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VMware Announces Hypervisor Deals for Dell, HP, IBM and Fujitsu-Siemens Servers
- By Becky Nagel
- February 26, 2008
Today at VMworld Europe in Cannes, France, VMware announced that within the next 60 days ESX 3i hypervisor will ship embedded in servers from its partners Dell, IBM, HP and Fujitsu-Siemens.
"Customers can now get VMware pre-integrated and pre-configured for the hardware platform of their choice for immediate standalone server consolidation," Diane Greene, president and chief executive officer of VMware, said in a prepared statement. "We are very excited to be partnering with Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP and IBM to proliferate virtualization and fast-track customers on the path to running a self-managing virtual datacenter."
ESX 3i is VMware's "hardware-integrated" hypervisor which the company touts as the "industry's smallest" at 32 MB. By being completely separate from the operating system, ESX 3i "eliminate[s] many common reliability issues and security vulnerabilities," according to the company.
Some features of ESX 31 include intelligent-default configuration, remote command line interface for many management functions and integration with VMware's Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), which automates the allocation of system resources.
As part of the deal, servers shipping with ESX 3i will include evaluation versions of VMware's datacenter virtualization management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3).
To view the official announcement of the deals on VMware's site, go here.
About the Author
Becky Nagel serves as vice president of AI for 1105 Media specializing in developing media, events and training for companies around AI and generative AI technology. She also regularly writes and reports on AI news, and is the founding editor of PureAI.com. She's the author of "ChatGPT Prompt 101 Guide for Business Users" and other popular AI resources with a real-world business perspective. She regularly speaks, writes and develops content around AI, generative AI and other business tech. Find her on X/Twitter @beckynagel.