HCI
EXMAR transforms IT Operations with Cisco HyperFlex
This week’s recap of our ongoing Data Center Download series, features David De Rook, ICT Infrastructure Project Leader at Exmar. I caught up with David at Cisco Live to get a first hand account of how they’re utilizing the simplicity and operational efficiency of Cisco HyperFlex to transform their…
Cisco HyperFlex is CRN’s 2019 Product of the Year for Hyperconverged Infrastructure
I’m excited to share that Cisco HyperFlex was named the Overall Winner in the Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) category of the recently published CRN “Products of the Year for 2019”. This award reflects the hard work the Cisco team has put into the product and the continued success of Cisco partn…
Modernizing to Oracle 19c with Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Oracle Database 19c is a long-term support release of the database, offering customers the best performance, scalability, reliability, and security for all their operational and analytical workloads. The core aim for 19c is stability, as it forms a foundation for next phase of autonomous database op…
What to Consider when Modernizing to SQL 2019
Earlier this month at the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2019 general availability. Microsoft has positioned SQL 2019 as their “highest performing SQL Server release to date,” and SQL Server 2019 addresses many of the needs for a modern database, including: AI/ML integr…
Top 10 Customer Reasons Why HyperFlex grew 2X the HCI market in Q2
IDC, a leading technology research and analyst firm released their latest results for the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market, and I’m excited to report that Cisco HyperFlex showed an impressive growth of 46.8% in revenue for Q2 2019. To put that in perspective, that’s double the revenue grow…
Cisco and IBM Cloud Announce Hybrid Cloud Partnership
In the current day journey towards application modernization, enterprises have a growing need to not only bring together the agility of newer microservice architectures and application development platforms like Kubernetes but also align those capabilities with their existing middleware, databases,…
Cisco Live US 2019 – Navigate Your Business Anywhere with Cisco HyperFlex
Hyperconverged Infrastructure or HCI has transformed the way we deploy, scale, and manage the applications that power our business. While HCI systems were primarily designed for core data center environments to power business critical apps, the sources of data for businesses are rapidly changing req…
Sometimes Your Only HCI Competition is Yourself
What do champions like Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, and Lionel Messi have in common? They have all elevated their athletic performance to a level where their only competition is themselves. At Cisco, we take inspiration from these world-class athletes to deliver a new hyperconverged solution that int…
Cisco Jumps to Leader in November 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure
I’m extremely proud to report that Cisco’s HyperFlex product has been named a leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). I can’t say enough about the hard work that has gone into HyperFlex since we entered the HCI market in 2016. It has been an exciting time a…