The only reason you're going to get this is because you have a bunch of existing...

user5994461 · on Oct 13, 2016

I can't think of any need for which "AWS + VmWare" would be the right choice.

brazzledazzle · on Oct 13, 2016

Hybrid cloud where you need to move or scale infrastructure into AWS from your on-prem VMware environment would probably qualify.

user5994461 · on Oct 13, 2016

The topic is not hybrid cloud. The topic is to have a single AWS cloud that is running VmWare on top of the amazon servers.

brazzledazzle · on Oct 14, 2016

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the article actually discusses that one of the benefits is compatibility in hybrid cloud environments:

>...it will be easy for customers to operate a consistent and seamless hybrid IT environment using their existing VMware tools on AWS...