Data Center

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…

Change is the only constant – vPC just changed and Cisco removed the physical Peer Link, the first vendor in the industry to do so for MC-LAG. Optimize Usage of Available Interfaces, Bandwidth, Connectivity Dual-homing for endpoints is a common requirement, and many Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (M…

Cisco is pleased to announce availability of a brand-new solution, Cisco Cloud ACI on AWS. This solution automates management of end-to-end connectivity and enforcement of consistent network security policies for applications running in on-prem data centers and AWS public cloud regions. Decentralize…

Servers exist to run applications that solve business, technical, and scientific problems. Some applications benefit from clock speed improvements while others benefit from additional memory. Cisco UCS servers – now updated with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors – provide b…

If you want to have an interesting conversation with someone, just ask them what they’re building. Everyone is building something in their personal and professional lives: families, teams, products, coalitions, solutions, bridges. And, when someone shares what they’re building, they’ll offer you a v…

Openness, Programmability, DevOps Software applications are the life blood of corporate enterprises. Enterprise IT departments (and Lines of Business) are under immense pressure to bring applications faster to market. To remain competitive, many businesses have either already adapted, or are on the…

Cisco continues to invest and enhance our data center automation and private cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform, Cisco UCS Director. At the same time, we are leveraging the Cisco Intersight platform to deliver additional value and operational benefits when coupled with UCS Director. G…

Is your data pipeline static?  Are you working with only fixed data sources with predictable data ingestion rate? Probably not?  Based on many customer discussions, the data pipeline is constantly changing to accommodate new data sources; hence, the data ingestion rate is often unpredictable.  The o…

Guest blogger: Matt Eastwood, IDC Matt is Senior Vice President of IDC’s enterprise, datacenter, cloud infrastructure and developer research groups. His responsibilities include managing market analysis, tracking, forecasting and consulting for enterprise computing, storage, networking, systems in…