Portworx, the data management company today announced that its Portworx Enterprise Storage Platform for Kubernetes has achieved VMware Ready status
Portworx, the container storage and data management company modern enterprises trust to manage data in containers, today announced that its Portworx Enterprise Storage Platform for Kubernetes has achieved VMware Ready status. This designation demonstrates that after a detailed approval process Portworx Enterprise 2.1.5 has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement and is supported on VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5 for production environments.
Kristen Edwards, director, Technology Alliance Partner Program, VMware said that “We are pleased that Portworx Enterprise qualifies for the VMware Ready logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware interoperability standards and works productively with VMware cloud infrastructure. This indicates that Portworx Enterprise can be deployed in production environments with confidence and can speed time to value within customer environments. By using Portworx Enterprise with VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5 organizations can deploy enterprise-ready container-native storage & data management with VMware PKS in the hybrid cloud. Portworx’s cloud-native storage platform integrates with VMware PKS, and runs on top of VSAN or other storage systems, to provide self-service storage and data management capabilities that enable developers to be more productive while providing security, reliability, and performance.”
Scott Buchanan, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Cloud Native Applications at VMware said “Our enterprise customers are working to adopt Kubernetes in production—they look to proven technologies and trusted partners to navigate that journey. That’s why it’s great to see Portworx validated as VMware Partner Ready for PKS, they are addressing significant market demand and providing customers assurance of support for VMware PKS.”
The VMware Ready program is a co-branding advantage of the Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program that makes it simple for customers to distinguish partner products certified to work with VMware cloud infrastructure. Customers can utilize these products and solutions to lower project risks and realize cost savings over custom-built solutions. With a huge number of members around the globe, the VMware TAP program incorporates best-of-breed technology partners with a mutual commitment to bring the best expertise and business solution for each extraordinary customer requirement.
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