VMware Edge Compute Stack (ECS) is an Edge computing product portfolio that allows organizations to build, run, manage, connect, and protect edge-native applications at both the near and far edge locations.

VMware ECS provides a fully integrated Edge platform to meet the modern Edge use cases and allow organizations to run and manage Edge-native applications. It contains two offerings addressing the broad requirements at the Edge and aims to deliver excellence through a common set of foundational principles:

  • Cloud agnostic and multi-cloud support

  • Consistent Kubernetes dial-tone

  • Running virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes workloads on a unified stack

  • Support for real-time workloads

  • Security-first approach for Edge deployment

  • Integrated SD-WAN support