Micron Technology has agreed to acquire the assets of Virtensys, a Manchester-based developer of PCIe virtualization technology.
Micron will combine Virtensys' PCIe virtualization technology with its solid state drives, which will enable data centres to share local storage across multiple servers.
"Virtensys' PCIe-sharing technology has helped change the way data center operators manage and deploy their virtualized I/O resources, and Micron's enterprise PCIe drive delivers market-leading speed, reliability and power efficiency," said Edward Doller, Micron v-p and chief memory systems architect.
"This agreement would enable a combination of enterprise technology solutions that have the opportunity to virtualize SSD storage on the path to a more flexible and dynamic data center."
According to John Nicholson, Virtensys chairman and CEO: "Our technology complements Micron's enterprise products as we strive to empower the virtual data center, and we are delighted to join the Micron family."
The transaction is subject to closing conditions and is currently anticipated to close by the end of the month. Specific terms of the proposed agreement are confidential.
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