Rackable Systems, creator of high-density server and storage products for large sized datacenters, announced that they will now operate with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) virtualization software to further their mission of datacenter consolidation. As part of a new formed relationship with VMware, VI3 is now available on Rackable Systems rack-mount server lines with full platform certification from VMware. In ad Rackable Systems, creator of high-density server and storage products for large sized datacenters, announced that they will now operate with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) virtualization software to further their mission of datacenter consolidation.As part of a new formed relationship with VMware, VI3 is now available on Rackable Systems rack-mount server lines with full platform certification from VMware. In addition, Rackable will also resell and distribute VMware products and provide different levels of support for the various offerings.“The VMware relationship enables Rackable Systems to extend our build-to-order model to support rack and data center-level virtualized environments,” said Mark J. Barrenechea, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rackable Systems. “Now enterprise data centers can leverage our high performance, ultra-dense virtualized systems to support development, test and production application workloads as well as mission-critical business continuity solutions.” VMware Infrastructure 3 is available immediately on Rackable Systems’ x86 servers. Software Development