Cisco UCS

February 5, 2016

DATA CENTER

Keeping It Simple While Keeping It Fresh

3 min read

When you read the headline, you may think this blog is about a new restaurant or cuisine, but this post is about UCS management. The description may not sound like it has much to do with software, but stay with me. One of the challenges you encounter when you have more than 50,000 customers and hundreds of […]

February 2, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS Innovations: Leverage the Power of Unification, Performance and Scalability

3 min read

Cisco leads the industry with a Unified, Application-centric approach to computing. Building on the architectural foundations, partnerships, and rapid customer adoption of UCS,  today Cisco introduces innovations inspired by customer requirements in two key Data Center technology areas: Cisco MDS, UCS and Nexus portfolio Innovations: To help customers grow, consolidate, converge and to adapt to […]

February 2, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 4. Insight Into New UCS Innovations

1 min read

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Insight Into New UCS Innovations with Cisco Subject Matter Expert Dan Hanson.

January 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

From desktop to Data Center…changing the game with graphics

2 min read

What if you were able to give everyone in your organization the flexibility and freedom to securely work anywhere in the world and on any device? What types of productivity gains would your company see as a result? What efficiencies or cost savings might your IT department receive from moving desktops to your datacenter and […]

January 25, 2016

DATA CENTER

Is your database at risk? Let Cisco help

2 min read

Are you preparing your organization for the end of support on Microsoft SQL Server 2005? Continuing to run legacy SQL Server can present significant challenges for your organization. Information volume continues to grow worldwide at a minimum rate of 59% annually. And while data is expected to grow 44x larger over the next decade, the […]

January 12, 2016

DATA CENTER

Your New Year’s Resolution for 2016: Start with a Cisco Domain Ten Workshop

2 min read

A few years ago, I wrote a series of blogs on Cisco’s Domain Ten(SM)  framework.  Since then, we’ve used this simple yet powerful analysis tool to help guide many customers on data center and IT transformation projects.  I personally found it quite notable that leading market analyst firm IDC, recognizing Cisco as the worldwide leader […]

December 14, 2015

DATA CENTER

A Year in Review. Big Data and Analytics 2015. 3rd Generation Platforms, World Record Performance, and Expanding Partner …

2 min read

My goodness… Were we ever busy in 2015! Our Cisco Big Data & Analytics teams executed and delivered a tremendous body of work with several key accomplishments these past 12...

November 20, 2015

DATA CENTER

Big Data Partner Commentary: Speed, Efficiency and Disruption through Insight

1 min read

Often it is said that ‘partnering’ is part of the Cisco DNA and its true: Cisco’s Partner ecosystem for years has brought together an ecosystem of trusted partners which deliver solutions, software and services that provide needed business solutions and outcomes. Cisco has a strong ‘bench’ of technology partners, too. These partners allow us to […]

November 20, 2015

GOVERNMENT

Using best better practices with Cisco UCS Manager

4 min read

I’ve been working with Cisco UCS since the very beginning. From the earliest days, whenever a customer ran into problems, I would often be asked to help figure out what was going wrong and to help fix it. Generally, this would involve a review of the system, and when we found less desirable configurations we […]