InformationWeek posted a story that Cisco plans to meld its Nexus 1000V virtual switch and Virtual Machine Fabric Extender with Windows Server 8 Hyper-V hypervisor.

Cisco, like all the tech companies that play in Microsoft's Windows world, are busy aligning their product road maps with that of Windows Server 8, the new operating system due out sometime next year. Cisco's strategy is to pull ahead in networking virtualization by marrying its Nexus 1000V virtual network switch and Virtual Machine Fabric Extender with Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor.

Cisco announced its Server 8 strategy in a follow-up to its participation, along with others, in Microsoft's BUILD Conference Sept. 13 in Anaheim, Calif., where the software giant previewed Server 8 previewed Windows Server 8 and the Windows 8 OS for desktop, laptop, and tablet computers.

  Cisco's Virtualization Play With Windows Server 8