- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and VMware are working with Munich Re. These are the details.
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and VMware are working with Munich Re, which is one of the world’s leading reinsurers, to create a consistent approach to global IT operations that performs with improved performance and flexibility at the high level of security required for its data-intensive workloads.
Dell and VMware are assisting Munich Re to more easily adhere to compliance requirements and reduce IT costs. The Azure VMware Solution – part of Microsoft Azure – and a modern private cloud based on Dell Technologies and VMware will help create a consistent multi-cloud architecture where data and workloads can be processed and delivered exactly where they are required and shared across multiple environments. And the multi-cloud architecture will support Munich Re to offer a coherent customer experience across environments through a consistent IT infrastructure that consolidates all of Munich Re’s global data centers into three hubs.
The Azure VMware Solution can accelerate application and cloud modernization initiatives with less risk and better economics than traditional approaches. And it also allows for the extension or migration of existing VMware workloads natively on Microsoft Azure. Munich Re’s private cloud will be based on Dell VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure systems with VMware Cloud Foundation software. Plus Munich Re will also use VMware vRealize Cloud Management and VMware NSX to enable consistent management across cloud environments and enable security policies that follow workloads wherever they move.
KEY QUOTES:
“With Dell Technologies and VMware, we are creating a consistent cloud operating model to standardize our infrastructure and increase our environment’s performance, stability, and resilience in a smart way. This modern multi-cloud infrastructure will help us in our daily business operations by providing the agility to match the right cloud to any application or use case.”
— Robin Johnson, CIO at Munich Re
“The insurance industry is going through a technology revolution ranging from how they process claims to how they engage their customers. Munich Re turned to Dell and VMware with the ambition of creating a multi-cloud strategy, that could provide a powerful and stable IT infrastructure and respond flexibly to the demands of a dynamic industry with a seamless, standardized, and automated platform.”
— Bradd Lewis, Dell Technologies vice president and global lead for financial services
“Across the insurance industry, we are seeing our customers invest in hybrid-cloud strategies to deliver more efficient and tailored solutions for their clients. But to remain resilient, it’s no longer about a ‘cloud first’ approach—it’s about being ‘cloud smart’. Together with Dell, we are uniquely positioned to give Munich Re the power to accelerate innovation with a smarter path to a hybrid-cloud environment that enables the flexibility to scale quickly and move workloads between IT environments without restrictions or trade-offs.”
— Jennifer Manry, vice president, global industries, VMware
