Extreme partners Citrix, VMware to integrate virtualisation

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Networking solutions maker Extreme Networks announced that it will collaborate virtual computing vendor Citrix Systems to integrate server virtualization with the network.

Extreme Networks announced its availability, mobility and virtualization lifecycle management solution, XNVTM, with initial support for Citrix XenServer and VMware.

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“One of the major challenges in the next phase of virtualization adoption lies in integration and support for networking functionality,” said Gordon Mangione, vice president, Datacenter and Cloud division, Citrix. “Extreme Networks offers an open platform approach that enables XenServer customers to tightly integrate server virtualization with the network, giving users a seamless mobile VM experience in the data center.”

Extreme Networks is focused on providing an open and integrated virtualization environment, enabling data centres to optimize and automate the networking function by utilizing the ExtremeXOS operating system, in conjunction with virtualization platform Citrix XenServer.

“Extreme Networks is addressing the advanced capabilities enabled by virtualization through an open network, multi-hypervisor approach,” said Kevin Ryan, director of Data Center Solutions for Extreme Networks.  “Citrix is an ideal integration partner as one of the leaders in server virtualization, and as a platform of choice of many of our customers in the managed hosting and cloud marketplace.”