VMworld 2014/Getting Started with vCloud Hybrid Service

Getting Started with vCloud Hybrid Service
VMware vCloud Hybrid Services -> VMware vCloud Air

Hybridity - the seamless extension of on-premises infrastructure to the cloud that enables application and data mobility while retaining control via existing people, proceses, tooling, and automation

Service Categories:
 * dedicated cloud
 * virtual private cloud
 * disaster recovery
 * vPC (on demand) - announced this week

Data Center Locations:
 * Santa Clara
 * Las Vegas
 * Phoenix
 * Dallas
 * New Jersey
 * ?east coast?
 * ?east coast?

Data Center Taxonomy:
 * Compute
 * Storage
 * Network

Subscription based model

Core vCloud Air LaaS Principles
 * we don't sell VMs
 * we provision capacity (for you to provision VMs)
 * you won't see a "vCenter interface" in vCloud Air
 * We expose a portal along with vCloud APIs
 * you can choose the commercial model (fixed, vs variable)
 * you can chooes for dedicated or shared model
 * configure mixing and matching cpu, memory, nics, disks as needed - no need to pick a T-Shirt size (like AWS/Azure)

Starting Points common on vCloud Air:
 * dev/test
 * extend existing apps - the bread and butter of vCloud Air
 * disaster recovery
 * modernize enterprise applications
 * next generation applications

vCHS Login - http://vchs.vmware.com/
 * will be changing to vcloud air url

vCloud Marketing and Pricing Website - http://vcloud.vmware.com/

vCloud On Demand Beta - http://vmware.com/go/ondemand

Questions:
 * Is it "white" labeled? "you can create your own front end"?  Huh?  What is "white" labeled?