Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Clumio Earns VMware Partner Ready Validation for VMware Cloud on AWS
Clumio, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise backup solutions, announced that its Enterprise Backup as a Service product has attained the VMware Partner Ready for VMware Cloud on AWS validation. This designation confirms that Clumio has tested and verified interoperability between its backup service and VMware Cloud on AWS, and that the company can fully manage customer support requests for that combined environment.
What the VMware Partner Ready Validation Means
The Partner Ready for VMware Cloud on AWS program allows VMware ecosystem partners to formally validate their application or infrastructure components against the VMware Cloud on AWS platform. Achieving this validation gives enterprise customers documented assurance that:
- The partner solution has been tested against specific VMware Cloud on AWS versions and configurations.
- The partner provides full support for those validated configurations.
- The solution extends on-premises VMware capabilities consistently into the cloud environment.
Validated solutions are listed in the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX), VMware’s online marketplace where partners and developers publish product information and downloadable software for customers evaluating third-party integrations.
“We are pleased that Clumio Enterprise Backup as a Service is validated for VMware Cloud on AWS. This signifies to customers that Clumio Backup as a Service can be deployed with the knowledge and reassurance that the partner fully supports the specified versions and configurations on VMware Cloud on AWS.”
— Kristen Edwards, Director, Technology Alliance Partner Program, VMware
How Clumio Backup as a Service Works with VMware Cloud on AWS
Clumio positions its offering as a true SaaS backup solution, meaning customers do not manage backup infrastructure themselves. Key capabilities relevant to VMware Cloud on AWS environments include:
- Unified policy management: A single service and a single policy set covers VM backups both on-premises (vSphere) and in VMware Cloud on AWS, reducing operational complexity.
- No egress cost surprises: According to Clumio, the service is designed to avoid unexpected data-egress charges that can inflate cloud backup costs.
- Scalability: Businesses can scale workloads or migrate to VMware Cloud on AWS without needing to re-architect their backup strategy.
- Software-defined data center compatibility: The solution integrates within the VMware SDDC stack, preserving existing operational workflows.
“VMware Cloud on AWS offers enterprises a faster and more secure path to the cloud by making it easy to extend and migrate existing VMware environments. Clumio gives customers complete data protection for vSphere on-premises and VMware Cloud on AWS with the simplicity of a single service and without the surprise of egress costs.”
— Shubhankar Chatterjee, Senior Director of Product Management, Clumio
Why This Matters for DevOps and Infrastructure Teams
For teams running hybrid or cloud-native VMware environments, choosing a backup vendor with formal platform validation reduces integration risk. The VMware Partner Ready designation provides a vendor-neutral reference point that the solution has been tested by the partner against a known configuration baseline — not simply claimed to be compatible.
Teams adopting VMware Cloud on AWS as a lift-and-shift or hybrid-cloud strategy can use Clumio’s validated solution to maintain consistent data protection policies across both on-premises vSphere clusters and cloud-hosted VMware environments, avoiding the need to operate separate backup tools or policies for each tier.
Where to Find Clumio on VMware Solution Exchange
Clumio Backup as a Service is listed in the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX), VMware’s partner marketplace. Organizations evaluating backup options for VMware Cloud on AWS deployments can review the validated listing and supporting documentation through the VSX portal or directly on Clumio’s product page.