MDS

September 9, 2013

DATA CENTER

Storage Distance by Protocol – FC, FCoE, and FCIP, Part I

7 min read

Understand how distance intersects with the choice of Fibre Channel, FCoE, FCIP, and iSCSI storage protocols.

June 13, 2013

DATA CENTER

Ease of Troubleshooting : Meet Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director

7 min read

End of April, Cisco introduced  the next generation Storage Network innovations with the new MDS 9710 Multilayer Director and new MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch (see Berna Devrim’s  blog ) . These solutions have been presented to the Storage Tech Field Day  (see blogs and videos below) , as well on the Cisco booth at different events  (ie EMC World) generating a […]

May 15, 2013

DATA CENTER

Data Center and Cloud @ Interop 2013

1 min read

Interop 2013 took place last week in Las Vegas from May 6-10 and despite wireless connectivity at the Mandalay Bay being dreadful,  #Interop 2013 was very well received by customers, partners, and analysts. Our booth location was ideal, and we were situated in between Huawei and HP. This made for interesting conversations as attendees went […]

May 9, 2013

TECHWISETV

New Multi-Layer Switching on TechWiseTV

1 min read

As we prepared for this show working with the Cisco MDS (which I think stands for Multi-Layer Director Storage Switches), I thought it was fun that Nitin Garg, our top of show guest, was also our guest from a segment shot back in London. Nitin was foreshadowing upcoming announcments that he subsequrently revealed in today’s […]

April 24, 2013

DATA CENTER

Introducing MDS 9710 Multilayer Director and MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch – Raising the Bar for Storage Networks

5 min read

The data center landscape has changed dramatically in several dimensions. Server virtualization is almost a defacto standard with a big increase in VM density. And there is a move towards world of many clouds.  Then there is the massive data growth. Some studies show that data is doubling in every 2 years while there is […]

April 9, 2013

DATA CENTER

Mega Trends are Reshaping Storage Area Networks. But Are You Ready?

1 min read

The data center landscape has changed dramatically in several dimensions. Server virtualization is almost a defacto in our customers’ data centers with a big increase in VM density. They are also moving towards world of many clouds.  And then there is the massive data growth. Some studies show that data is doubling in every 2 […]

January 17, 2013

DATA CENTER

CLOUD COMPUTING IS READY FOR YOU. BUT ARE YOU READY?

2 min read

Previously I talked about the growing demands and how the role of IT has to change from a cost center to a business strategic partner.  And we also looked at the journey you need to take to deliver IT as a Service. Cloud computing is part of this journey and it is happening – and I mean […]

January 8, 2013

DATA CENTER

The Journey You Need To Take To Deliver IT As A Service

3 min read

Previously I talked about the growing demands and how the role of IT has to change from a cost center to a business strategic partner.  It’s important to acknowledge that getting an organization to the point where it can implement IT as a Service isn’t easy, nor does it take place all at once.  Every customer has […]

November 14, 2012

DATA CENTER

What Is Cisco UNIFIED FABRIC? Why Should You Care?

3 min read

Is your network ready to help you transform and be the strategic partner that you can be? Let’s face it… Today’s data centers are challenged with siloed resources and facilities… Limited scalability… Poor resource utilization… Growing complexity…Perhaps the biggest challenge is time.  When 80% of your resources are dedicated to “keeping the lights on” and […]