ARMONK, N.Y. and SAN JOSE,
Calif., May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Nutanix (Nasdaq: NTNX) today announced
a multi-year initiative to bring new workloads to hyperconverged
deployments.
The integrated offering aims to combine Nutanix's Enterprise
Cloud Platform software with IBM Power Systems, to deliver a
turnkey hyperconverged solution targeting critical
workloads in large enterprises. The partnership plans to deliver a
full-stack combination with built-in AHV virtualization for a
simple experience within the datacenter.
In today's technology landscape, processing real-time
information is necessary but not sufficient. Being able to react in
real-time used to give enterprises a competitive advantage, but
this approach no longer guarantees happy customers. The value has
now migrated to the ability to rapidly gather large amounts of
data, quickly crunch and predict what's likely to happen next -
using a combination of analytics, cognitive skills, machine
learning and more. This is the start of the insight economy.
Handling these kinds of workloads present unique challenges -
needing a combination of reliable storage, fast networks,
scalability and extremely powerful computing. It seems like Private
datacenters that were designed just a few years ago are due for a
refresh - not only in the technology, but also in the architectural
design philosophy. This is where the combination of IBM Power
Systems and Nutanix comes in.
This joint initiative intends to bring new workloads to
hyperconverged deployments by delivering the first
simple-to-deploy, web-scale architecture supporting POWER based
scale-out computing for a continuum of enterprise workloads,
including:
- Next generation cognitive workloads, including big data,
machine learning and AI
- Mission-critical workloads, such as databases, large scale data
warehouses, web infrastructure, and mainstream enterprise apps
- Cloud Native Workloads, including full stack open source
middleware and enterprise databases
and Containers
With a shared philosophy based on open standards, a combination
of Nutanix and IBM will be designed bring out the true power of
software-defined infrastructure - choice - for global 2000
enterprises, with plans for:
- A simplified private enterprise cloud that delivers POWER
architecture in a seamless and compatible way to the
datacenter
- Exclusive virtualization management with AHV, advanced planning
and remediation with Machine Learning, App Mobility,
Microsegmentation and more, with one-click automation
- A fully integrated one-click management stack with Prism, to
eliminate silos and reduce the need for specialized IT skills to
build and operate cloud-driven infrastructure
- Deploying stateful cloud native services using Acropolis
Container Services with automated deployment and enterprise-class
persistent storage
"Hyperconverged systems continue on a rapid growth trajectory,
with a market size forecast of nearly $6
billion by 2020[1]. IT teams now recognize the
need, and the undeniable benefits, of embracing the next generation
of datacenter infrastructure technology," said Stefanie Chiras, VP Power Systems at IBM. "Our
partnership with Nutanix will be designed to give our joint
enterprise customers a scalable, resilient, high-performance
hyperconverged infrastructure solution, benefiting from the data
and compute capabilities of the POWER architecture and the
one-click simplicity of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform."
"With this partnership, IBM customers of Power-based systems
will be able to realize a public cloud-like experience with their
on premise infrastructure," said Dheeraj
Pandey, CEO at Nutanix. "With the planned design, Enterprise
customers will be able to run any mission critical workload, at any
scale, with world-class virtualization and automation capabilities
built into a scale out fabric leveraging IBM's server
technology."
Pricing and Availability
The IBM and Nutanix initiative will bring options for clients
and a seamless experience for these clients, and will be sold
exclusively through IBM sales force and channel partners. Specific
timelines, models and supported server configurations will be
announced at the time of availability.
About IBM
IBM Power Systems are servers designed for mission-critical
applications and emerging Cognitive Era workloads including
artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, advanced
analytics and high performance computing, data lakes and
operational datastores. Designed to deliver efficiency
whether deployed in a private, public and hybrid cloud, Power
Systems benefit from a wide range of open technologies, many
stemming from collaboration with fellow OpenPOWER Foundation
members. Customers today can enjoy benchmark setting
performance for a wide variety of data-intensive workloads – for
example, IBM guarantees that Power Systems servers can deliver
twice the performance per dollar as x86 systems for customer
workloads based on MongoDB.
About Nutanix
Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on
the applications and services that power their business. The
Nutanix enterprise cloud platform leverages web-scale engineering
and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute,
virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined
solution with rich machine intelligence. The result is predictable
performance, cloud-like infrastructure consumption, robust
security, and seamless application mobility for a broad range of
enterprise applications. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us
on Twitter @nutanix.
© 2017 Nutanix, Inc. All rights reserved. Nutanix, the
Enterprise Cloud Platform, and the Nutanix logo are trademarks of
Nutanix, Inc., registered or pending registration in the United States and other countries.
[1] Source:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-hyperconvergence-the-next-big-thing-in-tech-2017-04-03
Resources
- Joint Announcement Video, Blog
- Images: IBM Power, Nutanix
- For more about
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- IBM Systems, visit here.
- Nutanix, visit here.
- Infographic
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements
concerning Nutanix's and IBM's plans and expectations relating to a
multi-year hyperconverged initiative and the deployment of Nutanix
software on, and the interoperability of Nutanix software with, IBM
Power Systems. These forward-looking statements are not historical
facts, and instead are based on the parties' current expectations,
estimates, opinions and beliefs. The accuracy of such
forward-looking statements depends upon future events, and involves
risks, uncertainties and other factors beyond the parties' control
that may cause these statements to be inaccurate and cause actual
results, performance or achievements to differ materially and
adversely from those anticipated or implied by such statements,
including, among others: the failure to develop, or unexpected
difficulties or delays in developing, the integrated offering on a
timely or cost-effective basis; the introduction, or acceleration
of adoption of, competing solutions, including public cloud
infrastructure; a shift in industry or competitive dynamics or
customer demand; and other risks detailed in Nutanix's quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2017, and IBM's annual report on Form
10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31,
2016, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date of this press release and, except as required by law, neither
Nutanix nor IBM assumes any obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect actual results or subsequent events or
circumstances.
Media contact:
Courtney Lowell
IBM Media Relations
Courtney.Lowell@ibm.com
512-599-1676
Raj Badarinath (Nutanix)/
Ryan Mattison (Hotwire PR)
+1 415-820-4484
nutanixUS@hotwirepr.com
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