Bechtle is Vblock certified.

IT service provider offers user support for creating private clouds with integrated infrastructures from EMC, Cisco and VMware.

Neckarsulm, 1 December 2010 — Bechtle is now a member of the German Virtual Computing Environment coalition (VCE) from EMC, Cisco and VMware. With the addition of the VCE’s Vblock infrastructure packages to its portfolio, the IT service provider can offer its clients expert consultation on the planning and implementation of Vblock-based private cloud infrastructures.

Bechtle offers three different Vblock configurations. These integrated and flexible turnkey packages comprise virtualisation software from VMware, unified networking and computing equipment from Cisco, as well as EMC’s storage, security, and management technology. Vblocks support a variety of operating systems and applications and facilitate the simple migration of all applications to a Vblock architecture to achieve end-to-end virtualisation in the computer centre.

“Cloud computing solutions like the Vblock infrastructure packages add significant flexibility and cost transparency to IT provisioning”, explains Roland König, head of virtualisation, and managing director of Bechtle’s Munich/Regensburg IT system house. “Above all, our solution partnership with the VCE coalition benefits our customers, who can reduce their operating costs with cloud services.”

Private cloud consulting in the Solution Centre.

In Bechtle’s EMC Signature Solution Centre in Munich, customers can learn about Bechtle’s cloud solutions based on Vblocks. Also, users can get consultation for their individual IT challenges with custom solution scenarios that are geared towards their own IT environment.

Michael Hammerstein, Head of EMC Germany:

“Bechtle is an excellent partner for our SMB customers, whose requirements in IT are increasing constantly. We value Bechtle as a competent VMware partner of many years and are happy about Bechtle’s decision to incorporate the products from EMC into their portfolio. Architectures like the Vblocks rely on harmonised equipment. In addition to being a qualified Vblock partner, Bechtle provides expertise in the fields of applications, client computing and security.”

Carlo Wolf, Head of Cisco Germany:

“Bechtle is now a member of the Virtual Computing Environment coalition. With this step, the company furthers its renowned expertise in virtualisation, following its earlier certification in the field of unified computing. We congratulate Bechtle on this achievement. Adding the compact computer centre solution, Vblock, to their portfolio, Bechtle is tapping into new and growing markets, including private cloud solutions.”