis for identifying modern ransomware.
Finally, VMware Live Recovery will offer flexible subscription-based licensing across use cases and clouds. This will make it easy for organizations to get the protection they need, with the freedom to add or change functionality as their business needs or requirements change.
One + One = More
VMware Live Recovery will combine two proven VMware technology solutions into a unified console, and support organization. Customers gain access to the functionalities in VMware Site Recovery Manager and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery with Ransomware Recovery. In addition, customers may choose between adoption models while maintaining a single console, with flexibility for changing business needs and the assurance of single vendor support.
How VMware Live Recovery Can Help Your Organization
VMware Live Recovery will be able to help your organization in a variety of ways. It will provide Unified Protection with ransomware and disaster recovery across VMware cloud
in one console, Secure Cyber Recovery which allows for confident, accelerated recovery from modern ransomware. Furthermore, its Simplified Consumption model will enable flexible licensing across use cases and clouds.
If you are looking for a comprehensive solution to provide ransomware protection and disaster recovery for VMware-based applications and data, please reach out to your VMware Sales or VMware Partner sales teams.