Collaboration is all over CiscoLive 2010. And a lot had to do with social media collaboration. It looks like Cisco is going corporate with trying to access Facebook, Twitter, etc and bring it inside the corporate network. So any of this is going to come inside the data center sooner or later. It is all [...]
Found what I was looking for. Cisco 5020 Nexus Switches. See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/index.html for more info. Anyway, its very cool because not only is it an enterprise 10GB switch, but it is also basically a MDS FC switch. Plug in your storage via some 8GB FC ports, plug your servers in via 10GB ports, uplink [...]
Down in the data center we have been waiting and waiting and waiting to get any of the Cisco Voice applications running on VMWare. Surprise – Surprise. Cisco is now allowing voice applications on VMWare if the hardware is Cisco’s unified computing system (UCS). WOW. That is a big bummer. We have been a Cisco [...]
Not really a datacenter item, it may impact the data center, meet the Cisco Cius. The Android-based device delivers virtual desktop integration with anywhere, anytime access to the full range of Cisco collaboration and communication applications, including HD video. Hey, I love anything Android right now, and this looks cool. The bummer is that it [...]
An important job is keeping up to date on technology and planning for improvements and updates to key systems in the data center. We are a Cisco shop and attending both annual user conferences and local training is good way to learn about the trends and roadmaps available to customers. So here I am at [...]
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