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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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 introduces the C-Series Rack Servers

June 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Cisco announced the expansion of its server offering today with the inclusion of the C-Series 19″ rack form factor servers. These servers will ship in the fall of the 2009. This announcement rounds out Cisco’s server product line, allowing customers the to choose between a range of options including the B-series blade center form factor Unified Compute System and the C-Series 19″ rack form factor servers.

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Tags: B-Series

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