Rex Backman
Senior Marketing Manager, Big Data Solutions
Data Center and Cloud
Articles
Virtual Networking for Microsoft Hyper-V: Upcoming Nexus 1000V Webinar and Resources
Are you using or evaluating Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft System Center 2012 to deliver higher performance and scale for your workloads? If so, then take advantage of an upcoming joint Cisco / Microsoft webinar to learn how the Cisco Nexus 1000V can simplify your Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V envi…
Cisco Innovation Three-peats and Doubles at Microsoft Tech Ed 2013!
This afternoon here in New Orleans at Microsoft’s Tech Ed 2013 North America event Cisco was honored with two Best of Tech Ed (BoTE) awards for our innovation and technology. Our Nexus 1000V switch for Microsoft Hyper-V was awarded with a Best of Tech Ed award in the ‘Virtualization’ category. Our F…
Cisco’s Microsoft Tech Ed 2013 Primer: All You Need to Know for New Orleans and Madrid Events
Next week in New Orleans Microsoft’s trade show season kicks off in earnest with Microsoft Tech Ed North America which will be followed a few weeks later with Microsoft Tech Ed Europe 2013. Cisco will be a gold sponsor at each event showcasing our datacenter assets. Cisco continues to double-down o…
Microsoft on UCS: Simplify Your IT and Transform Your Business
We’re at the final day of Microsoft’s Management Summit 2013 (MMS 2013) here in Las Vegas. We’ve handed out ~1,500 t-shirts; performed hundreds of demos on our technologies Nexus 1000V, UCS Manager, VM-FEX, and Cisco PowerTool; evangelized our Microsoft Cloud OS solutions FlexPod and VSPEX; and gene…
VSPEX for Microsoft Hyper-V : A Guest Post from our Partner EMC
Note: This guest blog is from our partner EMC. In it Chad Dunn, Director of VSPEX Business Operations, comments on VSPEX as an infrastructure solution for Microsoft oriented I.T. environments. Rex. Cisco and EMC Buddy-Up on VSPEX for Microsoft Private Cloud At EMC we’re always keen on working with…
FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud : A Guest Post from our Partner NetApp
Note: This guest blog is from our partner NetApp. VDI Reference Architect Rob Briggs introduces ExpressPod for the Microsoft private cloud as well as comments on FlexPod successes. Rex. FlexPod, ExpressPod, and Windows Server 2012 RDS – “It’s in the Box!” I’ve seen a lot of…
Cisco UCS Management and the Microsoft Management Summit 2013: Where Imagination Rules the World
It’s late Sunday night in Las Vegas as I write this from my hotel room – Cisco’s day one MMS 2013 blog post. It has been a long day already here at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center getting set up for the show… Our Cisco booth is complete; UCS, Nexus 1000V, FlexPod, and VSPEX Engineers have t…
Executive Roundtable: Cisco, Intel, and NetApp, with special guest Microsoft, on the Private Cloud
We’ve been doing quite a bit of work recently with our strategic partners Intel, NetApp, and Microsoft on Microsoft oriented private cloud solutions. Specifically we’ve been focusing on new innovation going into our joint FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud reference architecture. A gre…
What’s Cisco Doing for Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1?
We’re doing quite a bit actually…if you’re headed to the Microsoft Management Summit 2013 show in Las Vegas in a few weeks, stop by our booth, grab a t-shirt, and see us demo our UCS Manager and Nexus 1000V capabilities and more… Cisco’s technology investments for Windows Server 2012 & System Ce…