Cisco’s UCS X-Series: What’s New, What’s Different, and Why It’s Considered “Future-Ready”

According to the IDC’s Futurescape: Worldwide IT Industry 2020 Predictions report, there will be an “industry app explosion.” They predict that by 2023 over 500 million digital applications and services will be developed and deployed using cloud-native approaches. Further, by 2024 800% more apps will run in edge locations. While these constant changes in technology bring innovation, more efficient processes, and safer environments, these consistent advancements also pose a challenge […]
HyperFlex: A Crash Course in Cisco’s Hyperconverged Solutions

If hyperconverged infrastructure has yet to make its presence felt in your data center, it may not be far off. Gartner analysts foresee that, within two years, hyperconverged infrastructure – the tightly integrated union of compute, storage, networking, and virtualization capabilities – will enter the “mainstream.” That prediction lines up with statements from Forrester concerning it […]
Short on Time and Data Center Resources? Here's a Solution

Patience is not a virtue today’s business world has in abundance – but that’s no longer an issue thanks to Cisco UCS Director. This solution replaces the time-consuming manual tasks needed to provision and de-provision data centers with quick and efficient automation. This ensures when new opportunities arise, the necessary data center capabilities will be […]
Prepping for the Leap Second: What You Need to Do

Ever feel like Tuesday is the longest day of your week? Well, Tuesday June 30 won’t just feel like the longest day of your week, it actually will be. By one second. It may not sound like much, but that one measly little second could be the source of some sizeable headaches for IT teams […]
Solving Your Data Center's Cable Addiction

Which of these best describes your data center: A) Rows of neatly bundled cables all running in an ordered direction Credit: Cisco B) A hodgepodge of wires and cables going every which way Credit: TechEBlog Getting to option “A” would be great, but it can take time and also carry a heavy price tag. However, […]
Cisco Data Center Partner Connection - Update 2: Cisco's Integrated Infrastructure for OpenStack

Cisco is the clear market leader for Integrated Infrastructure with solutions developed with VCE, EMC, NetApp, IBM, Hitachi, Nimble, and Simplivity using software from VMware and Microsoft. Cisco’s strategy has been very clear, to offer customers choice. Cisco is adding a new option, the Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform […]
Cisco UCS New Product Announcements

In only five short years, Cisco has grown their blade server market share in North America from non-existent to first place. This meteoric growth was fueled by an innovative architecture and simplified management. Cisco is continuing to evolve its UCS platform to respond to the changing IT landscape. Recently they announced enhancements and additions to […]