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Cisco IAC Availability, Scalability, and Geographic Distribution
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When building a cloud, scale it out. Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud architecture and topology options enable scalability, availability, and geographic distribution. This white paper discusses several options, their strengths and uses, and the technical details underlying these options.” Cisco IAC Availability, Scalability, and Geographic Distribution White Paper is available in the Cisco support community […]
Cisco Nabs Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards
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Each year Windows IT Pro announces their Editors’ Best and Community Choice awards recognizing the hottest products in the world of Microsoft. The Editors Best award highlight products that the Windows IT Pro editors and contributors believe are worthy of recognition. The Community Choice awards lets the Windows IT Pro readers from around the world […]
Just what we need on Cyber Monday – Cisco UCS Central
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Total (consumer) spending for the (Thanksgiving 2012) weekend reached an estimated $59.1 billion, a 13% increase from a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation. Online spending on Friday alone topped $1 billion for the first time, according to the data-analysis firm comScore Inc. We can analyze the seasonal patterns of traffic by studying the Alexa […]
Take 2: From an Ancient Scottish Castle to the Gartner Data Center Conference in London
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Time flies! I'm off to the Gartner Data Center conference in London again. And as per last year, I'll drive my this ancient and very historical...
Making it Easier for You to do Business with Us – Fixed Price Professional Services from Cisco
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Professional services, Consultancy Services, Advanced Services - call them what you will. I can hear you say: “On No! Complexity”. “Now I need to work a Statement of Work”. “I...
Next Generation Data Centers Need Next Generation Skills
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The Cisco Global Cloud Index reports that annual global data center IP traffic will reach 6.6 zettabytes by the end of 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 31 percent. The growth of data and these new technologies impacts not only IT systems and infrastructures, but also the professionals that design, install, operate and […]
James Bond and Data Centers??
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This weekend I managed to see the new James Bond film, Skyfall. The technologist in me noticed the transformation of the espionage industry to the cyber world. More interesting were the Data Center scenes in which the equipment was neatly arranged with minimal cabling. One blog even called it the data center of the future. […]
UCS Multihop FCoE In Under an Hour
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With no prior experience with UCS Manager or vSphere 5.0, I managed to configure Multihop FCoE on the new UCS 2.1 release in under an hour.
Why You’ll Want LISP Routing – Part 3
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Now that we covered how LISP Routing works in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, let dig into some of the things you can do with it. I would suggest you go back and read the first two posts if you are new to LISP since I am not going to cover that […]