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Description

AWS Outposts is a comprehensive managed service that extends the capabilities of AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to nearly any data center, co-location site, or on-premises environment, ensuring a seamless hybrid cloud experience. It excels for workloads that necessitate low-latency connectivity to local systems, on-site data processing, data residency compliance, and the migration of applications with dependencies on local resources. With AWS compute, storage, database, and additional services operating locally on Outposts, users can utilize the complete suite of AWS offerings available in their specified Region to develop, oversee, and scale their on-premises applications with the familiar AWS ecosystem. Additionally, there is an upcoming VMware variant of AWS Outposts, which will provide a fully managed VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) operating on the AWS Outposts infrastructure in customer environments. This enhancement aims to further integrate VMware’s capabilities with AWS, allowing organizations to leverage both platforms efficiently.

Description

Utilizing vCloud Usage Meter's on-premises agent alongside vCloud Usage Insight's SaaS offerings allows for effective licensing usage metering and automated reporting. Begin by familiarizing yourself with both Usage Meter and Usage Insight, and then proceed to download the latest version to initiate the process. Engage with the Automatic Reporting Service, which is central to the Cloud Provider Metering Architecture, and acquire the most recent On-Premises agent for efficient license usage collection and reporting. This setup enables you to generate monthly reports effortlessly, streamlining the entire process from data collection to aggregation and reporting via the Commerce Portal. With the release of Usage Meter 4.3, there's enhanced capability to manage larger environments within a single deployment. Additionally, the introduction of in-place upgrades means that replacing the on-premises agent with each new version is no longer necessary. Usage Insight serves as a centralized hub for accessing and downloading Usage reports, while VMware takes responsibility for storing historical records, alleviating partners from needing to maintain older appliances. Overall, this comprehensive system significantly simplifies the metering and reporting tasks for users.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

AWS Elastic Load Balancing Yes 
AWS Hybrid Cloud Yes 
AWS Marketplace No 
Alliance Key Manager No 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
Carbon Black App Control No 
Carbonite Yes 
Cloudian Yes 
Google Cloud Platform No 
Microsoft 365 No 
Microsoft Azure No 
OpenText Core MDR No 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure No 
SAP Cloud Platform No 
VMware Cloud No 
VMware Cloud Director No 
VMware Fusion Pro No 
VMware Live Recovery No 
VMware vSphere No 
Veeam Backup for AWS Yes 

Integrations

AWS Elastic Load Balancing No 
AWS Hybrid Cloud No 
AWS Marketplace Yes 
Alliance Key Manager Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
Carbon Black App Control Yes 
Carbonite No 
Cloudian No 
Google Cloud Platform Yes 
Microsoft 365 Yes 
Microsoft Azure Yes 
OpenText Core MDR Yes 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Yes 
SAP Cloud Platform Yes 
VMware Cloud Yes 
VMware Cloud Director Yes 
VMware Fusion Pro Yes 
VMware Live Recovery Yes 
VMware vSphere Yes 
Veeam Backup for AWS No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Amazon

Founded

1994

Country

United States

Website

aws.amazon.com/outposts/

Vendor Details

Company Name

Broadcom

Founded

1991

Country

United States

Website

www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-director/cloud-provider-metering

Product Features

Cloud Management

Access Control No 
Billing & Provisioning No 
Capacity Analytics No 
Cost Management No 
Demand Monitoring No 
Multi-Cloud Management No 
Performance Analytics No 
SLA Management No 
Supply Monitoring No 
Workflow Approval No 

Data Center Management

Audit Trail No 
Behavior-Based Acceleration No 
Cross Reference System No 
Device Auto Discovery No 
Diagnostic Testing No 
Import / Export Data No 
JCL Management No 
Multi-Platform No 
Multi-User No 
Power Management No 
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance No 

Product Features

Cloud Cost Management

Cost Reduction Optimization No 
Dashboard No 
Data Import/Export No 
Data Storage No 
Data Visualization No 
Resource Usage Reporting No 
Roles / Permissions No 
Spend and Cost Reporting No 

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