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January 18, 2013

DATA CENTER

Server Management – Critical consideration for data center automation and orchestration

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I wish the topic of Server management was as juicy as Lance Armstrong’s confession or as intriguing as Manti Te’os girlfriend hoax, but it is NOT.  It is, however, intertwined with two of the domains– 1) infrastructure management and 2) automation and orchestration described in the Cisco Domain Ten model. Server management was also one […]

January 18, 2013

DATA CENTER

Modernize Your IT Infrastructure by Migrating to Cisco UCS and NetApp Storage

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Many organizations continue to struggle with the pace, complexity, and changing demands of a data-driven world. Hence, it’s not a big surprise that agility, flexibility, and cost efficiency continue to be important themes in the data center. These demands and needs may be acting as a forcing function for organizations to modernize aging, complex, and […]

January 17, 2013

DATA CENTER

CLOUD COMPUTING IS READY FOR YOU. BUT ARE YOU READY?

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Previously I talked about the growing demands and how the role of IT has to change from a cost center to a business strategic partner.  And we also looked at the journey you need to take to deliver IT as a Service. Cloud computing is part of this journey and it is happening – and I mean […]

January 17, 2013

DATA CENTER

What’s New with VXI for 2013?

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Desktop Virtualization the Cisco Way Now that 2013 is officially here –  it must be time for the next wave of innovations for the Cisco VXI Smart Solution. The first of these enhancements is Jabber for virtual environments, which we are announcing today. In 2012 we saw the 1000th customer deploy VXI to meet their […]

January 16, 2013

DATA CENTER

Automate Migrating ESX Host Interfaces to Nexus 1000V

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“We’ve tried, it can’t be automated!” I’ve heard this more times than I can keep track of and if you read my previous blog you will know that I just do not agree. I have written about automation with Linux utilities, UCS PowerTool, AutoHotKey, Excel, etc… 99.999% of operations can be automated. So when a […]

January 16, 2013

DATA CENTER

ESG Webinar on Virtual Networking and Physical-Virtual Consistency

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Last quarter I had the chance to record a video webinar with Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), where we talked about the basics of virtual networking, as well as why organizations need consistency across their physical and virtual network infrastructures. Bob presents some great research data on virtual network overlays, […]

January 14, 2013

DATA CENTER

New Independent Research Study on Hybrid Cloud Business Trends and Technical Challenges

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[Join Cisco for a Live Announcement Webinar on Cloud Innovations on February 5: Register Here] A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cisco on Hybrid Cloud technology trends sheds light on many of the business drivers and technical obstacles to creating a seamless connection from the enterprise data center to cloud service […]

January 13, 2013

DATA CENTER

Journey to “Self-Healing” Enterprise Networks continued…

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Last month in my blog Journey to “Self-Healing” Enterprise Networks, we discussed reasons why IT process automation solutions for network domain has not fulfilled its promise. Today we will first reason of the two – “Need for out-of-the-box workflow templates for rapid development of network operation process automation for quick-wins”. In today’s high performance distributed […]

January 9, 2013

DATA CENTER

Customer Insight: Automotive Dealership Group saves $100,000 annually with Cisco Unified Data Center Solutions

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Are you in the market for a new car in this year? Automotive retailers compete for your business in one of the most competitive industries, so reducing infrastructure and operating costs is key to selling you a car at the price you want. Hendrick Automotive Group is the second largest privately held automotive retailer in […]