VMware NSX-T

VMware has expanded its software-defined networking solution, NSX, with a new version targeting non-vSphere environments: the NSX-T. Rajiv Ramaswami, COO, Products and Cloud Services for VMware, told CRN that its new NSX-T product enables networking and security management for new application frameworks and architectures that have diverse endpoints and technology stacks.

"NSX-T is very focused on non-vShpere environments – for example, a developer cloud where people are working on KVM and OpenStack for instance. For those environments, we expect initial adoption of NSX-T," said Ramaswami. "From a channel partner perspective this year, the focus will continue to remain very much on the NSX product, not on NSX-T." He said NSX-T is hypervisor agnostic and compatible to work on any hypervisor, not just vSphere.