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Bill Shields

Senior Product Manager

UCS Solutions Product Management

Bill joined the Cisco family in November 2010 as a Marketing Manager on the Cisco UCS Product Marketing team. As a Sr. Marketing Manager, his duties include managing the development Cisco’s UCS TCO/ROI tools; providing sales team and partner tool support; server competitive analysis and positioning; is the marketing manager for UCS X-Series Modular Servers and UCS C-Series Rack Servers. Additionally, he provides support for Intersight. In 2025, he went back to his product management roots and is the Sr. Product Manager for FlexPod (converged infrastructure solution with NetApp) and Rubrik solutions. Prior to joining Cisco, Bill was previously with Compaq/HP in a number of roles including almost seven years in server options product management and ProLiant Essentials Software training development and delivery. Bill’s certifications include a Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) from the American Society for Quality and Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. He earned his MBA in Marketing from the University of Houston.

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September 4, 2014

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Cisco UCS Mini – Edge-Scale Computing

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Cisco’s Unified Computing System, originally designed for the datacenter is now optimized for Branch Office / Remote Office (ROBO), point-of-sale, and smaller IT environments with the announcement today of UCS Mini.  This solution delivers servers, storage, and 10 Gigabit networking in an easy to deploy, compact form factor. Expandable to 15 servers, UCS Mini provides […]

May 30, 2014

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Cisco UCS PowerTool Scripting Contest – Winners Announced

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To highlight the power and ease of use of the UCS PowerTool SDK and XML, a Windows PowerShell scripting contest was run from March 27th to May 11th. Championed by Technical Marketing Engineers Eric Williams and Jeff Foster, the contest exceeded its goals with 24 scripts submitted. The most popular category was configuring a new […]

May 14, 2014

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Cisco UCS Power Scripting Finalist & Update #4

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The UCS Power Scripting Contest closed on May 11th and the five finalists were announced at Microsoft TechEd today. They are:

May 8, 2014

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Cisco UCS at Microsoft TechEd 2014

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If you are coming to Houston next week for Microsoft TechEd, please set aside some time to stop by the Cisco booth (#701) and attend our sessions to learn how we are partnering in the datacenter.

May 2, 2014

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Cisco UCS Power Scripting Contest Update #3

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Many IT organizations use Microsoft PowerShell to automate and accelerate data center management tasks. The Cisco UCS PowerTool module for PowerShell provides users a comprehensive list of cmdlets to manage all components of Cisco UCS.  Users can use these cmdlets to write PowerShell scripts to simplify, speed up, and error proof UCS management and deployment.

April 25, 2014

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Cisco UCS Power Scripting Contest Update #2

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A number of useful scripts have been entered in the UCS PowerTool/PowerShell contest. Here is what’s been happening since the 11th.

April 21, 2014

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Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter at Cisco Live!

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For those of you who follow the Cisco Data Center blog in general and my blogs in particular, you’re probably thinking it is time I updated you on this topic. You’re right! But it is almost time for Cisco Live and I will be presenting it there.

April 11, 2014

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Cisco UCS Power Scripting Contest Update #1

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The scripts have started rolling in and I wanted to update you on what’s been posted to date. Maybe you could use them in your environment? To review these scripts and participate in the contest, head over to the Cisco Communities.

March 27, 2014

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Simplifying Cisco UCS Management with Microsoft PowerShell

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Many IT organizations use Microsoft PowerShell to automate and accelerate data center management tasks. The Cisco UCS PowerTool module for PowerShell provides users a comprehensive list of cmdlets to manage all components of Cisco UCS.  Users can use these cmdlets to write PowerShell scripts to simplify, speed up, and error proof UCS management and deployment. […]