IBM bundles VMware apps
Blades come with virtual software
Follow @infoworldVMware said it will bundle evaluation copies of its virtual-infrastructure software line with IBM’s Intel-based eServer BladeCenter servers.
Corporate users buying a BladeCenter server will receive bundled evaluation copies of VMware’s suite that are good for six months. At the end of that period, users decide whether to buy the suite, which includes VMware ESX Server, VMware Virtual SMP, and VMware VirtualCenter with VMotion.
IBM officials said the deal’s real value for users will be that VMware’s products will work well with IBM Director, the management software IBM already includes with each blade server
VMware ESX Server is responsible for partitioning, consolidating, and managing computing resources, whereas Virtual SMP allows VMs to span multiple physical processors. VMware VirtualCenter provides a central point of control for virtual-computing resources, and VMotion technology enables live VMs to be migrated to achieve more dynamic load balancing.
