The agreement looks to bring VMware’s VI3 suite deeper into the Chinese market.
VMware is looking to expand the reach of its virtualization
technology deeper into the Chinese IT market, and the virtualization giant has
turned to Lenovo to make that happen.
The two companies announced an agreement April 23 that calls for Lenovo to
support VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 software suite across its line of
servers that the company sells in China.
In addition to distribution, Lenovo also will sell the VI3 platform preinstalled
in its servers.
The
agreement is similar to one Lenovo signed with Citrix in March to integrate
and distribute that company’s XenServer suite with its servers. Citrix entered
the virtualization market in 2007 with its acquisition of XenSource.
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