VMware has released new solutions, strengthened its cooperation with Microsoft, and announced an early connection with Symantec to assist clients in simplifying, securing, and modernizing their edge environments.

 

“Building upon the recently introduced VMware Software-Defined Edge, these innovations and new integrations will help customers to simplify, better secure, and modernize their edge environments,” VMware said.

 

The Palo Alto, California-headquartered company has launched the ‘VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator’ telemetry capabilities for better visibility of edge workloads, introduced ‘Intelligent Assist’ for the VMware Software-Defined Edge to simplify the operational experience across multiple stakeholders, and rolled out a new ‘Workflow Hub’ for VMware Telco Cloud Automation to support the rapid rollout of cell sites, as per ET telecom. 

 

VMware has joined the private preview of Microsoft Security Copilot for partners. VMware and Microsoft will work together to allow VMware SASE customers to exchange insights from their SASE implementation with Microsoft Security Copilot.

 

VMware said that their involvement in the Microsoft Security Copilot partner private preview will contribute in the development of “augment the security events the tool learns from to include network perimeter security information”.

 

Microsoft Security Copilot is a cybersecurity solution that uses generative AI (genAI). In addition, VMware announced that its Security Service Edge (SSE) orchestration integration has been expanded to include Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway (SWG). 

 

VMware hopes to give an improved experience with this new integration and future development. “additional single-vendor SASE option with additional best-in-class networking and security capabilities”.

 

“The introduction of the VMware Software-Defined Edge has resonated with both enterprises and communication service providers,” said Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider and Edge, VMware. “It provides the right-sized compute footprint, the zero-touch orchestration and the network programmability architecture needed to run a variety of edge workloads.”