Nexus 1000v

June 29, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco Continues to Support Application Virtual Switch for Application Centric Infrastructure in vSphere Deployments

1 min read

Cisco Application Virtual Switch (AVS), a virtual member of the Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) family has seen increasing interest from customers who want to enforce application centric...

March 24, 2015

DATA CENTER

Announcing the new Data Center and Cloud Community!

1 min read

It’s finally here- the new Data Center and Cloud community framework has launched! We created new content spaces for Compute and Storage, Software Defined Networks, Data Center and Networking, and OpenStack...

January 22, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

Introduction to Nexus 1000v Features and Deployment

3 min read

Over the last 12 months I’ve been doing a lot of work that has involved the Cisco Nexus 1000v, and during this time I came to realise that there wasn’t a huge amount of recent information available online about it. Because of this I’m going to put together a short post covering what the 1000v […]

November 19, 2014

DATA CENTER

Network Services Headers (NSH): Creating a Service Plane for Cloud Networks

5 min read

In the past, we have pointed out that configuring network services and security policies into an application network has traditionally been the most complex, tedious and time-consuming aspect of...

November 6, 2014

DATA CENTER

Keeping Your Eyes on the Skies – A Partner’s View on SQL Server and UCS

2 min read

A Guest Blog by Partner Rick Heiges of Scalability Experts: Rick is a SQL Server Microsoft MVP and Senior Solutions Architect.  He primarily works with Enterprise customers on their Data Platform strategies. Rick is also very involved in the SQL Server Community primarily through PASS and events such as the PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, and 24 […]

November 4, 2014

DATA CENTER

Why Implement Microsoft SQL Server on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)?

6 min read

A Guest Blog by Cisco’s Frank Cicalese:  Frank is a Technical Solutions Architect with Cisco, assisting customers with their design of SQL Server solutions on Cisco Unified Compute System. Before joining Cisco, Frank worked at Microsoft Corporation for 10 years, excelling in several positions, including as Database TSP. Frank has in-depth technical knowledge and proficiency […]

October 14, 2014

DATA CENTER

Docker Networking Going Enterprise ?

4 min read

The second revolution in server virtualization is here.  Virtual Machines were the first revolution that allowed users the ability to run multiple workloads on a single server through a hypervisor. Now the next wave is here.  Linux Containers have recently started to gain momentum with many enterprise customers asking me if they should consider it […]

August 26, 2014

DATA CENTER

New Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch Release 3.1 Now Available

3 min read

There has been some seismic activity happening in Bay Area and the epicenter for all Virtual Networking shifts is right here at Cisco HQ in San Jose. (Our sympathies go to all those affected by the real earthquake further to the north.)  At Cisco, it’s all about the applications and the shift to dynamic network […]

August 20, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S6|Ep5: Fast Track 4.0 Solutions

1 min read

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, David Hartman and Tim Cerling discuss Fast Track 4.0 Solutions, which promote fast and efficient deployment of private clouds with Cisco, EMC, and Microsoft solutions. If you would like to become Internet Famous, and strut your unicorn talents, join us for our next filming session at VMworld 2014. […]