VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud
infrastructure, today announced the intention to acquire Arkin Net, a leader in
software-defined data center security and operations. Financial details of the
transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in Q2
2016.
Organizations globally are adopting a software-defined data center
(SDDC) architecture based on VMware virtualized infrastructure and management
to deliver automation, security and continuity for applications. SDDC breaks
down the barriers between traditionally disparate domains of compute,
networking and storage. This evolution requires an operational model that
delivers cross-silo visibility and collaboration. With the acquisition of
Arkin, and through the integration of VMware vRealize Suite, cloud management
teams will have access to a new generation of planning, troubleshooting and
automation platform that provide visibility and control across the entire data
center environment.
VMware NSX network virtualization is being widely adopted in large
scale production deployments as part of the SDDC where cross-silo visibility
and collaboration is critical. Identified by Gartner in “Cool Vendors in
Enterprise Networking, 2016,” Arkin is purpose-built for NSX environments. The
Arkin platform provides insights into the datacenter traffic flows via a
pre-assessment tool that enables faster NSX deployments via micro-segmentation
planning. Post deployment, Arkin significantly lowers time to resolution,
leveraging constructs such as time-machine, plain English search and contextual
analytics across virtual and physical layers.
Today, VMware vRealize Operations provides extensive management
across both physical and virtual compute and storage environments. With the
acquisition of Arkin, VMware vRealize Suite will have the ability to extend
across the entire SDDC, including the VMware NSX network virtualization layer.
“Arkin is a great fit for VMware and its customers as we look to
accelerate our growth businesses including cloud management and network
virtualization,” said Ajay Singh, senior vice president and general manager,
cloud management business unit, VMware. “With VMware NSX combined with Arkin
and vRealize, VMware will deliver the security and operations management plane
for the SDDC. Over time, Arkin will solidify vRealize Suite’s position as the
industry’s most comprehensive Cloud Management Platform that delivers
application-focused operations, NSX micro-segmentation at scale and
cross-domain visibility and context across physical and logical
infrastructure.”
“Arkin and VMware have been great partners and we’re now excited
to join the VMware family to take Arkin to the next level,” said Shiv Agarwal,
co-founder and chief executive officer, Arkin. “Arkin delivers a new operations
paradigm that has been built from the ground up for VMware NSX network
virtualization and is fully aligned with the core NSX use cases of IT
automation, security and application continuity.”
VMware and Arkin are already collaborating to meet the needs of
mutual customers such as Columbia Sportswear, California Department of Water
Resources (CDWR) and Nebraska Medicine.
“Operational visibility, which accounts for both hardware and
software, is critical to how organizations succeed in using next-generation
data center technologies,” said John Spiegel, IS/Global Communications Manager
at Columbia Sportswear. “The combination of VMware NSX and Arkin provides us a
tactical and strategic lens for managing our virtualized data center.”
“Arkin and VMware are strategic partners helping Nebraska Medicine
deploy our next-generation NSX based software-defined data center,” said Brian
Lancaster, Executive Director of Information Management at Nebraska Medicine.
“Arkin real-time flow analytics makes it extremely easy to implement
micro-segmentation security. The visibility and troubleshooting capabilities
that Arkin provides to our networking and operations teams enables us to more
quickly and confidently scale our NSX deployment.”
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