EMC Announces VSPEX Private Cloud For Windows Server 2012

EMC's VSPEX architecture to help organizations virtualize data centers and desktops, will beavailable as VSPEX Private Cloud for Microsoft Windows Sever 2012.

According to the developer, the technology is designed to speed up the time to implement private cloud environments and is certified for the Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track program. The new VSPEX, based on EMC's VNXe storage systems and Cisco UCS servers, comes with a  set of applications to manage storage, automate management, replication, backup and security under Microsoft Windows Server 2012.

EMC will be offering the VSPEX Private Cloud for Windows Server 2012 configuration through its channel partners within 90 days of the launch of Windows Server 2012, which puts the expected availability date right about at the end of this year.

Wolfgang Gruener is a contributor to Tom's IT Pro. He is currently principal analyst at Ndicio Research, a market analysis firm that focuses on cloud computing and disruptive technologies, and maintains the conceivablytech.com blog. An 18-year veteran in IT journalism and market research, he previously published TG Daily and was managing editor of Tom's Hardware news, which he grew from a link collection in the early 2000s into one of the most comprehensive and trusted technology news sources.

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