Today Microsoft and NetApp announceed a “three-year alliance” on virtualization, storage management and cloud computing.
This pact includes joint product development, technical integration, sales and marketing activities.
Both companies are scheduled to release architecture blueprints for disaster recovery with virtualization, snap-ins for managing NetApp storage inside the Hyper-V console, and also management packs for SCOM.
This is just another effect of the VMware/Cisco/EMC (VCE, aka Virtual Compute Environment) coalition.
