VMware Infrastructure

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VMware Infrastructure is a collection of virtualization products from VMware. Virtualization is an abstraction layer that decouples hardware from operating systems. The VMware Infrastructure suite allows enterprises to optimize and manage their IT infrastructure through virtualization as an integrated offering. The core product families are vSphere, vSAN and NSX for on-premises virtualization.^[1] VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is an infrastructure platform for hybrid cloud management.^[1] The VMware Infrastructure suite is designed to span a large range of deployment types to provide maximum flexibility and scalability.