Tony Antony

The data center is one of the most dynamic realms in technology today. As applications and devices proliferate and produce a dizzying array of physical, virtualized and highly distributed workloads, we see the explosion of raw data. That data – if properly refined – holds a wealth of inv…

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches are built from the ground up with scalability and open API’s  to meet the needs of our customers. Some of our webscale customers running large scalable data centers prefer to choose specific hardware and software to meet their unique requirements. Last year, we annou…

When Cisco and Hitachi first began working together in the storage networking industry, the total known size of the digital universe was roughly 1.5 exabytes. Today due to the hyper-growth of users, devices, and data, the world generates roughly 2.5 exabytes a day. It is no wonder why enterprises ar…

The last time I wrote about NVMe™ was to introduce it as one of the new capabilities of our MDS 32G portfolio, enabling the seamless interface between flash storage arrays and Fibre Channel fabrics. Today I’m happy to be writing about the next wave of storage networking using Ethernet Transpo…

Posting this blog on behalf of Mark Nowell, Distinguished Engineer, Datacenter BU. The hallmark of optical bidirectional (BiDi) transceivers is how the technology enables users to maximize their fiber cabling infrastructure costs through more efficient deployment of ports, patch panels, cabling, etc…

Hitachi Vantara recently introduced several new additions to its portfolio that drive data center modernization and complement Cisco Storage Networking offerings (Press Release).  This included new, high-performance storage systems with a 100 percent data availability guarantee, cross-platform AI-po…

Faster, smarter, and simpler. It’s what technology users want, according to Gartner, CIO Magazine, and technology pundits. And we want those things in all areas of our lives, in and outside of tech. All technology vendors are striving to adapt their solutions and products to meet these demands. Stor…

In terms of revolutionizing key performance factors, no storage technology in the last decade has had more of an impact than flash. So it stands to reason that go-to-market models within the storage and storage networking industry have also evolved at a rapid pace.  A perfect illustration is the rec…

Though Cisco is a proud technology provider of the Winter Olympics being held in PyeongChang, South Korea, sadly we are not a medal qualifier in any of the 102 events across 15 different sports. We did participate in our Olympics of sorts held last month though, in the form of the IT Brand Pulse Awa…