HP and VMware join hands to build Federated Network Solution

 HP(NYSE:HPQ) has announced to deliver federated network solution to provide customers unified automation of, and visibility into, their physical and virtual data center networks, enabling business agility and improving business continuity in collaboration with VMware(NYSE:VMW). The new HP-VMware networking solution will federate the HP Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller with the VMware NSX network virtualization platform to provide customers with an integrated approach to automating their physical and virtual network infrastructure.

Prakash Krishnamoorthy, Country Manager, HP Networking India, said, "Networks must be agile enough to enable the adoption of cloud and mobility while ensuring continuity. Building upon our SDN leadership, the HP-VMware networking solution unifies visibility and automation of the physical and virtual network with a common control plane, enabling new application and service delivery in minutes rather than months."

"To be successful, IT organizations need solutions to deliver common management of services and operations across the physical and virtual domains. By collaborating with HP on a federated networking solution, we will help our joint customers create a unified network operations model that will radically simplify IT in the software-defined data center," said Stephen Mullaney, Sr. Vice-President & General Manager, Networking and Security Business Unit, VMware.

The new HP Converged Control software application runs on the HP Virtual Application Networks SDN controller. HP also introduced the HP 5930 top-of-rack switch allowing customers to leverage their virtual and physical networks to work together as one entity.

The HP-VMware networking solution and HP Converged Control solution is expected to be available worldwide in the second half of 2014. HP 5930 is expected to be available worldwide in December 2013.