Extreme Networks Inc. and Lenovo will partner to sell joint data center products comprising Extreme switches and Lenovo servers. At the same time, Extreme said its 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch has been certified by EMC Corp. for use in the storage vendor's integrated VSPEX platform.

The Lenovo deal -- encompassing Extreme's Open Fabric Ethernet switches and Lenovo's ThinkServers --is aimed at data centers, enterprises and cloud providers in more than 60 countries. Marketing will begin this fall. The alliance will also include storage management stemming from the