Cisco UCS
Cisco and Intel on Hyperconvergence and HyperFlex
Cisco’s UCS portfolio has grown significantly over the past few months. Just recently we announced our new storage server brand, the S Series. Before that, a few months earlier, we brought to market HyperFlex Systems, Cisco’s complete hyperconverged infrastructure offering engineered on Cisc…
Data Unstored: The Story Behind the S-Series … and Workloads
What does Data Unstored mean? It begins with connecting the unconnected. That the world is undergoing digital transformation is without question. Billions of devices are connected to the internet, and billions more will be connected by 2020. Over three and a half billion people have internet acces…
Do you need more storage but fewer servers?
Last week, I discussed the economics of on-premises storage using the S3260 Storage Server vs. the cloud. Net net, the S3260 is 56% less expensive. Today, I wanted to talk about server consolidation of multiple 2RU rackmount servers on to a S3260. Yes, I’m going to try and sell you fewer servers. 2R…
Green Cloud bets on Cisco UCS S-Series to power new lines of business
Size matters—especially as physical data center space becomes more coveted at premium prices. So why wouldn’t you pack more into less, for less, if you could? That’s the approach that Green Cloud Technologies is taking with its investment in Cisco UCS S-Series storage-optimized servers. Green Cloud…
The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change. Big Data Trends and Directions Webinar
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is the source of the phrase “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change”. His saying is totally applicable to today’s world of Big Data and Analytics. Our industry landscape is constantly changing, no doubt about that! Think about it a bit from a technology point of…
.conf2016 – Beyond Machine Data. Cisco and Splunk Pave the Way for Digital Transformation
Guest Blog: Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer Karthik Karupasamy highlights his experiences from Splunk’s recent .conf2016 event in Orlando, FL. What an amazing week I had at Splunk’s annual user conference,. conf2016! This is the second year I attended and it just keeps getting bette…
Business Insights Driven by Speed: An Olympic Size Example of Big Data
Last week the Big Data and Analytics world was focused on New York City as the annual Strata+Hadoop World event took place. Cisco, as is the norm these past few years, was one of the many sponsors of the event. With our sponsorship came various opportunities, one of which was the ability for us to p…
Cisco HyperFlex 1.8 Release – The 5 Things You Need to Know
Hi there! It’s been exciting times since we launched, as customers have been showing exceptional love towards HyperFlex, amassing more than 600 customers, thousand of nodes and many petabytes of hyperconverged storage around the globe. While some of you may have been busy following the U.S. Presiden…
Strata+Hadoop 2016 New York City. Top 10 Reasons for Visiting Cisco. Booth #833
In honor of David Letterman… we hope we did him proud: 10 – Come Fly the Friendly Skies of Cisco. Hey, we are raffling off a drone end of day on Wednesday and Thursday. These are not just any old white box drones. These are custom Cisco branded drones. It’s a super limited editio…