VMware and HP unveil data center management sol'n

California: At VMworld 2009, VMware and HP announced a solution to enable customers to manage both physical and virtual infrastructure through the VMware vCenter console. HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter server was unveiled during HP's Super Session keynote at VMworld 2009. It is also being presented at demonstrations throughout the event and at the HP booth in the Solutions Exchange.

"VMware and HP have joined together to help customers maximize their return on investment in virtualization, continuing our longstanding relationship of deep technology collaboration," said Raghu Raghuram, VO and GM-Server Business Unit, VMware. "The new HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter server combines two industry-leading management solutions to offer customers the best of both worlds through 'single-pane-of-glass' infrastructure management. The solution will help customers manage virtualized environments more easily, with familiar tools that their IT staff has been trained with. At the same time, customers will be able to improve operational efficiencies by spending less time on maintenance issues and more time building out solutions that will help increase revenue."

"Customers need both a technology infrastructure that accelerates their business and one that addresses the issue of rising management costs," said Mark Potter, Sr VP and GM-Infrastructure Software and Blades, HP. "HP and VMware have a shared vision of providing the best environment to improve administrator productivity, resource utilization and time-to-market for technology services to support business demand," he added.