Cisco Data Center

May 15, 2017

DATA CENTER

IDC survey: SAP HANA users say Cisco UCS is the #1 Converged Infrastructure

2 min read

“Mission Critical” is a term bandied about far too often in our industry.   But in the case of SAP HANA it’s a fair description; if your core business operations backbone is not “mission critical,” what is? That’s why Cisco is excited to be a major sponsor of SAP’s SapphireNow user conference in Orlando this week.  […]

May 9, 2017

DATA CENTER

Catena selected as Best of Interop 2017 finalist

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  In the light of inserting various L4-L7 services, deploying infrastructure for multi-tenant applications can be very complex! Catena, the latest innovation from Cisco can help. But don’t just take our word for it. Previously chosen as the product of the week ,Catena has now been selected as Best of Interop 2017 finalist in each […]

April 20, 2017

DATA CENTER

3rd Annual Interoperability Testing: Converging on a Standard

5 min read

This year, a total of seven vendors participated in the VXLAN BGP EVPN interoperability testing, showing significant industry adoption year over year.

February 27, 2017

CLOUD

Secure Agile Exchange Revealed

3 min read

We launched Secure Agile Exchange (SAE) last week in Berlin, Germany, as part of Cisco Live Europe. It was part of our DNA Virtualization announcement – it was so subtle you might have even missed it:-) We’ve been working on Secure Agile Exchange (SAE) for the last 3 years. We have a few customers going into production now with at least another 2 dozen in the pipeline. It is not a single product or SKU, but a comprehensive solution. What’s unique about SAE is that it was created and derived from the “front-line” versus the “corner office”. Consequently, the solution was born out of real world challenges and problems we hear about from our customers. Economists often say that innovation comes from small firms and most of the time they are right – not this time.

February 16, 2017

DATA CENTER

The “just right” tool for the job: Applying the Goldilocks Rule to your SAP Data Center

3 min read

For any workload, SAP included, most of us would agree selecting the right tool depends on the task you’re performing.     Knowing which tool, or how much capacity or resource to apply is usually defined by your objective.   Great motivators understand this.  Humans become bored if tasks are too easy, but demotivated if tasks are impossible. […]

September 21, 2016

DATA CENTER

Viva Las Vegas: Doubling down on Data Center Solutions at SAP TechEd

1 min read

They go by names like Blackbeard & Basis-Pro. They’re the best of the best. The top of the SAP cognoscenti food chain. The SAP Mentors, an elite group of gurus from customers, consultants, and SAP. They’re in their element here, prowling #SAPTechEd for the slickest, tastiest new technologies, judging who has the stuff to impress. […]

July 10, 2016

DATA CENTER

If Programmability & Automation Top of Mind, Visit us @ChefConf, @CL Las Vegas

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This year we have ChefConf 2016 (Austin, Texas July 11 – 13) and Cisco Live US (Las Vegas, Nevada July 10 – 14) occurring around the same time. We realize that customers may not be able to attend both so we made sure we’re present at ChefConf. Regardless where you’ll be, we got you covered! […]

#CiscoChat Recap: Data at the Speed of Now

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While I was in Tokyo, I was asked if I was interested in joining a #CiscoChat. Thought about it in Singapore and again in London. Each of those countries have something in common. They are becoming Fintech incubators with great ideas that will drive digitization into every business. Having traveled multiple countries, I was thrilled […]

June 27, 2016

DATA CENTER

Application Optimized Transport in the Data Center using Segment Routing

2 min read

  I am posting this blog on behalf of Vipul Shah, Sr Manager, Product Management. Imagine a data center network for an e-commerce business that allows for on-demand allocation of bandwidth as a result of high traffic volumes generated by large number of transactions during the holiday shopping season, or a data center network for […]