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VMware adds ODM relationships with Tyan, ASUS, Gigabyte, Inventec

At Computex Taipei 2008on June 3, VMware, Inc. announced new relationships with original design manufacturers ASUS, Gigabyte, Inventec and Tyan, adding to VMware’s current relationship with Supermicro announced in February 2008.

The relationships lets channel partners and system builders make virtualization available to a broader range of customers by certifying various one-, two- and four-socket servers and blade servers for the VMware virtualization platform.

The vendors are certifying their server systems for the VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisor, with availability expected by the end of the third quarter of 2008.