Dell on Monday announced it is extending its partnership with server virtualization software maker VMware to bring high-performing virtualization capabilities to its four-processor PowerEdge 6650 systems. [Network World on Storage]
Dell isn't extending its partnership with VMware, but with EMC. EMC now owns VMware. EMC is betting that server virtualization will mean a more aggressive path towards storage virtualization, in which they have invested billions. This won’t be the case until the can integrate VMware with their storage management suite of products.
