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Running Plays on Cisco UCS
The Super Bowl. It’s as much a part of American culture as the Fourth of July or Oprah Winfrey. It’s the culmination of the American football season, complete with intense rivalries, funny commercials, and stunning (sometimes controversial) half-time shows. Everyone knows it’s big business too. The…
Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack: It is here and shipping
Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack is shipping. Now customers can build and deliver a scalable hybrid cloud platform that consistently provides Azure services from their own data center on the system designed for the cloud: Cisco UCS. Why is this important? Cisco recognized that compl…
Cisco & MapR set a Software Defined Storage World Record
This post was co-authored by Rajesh Shroff 66 years in the making! It sounds like a long time, but first we had to wait for a few milestones to precede us: 1951 – UNIVAC pioneers use of magnetic tape for storage 1993 – Severe Tire Damage is the first band to live stream 2007 – Ne…
Introducing #TheGrubbCast – Taming IT Complexity with Automation & Visibility
A technology guru explains his new podcast on industry trends in technology & infrastructure. About Me I’ve always loved technology and learning about how everything works. When I’m not working you might find me learning how to fly a plane, designing a circuit board, or taking images of deep sk…
KUBAM: Let your Data Center Dance!
Over the last few months I’ve been writing posts about a simplified manner in which we can automate solutions on UCS called KUBAM. Everything we’ve done has been open and available on Github to solicit feedback and let the community know what we are doing. We haven’t been super v…
TechWiseTV LIVE: Introducing Cisco Intersight for UCS and HX and the New ACI Anywhere
It’s a long blog title, but there’s a lot of information packed into this show! We pulled it off, our second ever live TechWiseTV show and we’re back in the data center talking about all the new announcements surrounding Cisco Intersight and ACI 3.0. This show is packed with guests…
Now taking orders for Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack
We are now taking orders for Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack, offering customers a powerful cloud-ready solution that gives them full control over how they manage data, governance, security and performance. We combined Microsoft’s robust Azure cloud platform with Cisco’s UCS server…
IBC 2017: Cloudian, Cisco, and Important Trends in Media Storage
It’s been a few months since we’ve reported in on the storage trends we’re seeing in the media and entertainment segment. Last time was at the 2017 NAB Show, in April, when object-based storage was the big thing (still is.) Why, because more and more content providers want a way to store video in th…
Real-Time Optimization Ensures Workload Performance
Everywhere you look, the industry is talking about applications. They generate revenue and run your business. Assuring your applications’ performance requires stable data center resources allocated in just the right size to meet demand. How does your business allocate resources? Most over provision…
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