Cisco Data Center
Cisco at IBM Insight 2015: Showcasing Industry-leading Technology for Big Data and Analytics
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Note: Cisco’s Mohammed Ahmed of the Cisco IBM Alliance team was the key contributor for this blog post In the IT industry we understand that customer confidence and respect is a leading reason that customers choose IBM and Cisco solutions and services. Cisco and IBM have earned this trust over the years by each having deep […]
F5 Agility 2015: Next Stop Down Under
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In a few weeks Spring season will set in, and it’ll be a Ripper Down Under. For the Data Center technology geeks there is plenty of action in store to...
A Tour of Cisco’s Allen Data Center
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As a consultant I have seen many different ‘Data Centers’, from Co-location facilities, to in house and well thought out, to a dirty closet that no one was using. Douglas Alger gave us a tour of Cisco’s Data Center in Allen, TX about a month ago. I was expecting to be impressed and I was […]
Flipping the 70-30 IT OPEX Model On Its Head
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In today’s always on and connected, Internet of Things environments, IT is taking center stage to optimize business operations. Many IT organizations allocate 70% or more...
#EngineersUnplugged S7|E3 The IOPS Don’t Lie!
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In this episode, Matt Brender (@mjbrender) and Rick Vanover (@RickVanover) give us an overview of why you should let your IOPS tell the truth! Ever wonder if your expectations for the modern Data Center match the reality? Matt and Rick go through the math and thinking for what your storage systems can and cannot do! Special […]
Cisco Keynote – End-to-End Optimization for Today’s Modern Datacenters
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Have a bit of free time this Wednesday morning? If so please feel free to sit in on a Cisco keynote delivered by Mark Balch, Director of Cisco UCS Product...
Hard Choices !
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Sorry .. I did not mean to steal the title of Hillary Clinton’s book. It so happened that we had to deal with “hard choices” of our own, when we had to decide on the management approach to our new M-Series platform. In the first blog of the UCS M-Series Modular Servers journey series, Arnab […]
UCS M-Series System Link Technology: The converged infrastructure story.
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It almost feels like this blog entry should start with: Once upon a time…. Because it captures a journey of a young emerging technology and the powerful infrastructure tool it has become. The Cisco UCS journey starts with the tale of Unified Fabric and the Converged Network Adapter (CNA). Most people think of Unified Fabric […]
New Nexus 9300 Switches join the Nexus 9000 Series
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It’s an exciting time in to be in our industry, especially as we witness how technology continues to reshape how we connect and communicate through a myriad of applications and devices...
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