Aug 31, 2010 : Citrix to Acquire VMLogix
📅 - Acquisition is a part of several key additions to the company's Citrix OpenCloud infrastructure platform for cloud providers.
Citrix Systems, Inc., a provider of virtualization, networking and software-as-a-service technologies, yesterday announced that in an effort to further accelerate its 'OpenCloud' strategy, it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VMLogix, Inc., a provider of virtual machine management solutions.
The company articulates that the acquisition of VMLogix is part of several key additions to its Citrix OpenCloud infrastructure platform for cloud providers, designed to increase cloud interoperability, scalability and self-service capabilities. It expects the additions to also further extend the company's position as a widely deployed provider of virtualization and networking solutions for the open cloud. The acquisition of VMLogix is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to customary closing conditions. VMLogix help add key lifecycle management capabilities to the Citrix OpenCloud platform, making it easy for cloud providers to offer infrastructure services that extend from pre-production and quality assurance, to staging, deployment and business continuity.
It explains that the acquisition will also add an intuitive, self-service interface to the company's XenServer virtualization platform, enabling end users to access and manage their own virtual computing resources, similar to virtual services based on large public clouds like Amazon or Rackspace, but delivered on on-premise private cloud environments. The XenServer platform is also a key component of the OpenCloud framework, and to accelerate cloud interoperability, the company will also be integrating the Citrix OpenCloud infrastructure platform with OpenStack (openstack.org), the open-source orchestration and management technology it is co-developing with Rackspace, NASA, Dell, and more than 20 other leading technology and cloud service providers.
The company also announced plans to expand its OpenCloud platform to include enhanced networking and interoperability capabilities, including the ability for customers to seamlessly manage a mix of public and private cloud workloads from a single management console, even if they span across a variety of different cloud providers. All of these enhancements will be available to the more than 600 service providers worldwide that are now certified to deliver services based on the Citrix OpenCloud platform.
"At Citrix, we believe in providing choice as a fundamental driver for enterprises and cloud providers to truly drive cloud economics," said Klaus Oestermann, Citrix Networking and Cloud Product Group Vice President and General Manager. "This isn't about giving customers the ability to buy the same offering from multiple sources - it's about providing them the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of cloud services designed around an open framework that encourages both innovation and interoperability while optimizing cost. With the expanded capabilities of the OpenCloud platform for lifecycle management, cloud interoperability and cloud networking, we are further delivering on our core belief to provide true choice for our customers."
"By embracing OpenStack cloud software, Citrix is demonstrating a great testament to the power of the open model," said Jim Curry, OpenStack General Manager. "Citrix has shown tremendous support for that model by contributing development resources to ensure XenServer compatibility with OpenStack. We are excited to see an OpenStack-powered solution for enterprises integrated with the XenCenter management console. We think this is just the start of many advances that will be built on OpenStack and we welcome Citrix and the rest of the tech world to use this powerful model to advance the world of cloud computing."
Citrix Systems, Inc., a provider of virtualization, networking and software-as-a-service technologies, yesterday announced that in an effort to further accelerate its 'OpenCloud' strategy, it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VMLogix, Inc., a provider of virtual machine management solutions.
The company articulates that the acquisition of VMLogix is part of several key additions to its Citrix OpenCloud infrastructure platform for cloud providers, designed to increase cloud interoperability, scalability and self-service capabilities. It expects the additions to also further extend the company's position as a widely deployed provider of virtualization and networking solutions for the open cloud. The acquisition of VMLogix is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to customary closing conditions. VMLogix help add key lifecycle management capabilities to the Citrix OpenCloud platform, making it easy for cloud providers to offer infrastructure services that extend from pre-production and quality assurance, to staging, deployment and business continuity.
It explains that the acquisition will also add an intuitive, self-service interface to the company's XenServer virtualization platform, enabling end users to access and manage their own virtual computing resources, similar to virtual services based on large public clouds like Amazon or Rackspace, but delivered on on-premise private cloud environments. The XenServer platform is also a key component of the OpenCloud framework, and to accelerate cloud interoperability, the company will also be integrating the Citrix OpenCloud infrastructure platform with OpenStack (openstack.org), the open-source orchestration and management technology it is co-developing with Rackspace, NASA, Dell, and more than 20 other leading technology and cloud service providers.
The company also announced plans to expand its OpenCloud platform to include enhanced networking and interoperability capabilities, including the ability for customers to seamlessly manage a mix of public and private cloud workloads from a single management console, even if they span across a variety of different cloud providers. All of these enhancements will be available to the more than 600 service providers worldwide that are now certified to deliver services based on the Citrix OpenCloud platform.
"At Citrix, we believe in providing choice as a fundamental driver for enterprises and cloud providers to truly drive cloud economics," said Klaus Oestermann, Citrix Networking and Cloud Product Group Vice President and General Manager. "This isn't about giving customers the ability to buy the same offering from multiple sources - it's about providing them the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of cloud services designed around an open framework that encourages both innovation and interoperability while optimizing cost. With the expanded capabilities of the OpenCloud platform for lifecycle management, cloud interoperability and cloud networking, we are further delivering on our core belief to provide true choice for our customers."
"By embracing OpenStack cloud software, Citrix is demonstrating a great testament to the power of the open model," said Jim Curry, OpenStack General Manager. "Citrix has shown tremendous support for that model by contributing development resources to ensure XenServer compatibility with OpenStack. We are excited to see an OpenStack-powered solution for enterprises integrated with the XenCenter management console. We think this is just the start of many advances that will be built on OpenStack and we welcome Citrix and the rest of the tech world to use this powerful model to advance the world of cloud computing."
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