Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

January 28, 2013

DATA CENTER

Zero to 5000 Citrix VDI Users Logged-in and Working in Just 30 Minutes!

3 min read

Making sure your users don’t go to sleep (or worse) waiting to log-on Hi Everyone! I am the team lead Technical Marketing Engineer for Cisco Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions on UCS and Nexus. While I have done some blogging in my time – this is my first blog for Cisco. I have been in […]

January 25, 2013

DATA CENTER

VDI – The Questions You Didn’t Ask (But Really Should)

4 min read

There’s no shortage of content out there (a quick Google search easily confirms this) when it comes to looking for vendor-originated material touting the latest server performance benchmarks for hosted virtual desktops.  Being part of that community, I’m pretty sure I have my fingerprints on more than one such piece of collateral – and I’m […]

January 18, 2013

NETWORKING

Bringing VDI and BYOD together for a Unified Workspace

2 min read

I recently hosted a live webcast on measuring business value with Cisco’s Unified Workspace Smart Solutions.  The webcast addressed key challenges many IT architects and managers face when trying to determine the right metrics for evaluation when considering IT projects. It was great to have Jai Valluri who leads the Business Transformation team at Cisco […]

January 17, 2013

DATA CENTER

What’s New with VXI for 2013?

2 min read

Desktop Virtualization the Cisco Way Now that 2013 is officially here –  it must be time for the next wave of innovations for the Cisco VXI Smart Solution. The first of these enhancements is Jabber for virtual environments, which we are announcing today. In 2012 we saw the 1000th customer deploy VXI to meet their […]

December 4, 2012

DATA CENTER

My Other Computer is a Vblock!

1 min read

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was in London last week at a conference.  I picked up the badge shown  in the photo below, and it...

November 17, 2012

EDUCATION

Mobility, Collaboration and Cloud, Front and Center at Educause 2012

2 min read

Thanks to everyone who came by the Cisco booth at Educause 2012 in Denver. We appreciated the opportunity discuss how the Cisco Connected Learning Experience, enables colleges and universities to provide next generation learning environments and deliver education services more securely, reliably, and economically. If you were not able you visit with us in Denver, […]

November 8, 2012

DATA CENTER

Accelerating Desktop Virtualization deployments for Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers

1 min read

As part of the comprehensive desktop virtualization portfolio, Cisco is providing a solution for the small and medium business customers, typically up to 500 desktops environment. The Cisco Solution for Citrix VDI-in-a-Box offers a simple and affordable desktop virtualization solution combining the benefits of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack servers with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software. SMB businesses […]