Cisco UCS

May 29, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco and Big Data and Analytics Partners unveil vertical solutions at Cisco Live

2 min read

Why do I love Big Data so much? It’s because there are endless possibilities to deliver on the Internet of Everything (IoE) opportunity that will create new capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunities for businesses, countries, and individuals. Analytics is an enormous part of that value creation and is estimated to drive $7.3T of the $19T IoE opportunity over […]

May 13, 2015

DATA CENTER

Discovering Application-Server-Network Dependencies to Facilitate ACI and Application Migration

3 min read

Earlier this month, I blogged about the challenges of Cloud Sprawl.  Let’s now turn to the challenges of “Application Sprawl”!If you are planning migration of applications inside or between data centers, or if you are planning a migration to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), the understanding of your applications and how they tie to the […]

May 3, 2015

DATA CENTER

Microsoft Integrated Infrastructure Solutions. Deploy, Deliver, and Scale with FlexPod and VSPEX

1 min read

Like many of us I am in the wonderful city of Chicago on a warm sunny day preparing Cisco’s presence for Microsoft Ignite 2015. Starting Monday in booth #122 at McCormick Place we’ll be showcasing our leading solutions for the Microsoft stack.  Stop by if you are here! Our Ignite focus will be on our […]

April 21, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS Mini and EMC Storage

1 min read

On the way to tradeshow week (May 4th), I decided to do a brief blog series on UCS Mini tied to these shows. I’ve covered Microsoft Ignite and SAPPHIRE NOW in the past two weeks. Last up, EMC World in Las Vegas.

April 20, 2015

TECHWISETV

Tour the Cisco Allen Data Center

5 min read

I had been looking forward to revisiting one of my favorite data center's.  We had done this first back in 2011 and that video continues to do pretty...

April 16, 2015

CLOUD

Five Reasons You Can’t Ignore OpenStack

3 min read

Five Reasons You Can’t Ignore OpenStack 1.    It’s growing dramatically. Source: OpenStack User Survey, November 2014 ·       The growth trajectory of OpenStack® is similar to that of Linux, and is on track to grow even faster. What started as a sandbox for developers has now become significantly more stable and mainstream. ·       Many larger […]

April 15, 2015

DATA CENTER

Tailored Data Center Integration (TDI) For SAP HANA

2 min read

Tailored Data Center Integration for SAP HANA enables the use
 of enterprise storage and networking components that already exist in your data center rather than requiring customers to purchase additional storage and networking to be used only for the SAP HANA environment. Cisco and its partners deliver a TDI deployment model using a common architectural […]

April 14, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

High performance backup storage: Cisco UCS C3160

3 min read

I don’t know about you, but the thought of using a “server” as a “backup storage” resource may sound a bit odd at first. After this post, you may change your tune. Let’s dig into this a bit. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Cisco UCS Unified Computing line of servers and their associated Fabric […]