Global programme will accelerate applications deployment
in virtual environments
Intel and VMware are joining forces to offer a global programe
designed to accelerate IT customer deployment of applications in
virtual environments using VMware Infrastructure on Intel Xeon
processor-based platforms.
Among the aims of the Intel-VMware Virtualize ASAP program is to
strengthen the collaboration between Intel and VMware around
optimizing Intel platform support for virtualisation.
Intel believes that Virtualize ASAP benefits customers by
enabling software vendors to develop best practices for optimised
application deployment for VMware Infrastructure on Intel-based
server platforms.
Through an engagement with software vendors, Intel and VMware
will jointly drive tuning, feedback and technical optimisation for
VMware virtualisation software on Intel processor technologies.
Over the long term, Virtualize ASAP is aimed at directing continued
improvements in support for VMware software on Intel's platforms
and processors.
"We created Virtualize ASAP with VMware to accelerate and
simplify the process of customer solutions deployment of VMware
environments on Intel Xeon-based server platforms and to strengthen
our joint technical collaboration," explains Pat Gelsinger, senior
vice-president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise
Group. "Giving IT professionals well prescribed deployment
guidelines for applications will serve as a strong catalyst for
them to migrate their datacenters."
"Virtualize ASAP gives a broad set of ISV partners a set of
technical resources to accelerate the creation of best practices
and reference configurations of VMware Infrastructure for servers
using Intel's
dual-core Xeon processors," adds Diane Greene, president of
VMware.
"[Virtualize ASAP] will be very helpful to customers for both
planning and ongoing deployment in their virtual infrastructure.
The program will also provide valuable input to the ongoing
technical collaboration to optimise VMware Infrastructure on Intel
architecture."