BANGALORE, INDIA: At VMworld 2010 on Tuesday, Verizon Business and VMware unveiled a new enterprise-class hybrid cloud solution that will enable enterprises to move their applications to the cloud more quickly without compromising security or performance.

The new solution, underpinned by Verizon’s IP network and VMware vSphere virtualization platform, will help remove the major barriers to cloud computing adoption, while enabling the delivery of “IT as a Service.”

Kerry Bailey, Verizon Business senior vice president for enterprise strategy, said, “With this latest addition to our cloud computing portfolio, our enterprise clients can now trial the unmatched flexibility of our new hybrid cloud solution, which builds on our relationship with VMware to deliver a new, innovative service while leading the industry to an ‘everything-as-a-service’ model.”

The new offering joins Verizon’s Computing as a Service (CaaS) portfolio of cloud computing services.
The hybrid cloud environment from Verizon and VMware would help enterprises leverage the scalability and cost effectiveness of the public cloud by paying only for IT resources consumed (server, connectivity, storage) while delivering the levels of security, performance and control available in private cloud environments, said a press release.

Additionally, with Verizon’s new compute service, enterprises utilizing the VMware platform can leverage their existing infrastructure, tool and skill sets without changing their underlying IT setup.