VMware

VMware’s market-leading server virtualization solutions can help you transform the value of your existing IT investments:

VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. Leveraging VMware vSphere, the most widely deployed foundation for cloud computing, VMware enables enterprises to adopt a cloud model that addresses their unique business challenges. VMware’s approach accelerates the transition to cloud computing while preserving existing investments and improving security and control. 

Cisco and VMware have joined forces to help you take advantage of the full power of data center virtualization to significantly improve data center and software utilization, boost infrastructure agility, and simplify operations. Sharing a common vision: to accelerate virtualization in the data center through powerful technology platforms specifically designed for virtualization.

Key Solutions

Enabling Pervasive Virtualization

Cisco Unified Computing System in tandem with VMware vSphere software brings unprecedented support for virtual environments enabling rapid application deployment with heightened security, availability, and performance leading to increased business agility, return on investment, and lower total cost of ownership.

• Simplified architecture results in lower capital costs.
• Designed to reduce TCO.Stateless architecture increases resource utilization when virtualized with vSphere.
• Secure virtualized applications. Applications, Virtual Machines or Virtual Desktops are secured across the network.

Learn more on Enabling Pervasive Virtualization:

• VMware, the recognised leader in virtualisation
• Realise tangible capex and opex savings through virtualisation
• Deploy Applications More Rapidly and Securely
• Cisco UCS and VMware View Solution At-A-Glance 

Virtualizing the Network

The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series is a full-fledged Cisco® NX-OS Software switch, which gives network administrators the same features, capabilities, and management functions that they have on traditional hardware-based switches, but now delivered with virtual machine–level granularity.

• Increased IT Control. The interaction between VMware vCenter and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series is an excellent example of network level automation.
• Nondisruptive Operations. Customers are able to preserve their existing management model and operational best practices.
• Increased Security and Compliance. Visibility and accountability of the VM across the network provides user, SLA or priority based rules and permissions.

Learn More about the Cisco Nexus 1000V (Video - 5:25 min)

Virtualizing the Desktop

Only VMware View and Cisco Unified Computing System bring a new level of control of data, infrastructure and long-term costs to the corporate desktop environment, while enabling near-native user experience and access at anytime from anywhere.

• New Level of Control for Desktops. This joint solution provides a greater level of control over desktops and laptop environments while adding a new level of security the end-to-end infrastructure.
• Simplified Control of Desktop Infrastructure.  Supports the process of migrating users with a simplified solution for the deployment of new virtual infrastructure and the virtual desktops that run on them.
• Control Long-Term Desktop Cost. The joint solution with its simplified architecture and integrated management enable just-in-time provisioning of desktops for even further reductions to total cost of ownership.

Learn more on Virtual Desktop

• Overview 
• At a Glance
• Minimize the Cost and Disruption of Windows 7 Migration with VMware View

View Validated Designs and Best Practices

• Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with VMware View
• Cisco Solutions for a VMware View 4.0 Environment Design Guide
• Cisco Application Networking Services for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Deployment Guide
• Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Design for Performance and Reliability 

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