Cisco, VMware to offer joint cloud, data centre solutions

Networking major Cisco and virtualization software maker VMware might be drifting apart
owing the latter’s recent Nicira acquisition; the companies announced that they plan to
integrate products and solutions aimed at software defined data centre.

This partnership expansion will be highlighted by an investment in engineering teams
collaborating on integrations across VMware’s cloud infrastructure and management stacks and
Cisco’s data centre networking and fabric computing platforms.

VMware will integrate Cisco Nexus 1000V series switches with the new VMware vCloud Suite
5.1, and other VMware products. Cisco and VMware will develop Cisco Unified Computing
System (UCS)-based cloud solutions, which will bundle Cisco virtual networking, virtual services
and management such as the Nexus 1000V virtual switch,

CSR 1000V cloud router, and ASA
1000V cloud firewall, virtual WAAS for WAN optimization, and Intelligent Automation for
Cloud with VMware vSphere 5.1, VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 and complementary management
offerings.

Rob Lloyd, executive vice president, Cisco, said: “Cisco and VMware have delivered incredible
value to customers seeking to accelerate the deployment of private and public clouds. The
next-generation data centre will enable customers to capture the value of VMware cloud
infrastructure and management stacks along with the next wave of Cisco innovations in
hardware, ASICs, systems and network programmability to deliver unprecedented scalability,
security, diagnostics and policy management. As the leader in networking, Cisco looks forward
to continuing to lead the industry in partnership with VMware.”

Pat Gelsinger, incoming chief executive officer, VMware, said: “The software-defined data
centre will deliver the next leap in software-based datacenter automation across server,
storage and networking, but it requires equal hardware and systems-based innovation. We are
very excited to further our partnership with Cisco, the industry-leading innovator in networking,
as we believe it will bring significant value to our joint customers through the integration of the
VMware cloud infrastructure platform with Cisco’s intelligent network fabric.”

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