Cisco UCS Director

June 25, 2014

DATA CENTER

More Case Studies and Customer Success with Cisco UCS Director

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Recently at our Cisco Live user event, I had the opportunity to talk to many IT organizations about managing and maintaining their data center environment, and the common theme I heard time and again was “how do I get the most value for my existing data center investments?” It became evident that many IT organizations […]

May 19, 2014

DATA CENTER

Improve the Ways and Means of Application Delivery

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Organizations are rethinking their data centers and nothing is off limits for discussion – everything from infrastructure to software to processes, and even more fundamentally, the very ways in which a data center serves the business. One element that is empowering this phenomenal shift is IT automation. It is vital. No automation, no effective IT. […]

February 20, 2014

DATA CENTER

Being Application-Centric with UCS Invicta™ Series Solid State Systems

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Since Cisco announced its intent to acquire WHIPTAIL, many have taken to the Internet to speculate about how WHIPTAIL’s flash memory systems will fit into Cisco’s product line. The speculation ended with the launch of Cisco’s UCS Invicta™ Series Solid-State Systems. By introducing the capability and performance of flash memory into the UCS platform, which […]

February 5, 2014

DATA CENTER

Use Cloud to Execute Your Business Vision

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Major change and growth is happening in the way data centers are functioning. This change is being led by cloud technology. IT’s role is changing from an infrastructure provider to strategic business partner. The new role for IT is to align you with the services you need, when you need them, from a portfolio of […]

December 31, 2013

DATA CENTER

2013 – A year in review for UCS Management! What will 2014 bring?

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As we come to the end of 2013, there is a lot to look back at, and still more to look forward to in 2014.  Last year I speculated whether 2012 was the year of converged infrastructure and all indications are that it was true.  I was at the Gartner Data Center conference in Las Vegas […]

December 3, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco: Your Strategic Cloud Partner

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Cisco’s cloud software is a hot topic.  First Cisco UCS Director was voted the SVC award winner for best virtualization management software.  Then Forrester released a new Private Cloud Wave and both Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC) and UCS Director combined garnered Cisco the highest ranking for cloud vision and strategy as well as […]