July 20, 2017

DATA CENTER

It’s all about digital transformation! Annoucing 5th Generation of Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Analytics

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The nature of technology is innovation. Innovation challenges the norm, creating new ways to do things; and disrupting and displacing established ways with better methods and even whole paradigm shifts that completely change how the world operates. It is not that unusual for a new company to create a new market with an innovative idea, product […]

July 19, 2017

DATA CENTER

Introducing the redesigned, reinvigorated Unleashing IT

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Seven years ago, the team behind Unleashing IT started with a question: “What do IT and LoB professionals really need to know to help their organizations succeed?” The answer today is the same as it was then: Less hype. More insight. That’s why we’re committed to bringing you the latest perspectives from those on the frontlines […]

July 19, 2017

DATA CENTER

Policy Driven Automation Enables Innovation or Why Customers Adopt Vscale Architecture

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Some of our largest enterprise customers are deploying the next-generation of data center networking.  They are delivering automation and intelligence with programmable hardware and software – deployed with application centric...

July 18, 2017

DATA CENTER

The Customer Demand for Pervasive Simplicity

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Last month Cisco introduced our latest platform for realizing Cisco's vision of "intuitive infrastructure". This initiative is another step forward in the Cisco UCS strategy to provide customers with greater...

July 17, 2017

DATA CENTER

For Data Center Security, It’s Not ‘Trust, but Verify’, Verify Again, and then Trust

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According to the Cisco 2017 Annual Security Report, security attacks on businesses have significant consequences with nearly quarter of these companies suffering lost business opportunities, 20 percent of them losing customers, and more than 30 percent of them losing revenue. For example, the recent rash of ransomware attacks around the globe are expected to cost […]

July 13, 2017

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS M5 C-Series Rack Servers – Evolution and Revolution

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Tuesday we announced our fifth generation of Cisco UCS servers. Today, I want to take a deeper look at the M5 rack servers. If you are interested in our new blade offerings, check out my blog from yesterday. We put our hard drive sleds on a diet and the C220 M5 bulked up. Customers asked […]

July 12, 2017

DATA CENTER

Microsoft Azure Stack Cometh

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Cisco Integrated Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack Microsoft Azure Stack represents  the next generation hybrid cloud platform.   If you do not have a cloud solution today, chances are it is not too far on your horizon.   IDC predicts that 84% of business will have multiple cloud solutions within their data center environment, but only 3% […]

July 12, 2017

DATA CENTER

Its All About Automation

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On July 10, 2017, Cisco introduced the next generation of UCS servers,UCS M5; that deliver simplicity, performance and a future-proofed design.   But along with new servers, Cisco also announced enhancements to its data center and cloud portfolio. Data centers are complex environments and forecasts indicate that the complexity will continue to grow. Workloads are growing […]

July 12, 2017

DATA CENTER

More of everything you love with Cisco UCS M5 Blade Servers

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Yesterday we announced our fifth generation of UCS servers. Today I want to take a deeper look at the M5 blade servers. Tomorrow, I’ll tackle the M5 rack servers. More! More! More! The B200 M5 Blade Server has more of everything you love. More cores, more memory, more GPUs. Based on the Intel® Xeon® Scalable […]