Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)

January 18, 2017

DATA CENTER

Democratizing Data Center Storage ¡Viva la Storage Revolución!

7 min read

History regularly repeats itself. Sometimes it’s exciting and other times not so much. A current market transition I’m excited about happens to be occurring across the entire data center touching compute, storage, and networking. It’s the shift to shared nothing architectures and it takes me back to my studies on high performance computing and how […]

January 18, 2017

DATA CENTER

Deep Dive Into HyperFlex With Technical Demos

2 min read

Hi again! We are continuing to see incredible customer adoption and interest in technical aspects of HyperFlex. I often get asked on usability of the platform, especially around deployment...

January 5, 2017

DATA CENTER

Three key factors for making your VDI project a success in 2017

2 min read

The end of the year is usually a time when we reflect on what we’ve accomplished in the past 12 months and set goals for the upcoming year. One resolution that should be easier to cross off your list in 2017 is to bring new life to your VDI projects. VDI, or more broadly desktop […]

November 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco and Intel on Hyperconvergence and HyperFlex

1 min read

  Cisco’s UCS portfolio has grown significantly over the past few months. Just recently we announced our new storage server brand, the S Series. Before that, a few months earlier, we brought to market HyperFlex Systems, Cisco’s complete hyperconverged infrastructure offering engineered on Cisco UCS. Intel has been by our side for each of these […]

November 15, 2016

DATA CENTER

How To Avoid New Hyperconvergence Silos?

1 min read

Hi again! Many of you are looking to refresh your current hardware, deploying your first or second cluster of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). You are likely starting with a VDI project, virtualized infrastructure in a branch office or perhaps a cluster of applications for a specific department in the organization. Hyperconvergence allows you to dramatically streamline […]

October 5, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco HyperFlex 1.8 Release – The 5 Things You Need to Know

3 min read

It’s been exciting times since we launched, as customers have been showing exceptional love towards HyperFlex, amassing more than 600 customers, thousand of nodes and many petabytes of hyperconverged storage around the globe. In this post we’re going to cover the 5 things you must know about our latest product release.

August 25, 2016

DATA CENTER

Vegas Street Performers, HyperFlex, and VMworld

2 min read

    VMworld 2016 US is finally here! In a town known for hype, HyperFlex is proving to be the real deal....

July 7, 2016

DATA CENTER

Elvis, HyperFlex, and Cisco Live 2016

2 min read

Cisco Live 2016 is finally here! Planning for Cisco Live this year reminds me of the many similarities between “The King” and HyperFlex. What does Cisco’s

May 6, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hybrid Cloud Power Trio

2 min read

When I hear the term "power trio", I think of Geddy, Neil and Alex.  A band, where there’s just a bass, drums and guitar, with one of  'em singing.  By the way,...