Tim Stack

A new white paper from IDC discusses how converged infrastructure solutions from Cisco and EMC, through VCE, can enable IT organizations to deploy a highly virtualized, highly efficient computing infrastructure. For those new to the converged systems topic, VCE was formed by Cisco and EMC to build c…

IT managers are looking for proof that new solutions deliver significant benefits and superior value before they commit to a migration. A TCO/ROI calculator is a great tool to help make those infrastructure planning decisions. The new Cisco UCS RISC/UNIX Migration TCO and ROI Calculator provides a q…

Many organizations continue to struggle with the pace, complexity, and changing demands of a data-driven world. Hence, it’s not a big surprise that agility, flexibility, and cost efficiency continue to be important themes in the data center. These demands and needs may be acting as a forcing functio…

Every IT manager is tasked with gaining efficiencies across the data center and IT infrastructure while providing the business agility to react to changing demands, ultimately moving the data center from a cost center to a competitive weapon. IT organizations are looking for virtualization technolog…

When it comes to their IT infrastructures, academic institution IT teams have a lot in common with IT departments in the business world. Both need to offer their customers the flexibility to access applications and resources at anytime, anyplace, and on any device. They also need to provide these se…

We continue to see a growing number of customers migrating from RISC/UNIX platforms to Cisco UCS. Costs associated with purchasing, and maintaining RISC/UNIX servers continue to be a major customer pain point. The ability to scale faster, respond to customers quicker, and easily roll out new service…