EMC says Vmware SRM is "a joint innovation"

VMWARE’S 85 PER CENT share-owning “mother company” EMC pumped out a slew of mini announcements at Vmworld based around integrating storage with server virtualisation.

Among the optimising of iSCSI and fibre channel storage, the data de-duplication, the replication and the business continuity for virtualised server set ups, EMC said it had committed to developing Vmware site recovery manager, (SRM) which is currently in beta.

Chad Sakac, senior director Vmware strategic alliance at EMC, said: "There are a whole slew of cases where we’ve done a lot of technology integration. SRM from Vmware is an example. Disaster recovery is something everyone wants to do and SRM makes it easier in a virtualised environment. EMC has been working with Vmware on the idea, the launch and now the beta. We’ve got a leadership position on that. It is joint innovation and a joint solution."

So far so cool. However this does rather seem slightly at odds with what Dianne Greene, Vmware CEO said 24 hours earlier. Asked by the INQ which storage company was most closely integrated with Vmware, Greene said: "We leave it up storage partners to decide what they want to integrate. They come to us and we have an open door. It’s an even-handed approach to what we certify."

In an EMC statement covering the announcement Parag Patel, Vice President, Alliances at Vmware, said: "The joint engineering work that EMC and VMware are doing helps customers get the most value out of their deployments. We are focused on optimising our joint solutions and supporting each other's products. EMC's early adopter support for VMware Site Recovery Manager is another proof point that the two companies are committed to bringing new technology and solutions to customers that simplify disaster recovery, datacentre optimisation and virtual desktop management."

The statement ends with EMC saying "Integration of EMC remote replication products with VMware Site Recovery Manager will be completed when VMware Site R ecovery Manager is generally available."

That's covered then. µ