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LRS is a VMware Premier Partner, offering full-service support across VMware's virtualization, cloud, networking, and desktop platforms. Here’s how VMware’s core solutions map to LRS service offerings:

ESXi / vSphere (Server Virtualization)

  • Design & Assessment: Evaluate current server estate and plan virtual infrastructure consolidation.
  • Deployment: Install and configure ESXi hosts and vCenter clusters, optimize HA, DRS, and resource pools.
  • Managed Services: Provide ongoing health checks, performance tuning, patching, lifecycle updates.

vCenter Server & vRealize Suite

  • Monitoring & Automation Architecture: Implement performance dashboards, alerting, and capacity forecasting.
  • Integration: Connect monitoring tools and automate workflows across virtualized environments.
  • Optimization: Continuous tuning and hybrid cloud orchestration strategies using vRealize tools.

NSX (Network Virtualization & Security)

  • Network Design: Architect micro-segmentation, overlay networks, and distributed routing models.
  • Security Implementation: Deploy NSX Distributed Firewall alongside security posture improvements.
  • Management Services: Operational lifecycle support, micro-segmentation policy management, and scaling guidance.

vSAN (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure)

  • Infrastructure Planning: Assess storage requirements and architect vSAN clusters.
  • Deployment: Build and configure vSAN-ready hardware and management clusters.
  • Ongoing Management: Perform capacity balancing, firmware updates, and ensure redundancy.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

  • Private Cloud Strategy: Help design private cloud environments aligned with IT agility goals.
  • Implementation: Deploy VCF bundles integrating compute, storage, networking, and management layers.
  • Managed Services: Offer partner-managed operations and scaling, including SLA-backed maintenance.

Tanzu (Container and Kubernetes Platform)

  • Platform Implementation: Build Kubernetes clusters with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere.
  • DevOps Integration: Connect Tanzu with CI/CD pipelines, Helm, and developer workflows.
  • Lifecycle Services: Manage version upgrades, scaling, and container security posture.

Horizon (VDI / Virtual Desktops)

  • Workforce Assessment: Determine VDI use cases—remote, hybrid, or kiosk environments.
  • Deployment: Set up Horizon Connection Servers, desktop pools, and UAGs.
  • User Experience Management: Optimize sessions, streamline provisioning, and maintain availability.

Integration: Hybrid & Multi-Cloud

  • Hybrid Architecture Consulting: Blend on-prem VMware with public cloud VMware variants (Azure VMware Solution, AWS EKS).
  • Migration & Extension: Enable workload portability with VCF and Tanzu across private and public cloud boundaries.

By leveraging VMware's comprehensive platform—spanning virtualization, software-defined data center, container orchestration, and end-user computing—LRS provides a unified approach:

  • Consultation: Align VMware capabilities to your strategic goals.
  • Deployment: Build, test, and scale infrastructure and platform layers.
  • Managed Services: Offer 24/7 maintenance, updates, monitoring, and performance management.
  • Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Bridge on-premises and cloud-based VMware environments for elasticity and resilience.

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