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Can Your Database Keep Up?
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HyperFlex systems provide you the performance you need If your organization is like most, databases like Microsoft SQL Server are used throughout your operation. Maybe you rely on these databases for online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, or batch processing. Perhaps you use business intelligence, online analytical processing (OLAP), or report generation tools. Most likely, […]
Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack: It is here and shipping
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Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack is shipping. Now customers can build and deliver a scalable hybrid cloud platform that consistently provides Azure services from their own data center on the system designed for the cloud: Cisco UCS. Why is this important? Cisco recognized that complex dynamics affect cloud services, so we took a […]
Investing in a software only SDN solution? THINK TWICE
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A sophisticated Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution is no longer a “good to have” data center requirement, rather it’s the underpinning for a successful, profitable business. The operational simplicity and...
QSFP-DD Optical form factor: An evolutionary approach to 400GbE Interconnect
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Posting this blog on behalf of Mark Nowell, Distinguished Engineer, INSBU. The rapid growth of cloud data center in terms of storage and networking is something Cisco has been tracking through the Cisco Global Cloud Index for several years now. Our latest forecast shows that we’re on track to meet and likely exceed the 14 […]
25G- The building block of Ethernet future
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Every so often, we witness a major shift in the networking industry that fundamentally changes the industry landscape including product portfolios and investment strategies. The recent advancements in the 25G Ethernet speed technology, specifically at the Top of Rack server interfaces can be considered as one such occurrence. As we will see, there is a […]
Demos: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) 2017-2018 Updates
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Bookmark this blog! Future videos will be added. Cisco ACI helps customers manage and excel in complex environments by increasing operational efficiencies, delivering network automation, and improving security...
Hyperconvergence Doesn’t Get Any Easier
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We designed Cisco HyperFlex Connect with three goals: make the interface smart and intuitive, make it easy to use, and unify the management of multiple clusters to avoid switching between platforms.
What’s the Latest with Cisco and Veeam: New CVD Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite Deployment …
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Authored by Brandon Copeland: @bhcopeland Over the past year Cisco and Veeam customers have seen tremendous value from the Cisco and Veeam partnership. The Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems solution together with Veeam Availability Suite gives customers a flexible, agile, and scalable infrastructure that is protected and easy to deploy. This validated solution allows IT teams to increase […]
Towards an industry standard for benchmarking AI
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After decades of struggle and disappointing results, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finally coming into its own. Recent advances in computational power, mathematical refinements enabling the creation of much deeper neural networks, and dramatic improvements in techniques used to train machine learning systems have all combined to create applications with real practical value. IBM’s Watson beating […]