Xsigo announced that it has formally partnered with IT services and solutions provider Computacenter. The partnership encompasses technical, marketing and professional services relationships and confirms Xsigo as an integral component of Computacenter's virtualization offering.

Computacenter chose to partner with Xsigo due to its differentiated I/O virtualization product family. With Xsigo as a key part of its virtualization computing portfolio, Computacenter will be able to help its clients reduce costs even further, react more quickly to change and improve their response time to user requests. Computacenter is a European provider of VMware server virtualization solutions, and is headquartered in the UK. Xsigo Systems is a provider of I/O virtualization and is based in San Jose, CA, USA

"Virtualization offers organizations new opportunities to increase the efficiency and agility of their IT operations, but it can also place different demands on their data center infrastructure,” said Terry Walby, director of data center solutions at Computacenter. “We are continually looking for innovation and enhancement in the technology optimization solutions we deliver to our customers. By adding Xsigo virtual I/O products to our comprehensive portfolio of virtualization solutions, we can help customers further simplify and accelerate their transformation journey towards an optimized data center equipped to cope with the demands of the future."

Xsigo sought to extend its I/O virtualization outside the US by developing a partnership in Europe which matched its vision for virtualization and simplification of the data center. Computacenter's reputation as a leading system integration company and service provider for financial services, government, corporate and SME markets is an excellent fit with Xsigo’s market focus and momentum. Xsigo's I/O virtualization solutions allow large data centers to lower their server-related operational expenses by up to 80%, cut capital costs by 50%, and use 70% less cabling.

"Computacenter’s services and solutions deliver the breadth and technical expertise to help customers optimize their operations, and Xsigo is the virtual I/O part of that equation," stated Charlie Will, vice president of international sales at Xsigo. "Computacenter selects best-in-class products, such as VMware and Xsigo, and enriches these offerings with its own expertise in sales, support, and professional services. Computacenter puts it all together so that customers can rapidly deploy tightly integrated virtualization solutions that effectively address their business requirements.”

“Virtualization in Europe is exploding but until now nearly all of the focus has centered on CPU and, to a lesser degree, overall storage virtualization. As customers are now beginning to find, issues with matters such as I/O virtualization need to be addressed well if ‘virtualization’ projects are to deliver maximum business benefits,” commented Tony Lock, program director at Freeform Dynamics. “Organizations are seeking assistance from suppliers with operational experience to design virtualized solutions that are agile, that deliver services robustly and to the desired levels of service quality.”