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Dell, competing nose-to-nose in IT infrastructure with Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, will integrate Scalent's V/OE, or Virtual Operating Environment, into its Advanced Infrastructure Manager control software.
The data center virtualization and management space is heating up, with everyone from Cisco to HP to IBM attempting to offer a soup-to-nuts solution. Dell ramped up its position with an acquisition announced this week. eWeek reports:
Dell is adding an important ingredient to its data center management software recipe. The company announced July 1 that it is acquiring automation software vendor Scalent Systems, which provides shortcuts intended to make data center infrastructure easier and more efficient to operate.
Dell will integrate Scalent's V/OE (Virtual Operating Environment) into its AIM (Advanced Infrastructure Manager) control software. V/OE allows IT administrators to manipulate all the elements in the data center from a single Web-based console, provisioning and reprovisioning them as needed.
Dell did not reveal the terms of the transaction and said it expects to complete the acquisition within the next few months.
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