Friday, December 5, 2014

Busy week for Partnership Tie-ups in Networking Land

Cisco Teams with IBM on VersaStack Data Center Solution


Cisco and IBM are teaming up to offer an integrated data center solution that combines Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with the IBM Storwize storage system. The new VersaStack solution, which will be sold through business partners, is aimed at cloud, big data and analytics, and mobility deployments.  Specifically, the VersaStack solution includes the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), ACI-Ready Cisco 9000 Nexus switches, Cisco MDS...

Juniper and VMware Extend Collaboration


Juniper Networks and VMware have closely aligned their private cloud products and sales teams to support customers in the APAC region.  The companies said their increased collaboration will provide the following: Interoperable products, which are available in APAC today, to deliver smart forwarding across physical and virtual infrastructures and provide end-to-end visibility and management of physical and virtualized infrastructures from a...

HP and Alcatel-Lucent Expand Alliance


HP and Alcatel-Lucent are expanding their global alliance to include selected Alcatel-Lucent IP routing and optical products in HP's existing routing and storage portfolios. Specifically, HP Storage will extend its solutions between datacenters to provide joint HP and Alcatel-Lucent customers with fully validated end-to-end business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. The companies have certified long distance synchronous, low-latency...

Brocade Partners With Mirantis on OpenStack


Brocade announced a partnership with Mirantis to provide cloud service providers with a new turnkey, OpenStack-based, on-demand data center solution. Mirantis, which is a start-up based in Mountain View, California, offers software and services for running production-grade OpenStack clouds. Its solution provides a visual interface as a single control plane for OpenStack clusters and enables automated hardware discovery and network verification. Brocade...


IBM and Docker Announce Strategic Partnership


IBM and Docker announced a strategic partnership. The Docker platform will make it easier for enterprises to build and run the next generation of applications on the IBM Cloud and on prem. The idea is to develop portable, distributed applications that are rapidly composed of discrete interoperable Docker containers, have a dynamic lifecycle, and can scale to run in concert anywhere from the developer’s laptop to hundreds of hosts in the cloud. IBM...