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Manan Trivedi helps announce the first ever fully audited result of the *complete* TPC-DS benchmark on Hadoop with Cisco UCS.

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IoT and data statistics are staggering, to the point of appearing fantastical: 5 quintillion bytes of data produced every day (that’s 2.5 followed by 18 zeros) By the year...

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We are excited to be recognized as the leader in the worldwide x86 blade server market by IDC. This is a great milestone for Cisco UCS, especially as customers begin a technology refresh cycle based on Intel’s new Xeon Scalable Processor family to our new UCS M5 portfolio for increased performance and lower TCO. A Systems […]

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Cisco and IBM created VersaStack to help IT organizations simplify and speed the deployment of infrastructure and applications. The beauty of Cisco and IBM’s joint solution is that it integrates and validates the very latest compute, network, storage, and software technologies from both companies into proven solutions. This innovation engine helps VersaStack offer the foundation […]

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As we move further into the digital transformation era, the amount of data being created and things being connected continues to explode. This explosion in connections and data combined with applied analytics has the potential to transform our cities, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing and energy industries. The Strata Data Conference is one of the world’s most influential […]

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IDC recently released their latest data on the Converged Systems space, vendor revenue grew 4.6% YoY in calendar Q1 of this year.  This is impressive considering the server market dipped moderately prior to the next wave of technology refreshes coming this summer. Cisco UCS: It’s not a server. It’s a system. Cisco UCS and Nexus […]

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Next week the Cisco team is again excited to be attending Dell EMC World in Las Vegas. Cisco and Dell EMC continue to deliver tremendous value to customers through Vblock/VxBlock converged infrastructure systems. These systems combine the compute power of Cisco’s UCS servers, Cisco Nexus networking technology, with Dell EMC storage. The combination of Cisco and Dell […]

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IBM InterConnect 2017 is in Las Vegas next week and Cisco is excited to be a gold sponsor for the event. Today’s dynamic market puts tremendous pressures on IT to adapt operations to the latest business initiatives – whether it is an effort to reduce costs, invest in new projects, or improve efficiency. At the […]

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NetApp’s annual technology conference takes place in Las Vegas next week and Cisco is excited to be a premier sponsor for the event. At the event, Cisco and NetApp will highlight FlexPod, our partnership, and the need for simplicity and automation. The digital business phenomenon seems to be happening at a faster pace than anyone […]

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Over the last several years Cisco UCS integrated infrastructure has been at the center of combining together technologies from industry leaders into integrated systems that dramatically reduce complexity while improving operational efficiencies and time to deployment. FlexPod is a leader in the integrated infrastructure segment, with greater than 7000 customers in more than 100 countries. […]

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At NetApp Insight in Las Vegas, Cisco and NetApp teams came together to celebrate five years of integrated infrastructure leadership with FlexPod. We also introduced new FlexPod capabilities and solutions designed to simplify IT and enhance application performance. In the video below, Jim McHugh, VP of Cisco UCS and Data Center Solutions Marketing, and Lee […]

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NetApp’s annual technology conference takes place in Las Vegas next week and Cisco is excited to again be a diamond level sponsor for the event. Together, we will highlight Cisco and NetApp’s technology alignment, leadership, partnership and raise awareness of FlexPod solutions and momentum. Cisco’s presence at the event will revolve around Cisco and NetApp’s […]

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A new edition of UnleashingIT showcases a variety of companies that are taking advantage of Cisco UCS integrated infrastructure based solutions to support dramatic growth, expand services, increase uptime, and respond to changing business demands faster. Cisco, works with industry-leading and emerging storage technology partners, to offer a tremendous choice of integrated infrastructure solutions based […]

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At EMC World 2015, we handed out these “Cisco Go UCS” hats to attendees that stopped by the Cisco booth. I love to hear the stories of customers that are using our Cisco UCS integrated infrastructure based solutions to accelerate deployment of IT infrastructure and implement our latest innovations. This year our presence at EMC World focused […]

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Last quarter, we featured solutions with Microsoft and edge computing solutions with UCS Mini. This quarter, FlexPod built on UCS integrated infrastructure and NetApp storage continues its leadership with new designs for data center management, database platforms, and hybrid cloud deployments. Recently released solutions include: FlexPod Datacenter with UCS Director FlexPod Datacenter with Nexus 9k and ACI […]

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Why is now the time to migrated from your proprietary RISC/UNIX platform to Cisco UCS with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. There are several reasons: Technology transitions are driving new demands on data center and IT infrastructure. These new applications and computing models have standardized on x86 architecture while aging RISC/UNIX infrastructure doesn’t provide the performance […]

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At Cisco Live Milan, Jim McHugh, Vice President, Cisco UCS and Data Center Solutions Marketing and John Lockyer, Chief Technology Officer at VCE, give an overview of Vblock Systems management featuring VCE Vision and Cisco UCS Director.  Watch the video and learn how managing converged infrastructure holistically can accelerate innovation through automation and orchestration resulting […]

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FlexPod had a great 2014 and continues to be a leader in the integrated infrastructure market.  The collaboration and execution between the Cisco and NetApp teams have delivered the following results: Greater than 5,000 customers across 100 countries More than $3B in revenue 80+ validated designs 1100+ Partners Customer needs continue to change, Cisco and […]