VMware to Embed Hypervisor

CANNES, France -- VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced agreements to embed the VMware ESX 3i hypervisor in servers from Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP and IBM. Partners are expected to begin shipping servers embedded with the VMware ESX 3i hypervisor within the next 60 days.

"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," said Diane Greene, president and chief executive officer of VMware. "Customers can now get VMware pre-integrated and pre-configured for the hardware platform of their choice for immediate standalone server consolidation. As customers want to expand their adoption and get more value from virtualization, they can upgrade from the ESX 3i hypervisor to VMware's complete datacenter virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3)."

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