Lenovo, VMware Partner on SDN Data Center Solutions
Lenovo is partnering with VMware (VMW) to help customers adopt software-defined data center (SDDC) technology through new IT infrastructure solutions for private and hybrid cloud, end user computing and virtualization. The agreement extends VMware’s existing 16-year relationship with System X, which Lenovo recently acquired from IBM.
Lenovo is partnering with VMware (VMW) to help customers adopt software-defined data center (SDDC) technology through new IT infrastructure solutions for private and hybrid cloud, end user computing and virtualization. The agreement extends VMware’s existing 16-year relationship with System x, which Lenovo recently acquired from IBM (IBM).
The partnership unites Lenovo’s servers and networking hardware with VMware infrastructure technology to help enterprises and service providers simplify the data center, speed application provisioning and reduce costs, according to the press release.
Straight from the press release, the joint solutions will include:
- Private and hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions based on validated end-to-end architectures to provide customers a fast path to an optimal environment, and integration between Lenovo server, networking hardware and resource management capabilities, with VMware vRealize Suite for rapid provisioning of systems and services.
- Lenovo is a top-of-rack networking development partner for VMware NSX, and will deliver flexible network virtualization gateway and integrated traffic management solutions, enabling an open, software-defined foundation for agile, flexible and scalable cloud environments.
- Elastic, scalable and resilient software-defined storage infrastructure solutions based on a wide range of Lenovo servers and VMware Virtual SAN software in simple-to-deploy configurations to suit a broad range of data storage, performance and budget requirements.
- Enhanced performance of end user virtual desktop services through Lenovo eXFlash technology, which is a server-based storage solution providing extremely low latency, coupled with VMware Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platform.
- Joint solution marketing and enablement of the companies’ business partner and service provider channels.
“We are pleased to continue to work closely with Lenovo to help our mutual customers realize the benefits of a software-defined data center,” said Raghu Raghuram, executive vice president, Software-Defined Data Center Division at VMware, in a statement. “With the combination of VMware and Lenovo solution, we are empowering organizations with powerful automation, agility and flexibility in their IT infrastructure.”
The announcement marked a banner week for VMware, which also signed a partnership agreement between AirWatch and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to develop new methods for enabling a more mobile workforce. The virtualization giant revealed details of its collaboration with HP during VMworld Europe, promising the partnership will decrease deployment and return-on-investment timelines for mobile devices in the workplace.
