Compellent has integrated its Fluid Data storage platforms with VMware vSphere 4.1, the latest version of the VMware virtualisation platform, which provides scalability and performance enhancements with new management capabilities to deliver the most powerful foundation for cloud infrastructures.
The company said that the combination of virtualised storage and VMware vSphere 4.1 provides foundation for automated, scalable and cost-effective management of cloud services and virtualised data centres.
The company claims that the VMware virtualisation enables enterprises and service providers to lay the foundation for cloud computing by aggregating an elastic pool of computing resources that can be accessed on-demand while enabling policy-based automation and management to increase efficiency.
Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of alliances and business development at Compellent, said: "VMware’s focus on delivering efficient, simple and secure cloud services through end-to-end virtualisation is in line with our vision for the data-driven economy.
"The integration of VMware vSphere 4.1 and Compellent Fluid Data storage enables corporate IT departments and service providers to seamlessly deploy and manage virtualised servers, storage and desktops in the enterprise.
"VMware and Compellent together help customers increase efficiency and reduce costs by creating a self-managing infrastructure that automates data movement while protecting against risk and downtime."
