At Microsoft Management Summit 2013 in Las Vegas this week, Cisco is showing a host of new technology innovations and integrated solutions for the virtualized data center. By bringing Cisco virtual networking and UCS solutions together with Microsoft cloud solutions, we are expanding the market for our technology, while providing more technology options and flexibility for our customers. Critical to our Microsoft infrastructure strategy is the N…

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Tags: EMC, FlexPod, Hyper-V, Microsoft, netapp, Nexus 1000v, SCVMM, UCS, Unified Data Center, Virtual Security Gateway, vPath, vspex, Windows Server 2012

[See Also: Follow-Up Q&A on Freemium Pricing Model] [Update 11/26/12: the free Nexus 1000V virtual switch is available for download from here.] Following on the heels of the announcement of our Nexus 1000V 2.1 release last month, Cisco is today announcing a new pricing and packaging strategy for its flagship virtual switch portfolio. Starting with that new 2.1 release, which is now in beta, we will have two editions of the Nexus 1000V, an Es…

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Tags: ASA 1000V, Cisco ONE, Cisco TrustSec, KVM, Nexus 1000v, Nexus 1100, OpenStack, SDN, virtual network overlays, Virtual Security Gateway, vPath, vsg, VXLAN, Xen

Today marks the general availability of the eagerly-awaited Microsoft Windows Server 2012 platform.  According to Microsoft, “Windows Server 2012 redefines the server category, delivering hundreds of new features and enhancements spanning virtualization, networking, storage, user experience, cloud computing, automation, and more.”  Earlier Cisco blog posts discussed how Cisco has collaborated with Microsoft to achieve Windows 2012 ce…

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Tags: Cisco ONE, DCNM, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, NAM, Nexus 1000v, OpenStack, UCS, Virtual Security Gateway, VM-FEX, VNMC, vPath, vsg, VXLAN

[Part IV of our blog series on Cisco Data Center Business Advantage. Part I, II, III, V, VI] With all the of the changes happening with the Data Center, the IT department is constantly faced with the challenge of balancing “the new coolness” (Virtualization, 10Gb Ethernet, Cloud Computing, Unified <insert_technology_here>) and still being able to manage the daily operations of the business. Adding to the challenge is the changi…

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Tags: Cloud Computing, Data Center Business Advantage, Nexus 1000v, Virtual Network Management Console, Virtual Security Gateway, vPath, vWAAS

Let’s cut to the chase–you have probably wondering “what is Cisco going to do about SDN and OpenFlow?” Well, probably more than you expect, but before we get into that, I would respectfully suggest you are asking the wrong question. Cisco Open Network Environment (Cisco ONE) was created to deliver a specific capability to our customers: providing direct programmatic access to Cisco infrastructure.  As we were vetting this conc…

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Tags: Cisco ONE, SDN