Quoting from the Intel official announcement:
Intel Corporation today announced that it is now providing VMware Inc. certified virtualization solutions for some of the company’s server platform and motherboard products.
For the first time, server vendors from around the world which participate in the Intel Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (ESAA) program will have an opportunity to adopt and market VMware’s popular products to their IT customers.
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Intel ESAA platforms are now included on VMware’s hardware compatibility list, which expands the range of certified target platform for VMware Infrastructure to companies such as ACER, Bull, Compusys, HCL, Itautec, Gateway, Lenovo, Inspur, Maxdata, MPC, Powerleader, Samsung, Verari and WiPro…