Industry leader in virtualization VMware announced that they are collaborating with networking heavy weight Cisco to deliver joint joint data center solution designed to improve the scalability and operational control of virtual environments. The Cisco Nexus® 1000V distributed virtual software switch is expected to be an integrated option in VMware Infrastructure. Cisco and VMware will also combine their expertise in networking and virtualization to introduce a new set of professional services and reseller certification training in support of customers’ data center virtualization strategies.
The Cisco Nexus 1000V distributed virtual software switch will simplify the operations of both physical and virtual networking infrastructures to help server, virtualization and networking administration managers accelerate data center virtualization. The solution will help network, virtualization and server teams to gain efficiency in virtual environments and obtain accurate, real-time data for stronger collaboration in troubleshooting.
“We are embracing server virtualization to help us save energy for cooling and to increase the efficiency of our data center space and resources. MIT has a variety of computing needs that require a consistent IT management model throughout our data center,” said Theresa Regan, director of operations and infrastructure services for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “What is cool about Cisco working together with VMware is that the service, security and operational ease of management policies in Cisco networking will be assignable across each virtual machine in VMware Infrastructure. This kind of innovation will help drive more use of virtualization in our campus.”
The Cisco Nexus 1000V distributed virtual software switch with VN-Link capabilities supported in a VMware Infrastructure environment is expected to be generally available to in the first half of 2009. Yet, many Cisco Wide Area Application Services are available now. When ever two industry heavy weights like Cisco and VMware join forces IT manager can expect to benefit from significant step forward in areas like virtual data center architecture and ultimately this should help to simplify how IT delivers services.
Posted under Data Center Virtualization, Server Virtualization
This post was written by admin on September 30, 2008
