Juniper Networks and VMware together have kick-started a joint Asia-Pacific (APAC) strategy aimed at accelerating the adoption of private cloud solutions by enterprises across Asia-Pacific (APAC). The announcement builds on last year’s expansion of the two companies’ global technology partnership to deliver joint marketing and sales activities and interoperable products to support simple integration of the VMware NSX network virtualization platform with Juniper Networks’ MetaFabric architecture for virtualized data center networking in APAC.
“While it is no secret that the entire IT landscape is undergoing a dramatic shift toward mobile applications delivered from the cloud, nobody should underestimate the challenge this represents to data center operations. Together with Juniper Networks, we have a strong focus on addressing data center complexity by leveraging the power of network virtualization to radically simplify IT, while delivering services at the speed of today’s business,” said Sanjay Mirchandani, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Asia-Pacific and Japan, VMware.
“Enterprises are looking to Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) technology and network virtualization as a means of easily deploying, managing and orchestrating private cloud networks. At Juniper, we believe customers will realize the greatest benefits when physical and virtual networks leverage each other’s strengths. Through our partnership with VMware in APAC, we are committed to helping our customers maximize the benefit of both their virtual and physical data center resources, ensuring the success of their SDDC implementations,” said Russell Skingsley, Vice-President, Systems Engineering and Center of Excellence, APAC, Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks and VMware have closely aligned their private cloud products and sales teams to support customers in the APAC region and provide the following:
Interoperable products, which are available in APAC today, to deliver smart forwarding across physical and virtual infrastructures and provide end-to-end visibility and management of physical and virtualized infrastructures from a single pane of glass.
A proof-of-concept (POC) lab that will be open to customers for the purposes of conducting testing and analysis of the interoperable VMware NSX and MetaFabric solution.
