Cisco UCS

April 15, 2015

DATA CENTER

Tailored Data Center Integration (TDI) For SAP HANA

2 min read

Tailored Data Center Integration for SAP HANA enables the use
 of enterprise storage and networking components that already exist in your data center rather than requiring customers to purchase additional storage and networking to be used only for the SAP HANA environment. Cisco and its partners deliver a TDI deployment model using a common architectural […]

April 14, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

High performance backup storage: Cisco UCS C3160

3 min read

I don’t know about you, but the thought of using a “server” as a “backup storage” resource may sound a bit odd at first. After this post, you may change your tune. Let’s dig into this a bit. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Cisco UCS Unified Computing line of servers and their associated Fabric […]

April 14, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS Mini for SAP and SAP HANA

1 min read

On the way to tradeshow week (May 4th), I decided to do a brief blog series on UCS Mini tied to these shows. Last week was Microsoft Ignite. This week SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference in Orlando and the discussion of UCS Mini for SAP and SAP HANA.

April 7, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS Mini – Powering Microsoft Applications

1 min read

Since Cisco UCS Mini launched last September, Cisco and our partners (Citrix, EMC, Microsoft, NetApp, Nimble Storage, Oracle, SAP, and VMware) have been hard at work putting together a wide variety of solutions. On the way to tradeshow week (May 4th), I’ll be doing a brief blog series on UCS Mini tied to these shows.

April 3, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

FlexPod for the Future

6 min read

I’ve been a huge fan of Cisco and NetApp’s FlexPod since 2011, when I had the pleasure of working with it for the first time.  We had just gotten two brand new UCS Chassis full of B-Series blades, and I was impressed with how quickly I had them up and running.   I wired up the UCS […]

March 31, 2015

DATA CENTER

ACI – Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure for Microsoft System Center, Windows Azure Pack and More

1 min read

From the beginning Microsoft has been a strategic partner with Cisco in the development of our Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) technologies and solutions. In fact Cisco...

March 11, 2015

CLOUD

Ready, Set…Cloud! Vblock, VxBlock and Cisco ACI usher in operational simplicity and software defined innovation fo …

4 min read

Complexity is easy. Simplicity is hard. Solving operational complexity has been one of the hardest challenges in data center and cloud build-outs. For customers, the challenge of interfacing with different...

Cisco and Microsoft – Simplifying Scale-Up Cloud for Service Providers

3 min read

As service providers strive to provide choices to their customers, we have made great progress in providing them with new ways to deliver cloud services. We’re helping them intelligently address all cloud opportunities with a portfolio of cloud solutions that meet customer requirements – for all types of cloud delivery models. That is why we […]