Cisco, NetApp and VMware tie-up

As enterprises move toward a datacenter
that is 100 percent virtualized, Cisco, NetApp and VMware announced
that they are expanding their long-standing collaboration to deliver
new design architectures that help customers evolve virtualized
datacenters to be more efficient, dynamic and secure. The three
companies introduced an end-to-end secure multi-tenancy design
architecture that provides enhanced security in cloud environments by
isolating the information technology (IT) resources and applications
of different clients, business units or departments that share a
common IT infrastructure. As part of their collaboration, Cisco,
NetApp and VMware will also offer a cooperative support model for
these pretested and validated design architectures to help customers
quickly build a unified, virtualized infrastructure.

“It is clear that a tremendous
opportunity exists for Cisco, NetApp and VMware to enable real change
in the datacenter,” said Tom Georgens, President and CEO, NetApp.
“Our visions are aligned around the concept of a dynamic datacenter
that will be the foundation of cloud computing and that will enable
enterprises, integrators and service providers to deliver IT as a
service . In this scenario, IT becomes a dynamic asset that is
more efficient and can better adapt to changing business needs. This
new era of IT has stringent infrastructure requirements that our
companies are ready to meet today-together,” he said.

“Virtualization of the network,
server and storage infrastructure is radically reshaping today's
datacenter,” said Paul Maritz, President and CEO, VMware. “The
dynamic datacenter built on VMware vSphere, along with Cisco and
NetApp technologies, will provide the foundation for both private and
public clouds and the ability to move data and applications between
these clouds. A shared virtual infrastructure requires that resources
for different tenants are isolated while delivering on promised
service levels. We have integrated our technology with Cisco and
NetApp not only to accelerate our customers' journey through their
datacenter transition, but also to deliver an outstanding customer
experience,” he said.

“A unified architecture approach is
more important than ever before,” said Tony Bates, Senior VP and
GM-Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business, Cisco. “Our joint
vision with NetApp and VMware centers on delivering a unified
architecture for customers to design and build a complete,
virtualized datacenter that will streamline operations and improve
their business resilience,” he said.