Composable Infrastructure

February 3, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cool Updates to UCS Mini and M-Series

1 min read

Tuesday Girish blogged about the new UCS Innovations and at the end of this post there is a list of other blogs with more details on other updates. Today I’ll go a bit more in-depth on what’s new for UCS Mini & M-Series Modular Servers.  

January 28, 2016

DATA CENTER

The Journey to DevOps and Composable Infrastructure

5 min read

The rate of change is accelerating in IT. The need to provide your enterprise with a competitive advantage and to leverage new technologies is driving the need for rapid change and constant improvement. IT organizations must deliver new business services consisting of new and enhanced applications faster while ensuring SLAs. This environment of frequent and […]

January 14, 2016

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure Webinar – Forrester Analyst Provides Insights

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There’s been a lot of talk in the past several months about composable infrastructure. It’s a new product category that has gained attention as Cisco and other vendors have introduced new products into the market. A webinar on January 21 with Forrester Research analyst, Richard Fichera, will provide insights into what is driving the demand […]

December 10, 2015

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure Part 6: Understanding Infrastructure Options

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The IT industry is in a significant period of transition, and the infrastructure landscape has changed a great deal. There are many options today, and the number of options will grow over the next two years. Having more options can more lead to complexity and potential limitation.  As you assess your options you need more […]

December 7, 2015

DATA CENTER

UCS M-Series and Citrix XenApp Bare Metal Deployments

1 min read

If you are one of the 330,000 organizations using Citrix XenApp (or if you are considering it) you need to consider Cisco’s UCS M-Series modular servers. What are M-Series modular servers? M-Series servers are composable infrastructure that disaggregates storage and networking from the CPU/memory complex allowing workloads to be optimally matched to resources. An ideal […]

December 1, 2015

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure Part 5: The Right Tool for the Job

4 min read

We all know the importance of using the right tool for the job. Having the right tool can make the work much easier and faster. When you think about infrastructure to support the new cloud-scale applications, you also want the right tool. System vendors have offered a range of options for decades. Servers are designed […]

November 16, 2015

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure Part 4: Infrastructure as Code

4 min read

How do you treat hardware like software? That question sounds like a contradiction, but we’ve been helping customers answer this question for the past six years with Cisco UCS. When you abstract all configuration and identity of hardware and transform it into software defined infrastructure (SDI), or better yet, policy driven infrastructure, you’re moving down the path of managing the […]

October 29, 2015

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure, Part 3: “What is it??”

3 min read

“Did you say compostable infrastructure? That means using a biodegradable cardboard chassis that can go in the compost bin, right?”  🙂   This conversation is more common than you think right now as people are introduced to this for the first time.   So what exactly does composable infrastructure mean?  Perhaps the best description I’ve heard […]

October 15, 2015

DATA CENTER

Composable Infrastructure, Part 2: What are the Benefits?

2 min read

We recently sat down with IDC analyst, Jed Scaramella, to talk about an interesting and accelerating trend in data center technology: composable infrastructure. With UCS M-Series servers, Cisco has taken an important step forward in this space. To help frame things up, we asked Jed for his take on the market drivers and customer needs […]