Cisco UCS

April 7, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco’s Commitment to Openness and Interoperability will be on Display at Red Hat Summit 2014

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Change is good. After a successful run of four years in Boston, Red Hat Summit moves to San Francisco this year from April 14-17. Red Hat Summit has...

April 4, 2014

DATA CENTER

What it Takes to Build a Platform Robust Enough for Your Big Data with UCS CPA.

1 min read

Everybody has been talking about big data over the past years . Your data continues to grow, both in mass and importance. And you know that your company is in need of better analytics to use the influx of data as a point of improvement for business. As the Internet expands and connects all things […]

April 3, 2014

DATA CENTER

The IT Organization Relay Race

2 min read

“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport… the thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat… the human drama of athletic competition,” voiced Jim McKay in the Wide World of Sports introduction. In two years, the world will tune in to Rio de Janeiro as the Brazil hosts the human drama […]

April 1, 2014

DATA CENTER

Steria Group : 5 Years of Cloud Business Expansion with Cisco UCS

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As we have been celebrating over the past weeks the Cisco UCS 5 year anniversary, here is another great example of an enthusiastic customer and partner . Steria has been amongst the early adopters of Cisco UCS in 2009, as the IT organization was looking for innovative solutions. 5 years after the inception,  Eric Fradet […]

March 28, 2014

DATA CENTER

Maximizing Big Data Performance and Scalability with MapR and Cisco UCS

3 min read

Huge amounts of information are flooding companies every second, which has led to an increased focus on big data and the ability to capture and analyze this sea of information. Enterprises are turning to big data and Apache Hadoop in order to improve business performance and provide a competitive advantage. But to unlock business value […]

March 27, 2014

DATA CENTER

Simplifying Cisco UCS Management with Microsoft PowerShell

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Many IT organizations use Microsoft PowerShell to automate and accelerate data center management tasks. The Cisco UCS PowerTool module for PowerShell provides users a comprehensive list of cmdlets to manage all components of Cisco UCS.  Users can use these cmdlets to write PowerShell scripts to simplify, speed up, and error proof UCS management and deployment. […]

March 25, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS Five Years On: The Right Solution at the Right Time

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I knew we were on to something good when a customer told me “This is so easy, it’s CTO proof.” Early in the business, I was talking to a front-line server admin who had found that Cisco UCS made server deployment so reliable, automated and simple that he was convinced even his CTO could pull […]

March 25, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep6 UCS

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about UCS. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Robert Novak (@gallifreyen), AJ Kuftic (@ajkuftic) Cisco Subject Matter Experts: Scott Hanson (@CiscoServerGeek) Highlights: How Scott Hanson discovered the value of UCS Advantages of […]

March 21, 2014

DATA CENTER

Market Dynamics and Cisco’s Unified Computing System

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Innovation.  Change.  Market transitions.  This is the natural order when it comes to IT. Today’s accelerated rate of technological change is disrupting all areas of IT, while at the same time creating new possibilities for our data center customers.  As a CIO, you’re tasked with capitalizing on the benefits of new technologies to enhance operations, […]