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Cisco Live 2009 - Networkers class schedule

June 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

It’s that time of year again. All of us get to leave the data center (or whiteboards) and come together for a learning, collaborating and fun. In that spirit (and what is turning into a yearly tradition) I am posting my schedule for Cisco live this year. If you are in the same class, or [...]

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Confusion about Cisco UCS pricing - Setting the Record Straight

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments

I read an interesting article in the Channel Register written by Timothy Pricket Morgan today. In his article - Cisco California pricing revealed, $3,000 for a blade with no innards he attempts to position UCS as a horribly overpriced system where Cisco is egregiously marking up components. A pretty strong statement from his article is listed [...]

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Tags: CISCO · Cisco B Series Blades · Cisco UCS B200 · Cisco UCS B250 · Cisco Unified Computing System · Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM · Paginated · cloud computing

Cisco’s Cloud Computing Offering

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Right now Cloud Computing is either the biggest threat that Cisco Systems has ever faced, or the biggest opportunity that Cisco has ever been presented with. How will Cisco react?

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Tags: CISCO · Cisco Unified Computing System · Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM · DC3.0 · FCOE · Technology · cloud computing · vSphere · virtualization · vmware