Cisco, a renowned brand in enterprise networking and security, has joined forces with Nutanix, Inc., a pioneer in the realm of hybrid multicloud computing, to unveil a far-reaching global strategic partnership. Their aim is to expedite the adoption of hybrid multicloud environments by presenting the industry’s most comprehensive hyperconverged solution, poised to revolutionize IT modernization and business evolution.
The ever-increasing complexity of multicloud landscapes has placed considerable operational burdens and escalated sustainability and security concerns on IT organizations. This groundbreaking partnership has emerged as a solution to these challenges, offering a simplified and accelerated means of deploying infrastructure and applications on a global scale. It leverages cutting-edge cloud operational models, unmatched flexibility, and automated resilience, all while providing industry-leading customer support.
Jeremy Foster, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Compute, noted, “Customers are demanding solutions that are straightforward, sustainable, and future-proof. This partnership delivers a comprehensive solution encompassing virtual compute, networking, and storage across both customer data centers and public clouds. By combining Cisco’s acclaimed SaaS-managed compute portfolio with Nutanix’s proven cloud platform software, we empower customers to establish a well-balanced approach for handling modern workloads both on-premises and in the cloud.”
Tarkan Maner, Chief Commercial Officer at Nutanix, emphasized the importance of an integrated hardware and software platform in supporting application deployment in a rapidly evolving landscape, stating, “This partnership will unlock expanded market opportunities for both organizations as they tackle the challenges of standardization, simplification, and security across data centers, public clouds, and the edge.”
This novel offering seamlessly integrates Cisco’s SaaS-managed compute and networking infrastructure (comprising Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco Intersight) with the Nutanix Cloud Platform (including Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Manager, Nutanix Unified Storage, and Nutanix Desktop Services). Cisco will market and distribute the solution through its extensive go-to-market network, ensuring that customers receive a fully integrated and validated solution that is sold, constructed, managed, and supported as a unified entity, delivering a seamless end-to-end experience. This solution offers adaptable deployment options, including support for Cisco UCS rack and blade servers, with an initial focus on C-Series Servers and future plans to support UCS X-Series, which has received prestigious awards like the 2023 SEAL Sustainable Product of the Year Award and CRN’s 2023 Tech Innovator Award. The new offering integrates advanced Cisco servers (UCS), networking and security (ACI), and management (UCS Manager, Intersight) with the Nutanix Cloud Platform software.
The Nutanix Cloud Platform establishes a consistent cloud operational model, providing a single platform for running applications and managing data across data centers, edge locations, and public clouds. To cater to diverse application deployments, from mission-critical workloads to AI-driven innovation, the platform offers linear scalability in terms of performance and capacity, innate resilience through self-healing nodes, and seamless integration of persistent storage.
In the wake of this announcement, Cisco and Nutanix will empower their global sales teams and partners worldwide to present an exciting new solution that amalgamates top-tier technologies, reinforced by collaborative go-to-market support led by the Cisco team. Availability of the solution is anticipated within the next 90 days.
