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name: framework-financial-services-vmware-overview
title: IBM Cloud for VMware Regulated Workloads architecture
description: Another architectural option for the IBM Cloud for Financial Services is the IBM Cloud for VMware Regulated Workloads reference architecture. The architecture is an extension of the VMware vCenter Server® offering. Its design extends and enhances the basic vCenter Server architecture to deliver a secure, high-performance platform. You're able to run both classic virtualized workloads and containerized applications with the addition of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud.
last-updated: 2022-07-29
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# IBM Cloud for VMware Regulated Workloads architecture
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Another architectural option for the IBM Cloud for Financial Services is the [IBM Cloud for VMware Regulated Workloads reference architecture](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vrw-archi-overview&format=markdown). The architecture is an extension of the VMware vCenter Server® offering. Its design extends and enhances the basic vCenter Server architecture to deliver a secure, high-performance platform. You're able to run both classic virtualized workloads and containerized applications with the addition of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud.
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