Migration & Modernization
Category: Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)
Understanding Layer 2 Extensions: Comparing Three Prominent Solutions
Layer 2 (L2) network extensions play a critical role in hybrid cloud and data center migrations by providing seamless connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments. They allow virtual machines (VMs) to keep their IP and MAC addresses, ensuring application continuity during migrations or hybrid deployments. Three prominent solutions for L2 extensions are VMware HCX, Nutanix […]
Run VMware your way: Amazon Elastic VMware Service is now generally available
For enterprises running mission-critical workloads on VMware, moving to the cloud has often meant choosing between maintaining existing investments and embracing innovation. Today, that changes. Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is now generally available in six AWS Regions, delivering AWS scale, flexibility, performance and security to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) users. What Amazon EVS […]
Announcing the public preview of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)
Update as of June 18, 2025: Amazon EVS public preview has expanded to include the Europe (Ireland) AWS Region. This post has been updated to reflect the current regional availability. When we introduced Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) at AWS re:Invent 2024, customers were eager to learn more about this new pathway to leverage […]