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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Arista Networks – Their approach to cloud networking

September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Arista Networks, nexus 1000v, vmware

Intellectual capital driving the cloud

It is wise to follow the movements of thought leaders in Silicon Valley. Why is that? Because when enough smart people land at the same company, it is only a matter of time something great happens. This “human network” of intellectual capital has been the seed of many successful tech [...]

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Tags: Arista Networks·CISCO·nexus 1000v·vmware

VMworld 2009 Schedule

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · vmware

This year will be my first time attending VMworld. From everyone I talk to it should be a blast. One of the conferences I do make it to every year is Cisco Networkers, and every year I post my schedule so people can come up and say hi. Keeping that tradition alive, here is my [...]

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Confusion about Cisco UCS pricing – Setting the Record Straight

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM, Paginated, cloud computing

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·Data Center·Fabric Extender·FCOE·FEX·Fibre Channel·hosting·Network·Power·Server·Technology·UCS·Unified Computing System·virtualization·vmware

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