Virtensys, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced that NEC Corporation and Virtensys have formed a partnership to develop an I/O Virtualization (IOV) blade switch module for the NEC blade systems.

“We are pleased to be partnering with Virtensys to develop unique I/O Virtualization technology solutions for our customers,” said Tomoyasu Nishimura, assistant general manager, NEC Server Division. “The Virtensys solution will give our customers the flexibility to dynamically manage and allocate the I/O resources to optimize their infrastructures while reducing their costs, energy requirements and management expenses.”

“We are delighted to be working with NEC to allow their customers to take full advantage of our I/O virtualization solutions,” said Ahmet Houssein, president and CEO of VirtenSys. “We look forward to delivering these solutions to the market in collaboration with NEC.”

“QLogic Fibre Channel adapters are ideal for deployments in blade and rack-mounted servers across a variety of data centers,” said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing at QLogic. “The QLogic HBAs enable solutions such as the Virtensys IOV switches to offer customers reliable options for greater I/O agility in their data center environments.”