Colin McNamara - CCIE 18233 , VCP, RHCE, GCIH, GEEK

Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks.

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Entries Tagged as 'DC3.0'

Is your network ready for Cloud Computing with Virtual Infrastructure 4?

November 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Cloud computing is coming whether you like it or not. VMware’s next release , Virtual Infrastructure 4 (Vi4) is going to change how applications are fundamentally delivered in your Data Center. But what does that really mean to you as a network and systems architects?
First and foremost it is important to discuss how many networks [...]

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Tags: CISCO · DC3.0 · FCOE · Fibre Channel Over Ethernet · cloud computing

Cisco releases Nexus 1000V virtual switch for VMware

September 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments

This afternoon Cisco released a new member of the Nexus family of switches, the Nexus 1000V. This is the first switch to take advantage of VMware opening up their ESX and ESXi platforms to for third party network device manufacturers. This switch directly address some pretty big pain points surrounding current virtualization implementations.
The boundary between [...]

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Tags: CISCO · DC3.0 · Nexus 7000 · cloud computing · vmware

BIG Cisco - VMware announcement - 1:30 Pacific time

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Expect something really big in the cloud computing / datacenter 3.0 space to be announced by Cisco this afternoon.
Sadly, I have the unfortunate situation of being tagged as an insider (work in the partner community). So I have to play nice, and cannot reveal any juicy tidbits. Suffice it to say, that Jashree Ullal and [...]

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Tags: CISCO · DC3.0 · vmware