Embotics, the Virtual Machine (VM) Lifecycle Management Company, today announced it has joined the Global Citrix Alliance Partner Program as a Technology Partner. Embotics and Citrix are working together to make Embotics’ V-Commander, which controls and manages virtual machines, compatible with Citrix’s end-to-end virtualization solutions.

“Technology innovators like Embotics help our customers expand their adoption of Citrix virtualization products by providing needed Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management and combating virtual sprawl,” said Bob Thompson, senior director, Alliance Marketing, for Citrix Systems. “As a Citrix Technology Partner, Embotics is recognized for their integration and support of Citrix virtualization solutions such as XenDesktop and XenServer, which will increase customer traction and adoption of virtualization technology.”

Embotics’ V-Commander reduces the challenge of managing large pools of VMs by controlling VM sprawl and automating VM management tasks through a centralized and policy-based management system. With VM environments becoming more complex as enterprises expand their virtualization deployments, Embotics lets enterprises maintain control over their virtual server infrastructure without taking up valuable staff resources.

“Our work with Citrix will provide customers with assurance that our solution can be used in confidence within Citrix environments,” said David M. Lynch, vice president of marketing at Embotics. “Integration with the Citrix virtualization infrastructure will move us closer to our goal of allowing enterprises to centrally manage and control the heterogeneous VM environments which are starting to emerge.”