VMware is introducing its NSX network virtualization solution, melding the best of VMware virtualization with Nicira capabilities. An open API enables broad support from networking industry partners for the new NSX platform
“VMware had been working on technologies that were tied into vCenter for vSphere virtualization customers only and focused on Layer 4 through 7 services,” Martin Casado, VMware CTO for networking, told Enterprise Networking Planet. “NSX is a hypervisor-independent, cloud management-independent network virtualization platform for Layer 2 through 7.”
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VMware Debuts NSX for Network Virtualization
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