UCS Manager

November 26, 2012

DATA CENTER

Just what we need on Cyber Monday – Cisco UCS Central

2 min read

Total (consumer) spending for the (Thanksgiving 2012) weekend reached an estimated $59.1 billion, a 13% increase from a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation.  Online spending on Friday alone topped $1 billion for the first time, according to the data-analysis firm comScore Inc. We can analyze the seasonal patterns of traffic by studying the Alexa […]

November 19, 2012

DATA CENTER

James Bond and Data Centers??

1 min read

This weekend I managed to see the new James Bond film, Skyfall.  The technologist in me noticed the transformation of the espionage industry to the cyber world.  More interesting were the Data Center scenes in which the equipment was neatly arranged with minimal cabling.  One blog even called it the data center of the future. […]

November 14, 2012

DATA CENTER

Cisco + Microsoft: UCS PowerTool for PowerShell Quick Start Guide

1 min read

A truly “Better Together” story is the pairing of two strong management utilities – Cisco UCS Manager’s PowerTool offering with Microsoft’s PowerShell solution. Together they afford UCS System Administrators the ability to quickly automate and customize a multitude of management tasks resulting increased efficiency and quality utilization of IT resources and staff. PowerTool is a […]