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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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, cloud computing, Paginated
Tags: CISCO·Data Center·Fabric Extender·FCOE·FEX·Fibre Channel·hosting·Network·Power·Server·Technology·UCS·Unified Computing System·virtualization·vmware
Is your network ready for Cloud Computing with Virtual Infrastructure 4?
November 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · CISCO, cloud computing, DC3.0, FCOE, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
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 [...]
Tags: cloud computing·VCP·vi4·vmware
Where is Colin ? Passing the VCP exam (VMware Certified Professional)
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · CISCO, vmware
Life has been busy lately, with the promotion, CCDE practical, and new team members I have been working 60 to 70 hour weeks for the past month or so. Part of my new role is developing new reference architectures surrounding Data Center technologies. Of course, VMware and virtualization technologies in general are key pieces of [...]
