The latest on the rumored union between Cisco and VMware appears to be a joint product announcement, not an acquisition, according to the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ is crediting Samuel Wilson of JMP Securities as saying that Cisco plans to work with VMware in offering Linux servers as part of its upcoming new product, code-named “California Project.”
The name refers to a “California” blade server that Cisco is expected to launch at an event in San Francisco on March 16. The blade project has been an expected development. Details leaked earlier this month claim that the blades will be based on Intel’s Core i7 processors.
A Linux system that uses VMware to run Windows makes a logical choice for Cisco, and could be a savior for VMware.
VMware has been fielding attacks on all sides. Citrix said today that its core virtualization platform would be available free of charge.
The XenServer enterprise edition, which previously cost $3,000 per server, will now be given away free and embedded in Citrix’s XenApp application delivery software, according to Simon Crosby, CTO of Citrix’s virtualization division. On top of that, the company was cementing its long-standing partnership with Microsoft with improved interoperability between Citrix’s XenServer hypervisor and Microsoft’s Hyper-V software.
Last week, Red Hat and Microsoft agreed to join each other’s virtualization validation programs so that the companies’ operating systems would be supported when used with one another’s hypervisor’s.
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