VMware and Cisco have joined forces to provide shared data center, virtual desktop, and cloud solutions through virtualization of the network and IT infrastructure. Both companies advocate data center virtualization as the preferred strategy to improve return on assets, reduce operational complexity, and increase infrastructure agility. Together, Cisco and VMware deliver a standards-based, cohesive, unified environment that easily scales to meet the needs of the business while reducing total cost of ownership.
VMware and Cisco deliver the products you need to create a scalable, flexible, and efficient datacenter environment that increases business agility.
Bring Control and Flexibility into the Network – Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware vSphere
Expand the flexibility of a virtual networking feature set to match a physical Cisco switch. The
Nexus 1000V brings the control of advanced data center networking, security and operational capabilities to a
VMware vSphere environment.
Increase Hardware Utilization and IT Efficiency–Cisco Unified Computing System and VMware vSphere
Increase hardware utilization while reducing OpEx costs through virtualization. Integrating
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) with
vSphere Distributed Power Management increases IT efficiency while keeping operating costs low.
Break-thru Data Center Distance and Downtime – Cisco Data Center Interconnect, Cisco SAN I/O Services and VMware VMotion
Streamline remote data center management and control virtual machines like they were part of the same
vSphere cluster. Long-distance
VMware vMotion creates workload mobility amongst data centers, as well as simplifying consolidation, migration, and maintenance.
Virtual Machine Portability – VN-Link technology and VMware vSphere
Maximize the value of
vSphere with live migration of virtual machines. This delivers high availability and energy efficiency, while allowing the data center to apply joint migrating security and corporate policies at the machine level. Cisco’s
VN-Link technology connects the server, storage and network management arenas allowing full communication between all the systems.
Comprehensive Blade Server I/O Solutions – Cisco Blade Switches and VMware vSphere
Cisco provides blade-specific switches that help drive the cost of virtualizing the data center down, while still promoting end-user satisfaction and IT efficiency. The family of
Cisco Blade Switches includes Cisco Catalyst Ethernet blade switches and Cisco MDS Fibre Channel blade switches for blade servers.
VMware on Cisco.com
The Cisco-VMware partnership focuses on creating a flexible and efficient data center by virtualizing network and IT assets. Visit the
Cisco and VMware Alliance webpage to learn more
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