Cisco announced three accelerator packages to make its Unified Computing Systems (UCS) servers part of future OpenStack private clouds. The three accelerator packages — High Density, Mixed Workload and Storage Intensive — for common data center cloud configurations were unveiled Monday.
Cisco Speeds OpenStack Infrastructure
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Software-Defined Storage Startups Win Funding
Primary Data and Coho Data garner substantial financing, but software-defined storage remains more hype than reality.
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The Return Of The IT Generalist
Specialization has been rampant in the IT profession, but virtualization, cloud computing and SDN defy organizational divisions and may usher in a new generation of IT generalists.
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Cisco Launches App-Centric Security Tools
Cisco Wednesday announced a range of new information security products and upgrades as part of the launch of its Application Centric Infrastructure framework, which is designed to make security policies easier to enforce across both physical and virtual environments.
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IT Pros And The DIY Culture
IT professionals embody the do-it-yourself spirit with their constant tinkering and testing as they solve problems. Other parts of the business should try to develop this DIY attitude.
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F5 Synthesis Aims To Fill SDN Gap
Architecture targets Layer 4-7 app deployment; Cray debuts TAS for big data; Red Hat updates cloud management software and Linux platform for OpenStack; new Rackspace cloud servers come with all-SSD storage.
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Data Protection Technologies For Cloud Environments
Increased adoption of public and private clouds and a data onslaught have created new data backup challenges, but new products promise to help.
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A Tale of Two Object Stores
New storage systems have joined the ranks of object stores, but they’re really more general purpose storage devices that use some object storage concepts.
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Arista Unveils Single-Tier Ethernet Switches
Company touts single-tier “spline” switches for smaller fabrics.
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Cisco Unveils Insieme SDN Platform, New Switches
Cisco straddles physical and virtual networks via its long-awaited SDN platform from Insieme, but you’ll need new Nexus switches to get started.
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