Intel and VMware Partnership

Partners in Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI)

For over a decade, Intel and VMware have collaborated to deliver innovative solutions that enable IT to continually transform their data centers. We continue that legacy today to accelerate Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) and hybrid cloud deployments, enabling IT to advance innovation, optimize system services in real-time, deliver business agility, improve security and control, and lower operational costs.

Optimized VMware hyper-converged solutions based on Intel® architecture bring together best-in-class compute, storage, and network virtualization managed through vRealize. These solutions help simplify and speed SDI/SDDC adoption in the enterprise and are delivered in different forms including:

• vSAN* ReadyNodes – include VMware certified components, validated to work together, easy to acquire and deploy. By further selecting a vSAN* Intel® Select Solution the solution is already verified for balanced and optimized performance
• Dell/EMC VxRAIL – turnkey appliance preloaded with vSAN*
• Build your own solutions from certified components - tailored to meet your specific requirements

Working together, we enable optimized and unified hybrid cloud solutions, based on VMware software and Intel® architecture that enable customers to confidently integrate clouds of any type to scale and extend their businesses. Joint efforts also provide comprehensive security measures in software and hardware. These advanced solutions let IT rapidly develop, automatically deliver, and manage all of their enterprise applications.