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UCS M-Series System Link Technology: The converged infrastructure story.
UCS M-Series System Link Technology: The converged infrastructure story.
It almost feels like this blog entry should start with: Once upon a time….   Because it captures a journey of a young emerging technology and the powerful
Oct. 1, 2014
Unlock The Value of Big Data with Cisco Unified Computing System
Unlock The Value of Big Data with Cisco Unified Computing System
Big Data is not just about gathering tons of data, the digital exhaust from the internet, social media, and customer records.  The real value is in being able to analyze...
Sept. 23, 2014
Cisco UCS Claims Four World Record Benchmarks with the Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family
Cisco UCS Claims Four World Record Benchmarks with the Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family
On September 8th, 2014 Cisco announced support for the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 product family on the Cisco Unified Computing System™ .
Sept. 8, 2014
High performance Splunk with VMware on top of EMC ScaleIO and Isilon
High performance Splunk with VMware on top of EMC ScaleIO and Isilon
I recently did a project involving several moving parts, including Splunk, VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS servers, EMC XtremSF cards, ScaleIO and Isilon. The
June 23, 2014
Cisco UCS® Claims SAP SD and SPECjbb 2013 World- Record Benchmarks
Cisco UCS® Claims SAP SD and SPECjbb 2013 World- Record Benchmarks
Cisco UCS continues its tradition of performance leadership with the announcement of three world –record benchmark performance results: Cisco UCS B260 M4
May 29, 2014
OpenStack Gains Momentum with Users at Recent Summit
OpenStack Gains Momentum with Users at Recent Summit
Cisco highlighted its support for OpenStack at the recent OpenStack Summit in Atlanta, which hosted 4500+ attendees and included many more...
May 29, 2014
Cisco’s Data Center and Cloud Management Software at Cisco Live San Francisco #CLUS
Cisco’s Data Center and Cloud Management Software at Cisco Live San Francisco #CLUS
We’re excited to showcase new innovations in our data center infrastructure automation and cloud management software at Cisco Live San Francisco this week!
May 18, 2014
Announcing Cisco UCS Director 5.0 – with Support for Application Centric Infrastructure
Announcing Cisco UCS Director 5.0 – with Support for Application Centric Infrastructure
It’s that time of year again. Next week in San Francisco, an estimated 22,000 customers and partners will convene for our annual Cisco Live user conference in the...
May 16, 2014
Cisco’s Commitment to Openness and Interoperability will be on Display at Red Hat Summit 2014
Cisco’s Commitment to Openness and Interoperability will be on Display at Red Hat Summit 2014
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 7, 2014
Maximizing Big Data Performance and Scalability with MapR and Cisco UCS
Maximizing Big Data Performance and Scalability with MapR and Cisco UCS
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
March 28, 2014
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep5: UCS Invicta
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep5: UCS Invicta
#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
March 18, 2014
Management implications of large scale data centers.
Management implications of large scale data centers.
As data center workloads grow we hear about new large-scale mega data centers being built.  According to a recent report Microsoft is planning on building
Feb. 26, 2014