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A Data Center Fabric Is Critical to a Next-Generation Unified Data Center

By Cisco | 16/3/2012

The data center has gone through several major evolutionary changes over the past several decades, and each change has been defined by major shifts in computing. The shift to a virtual data center will be the single biggest transition in the history of computing. This transition will reshape all the major data center tiers: applications, storage, servers and the network. This paper examines the drivers of this transition, provides real-world case studies and includes data centre fabric best practices.

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Beverage Distributor Virtualises Data Centre: A case study

By Cisco | 16/3/2012

Low cost servers, used for applications such as sales force automation and workgroup collaboration, had contributed to server sprawl, causing the data center to outgrow available power and cooling capacity. Server virtualisation helped but had begun to slow network performance. “We wanted 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity without the expense of building a new data center,” says Rory Regan, network and telecom manager, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated. “We decided to build a new data center network that would continue to work with our existing servers and storage as we gradually migrated to a unified fabric.” Read this case study

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Collaboration Breakaway: Competitive and Migration Play

By Cisco | 26/9/2012

This play is primarily focused on the first step of helping the customer achieve Operational ROI; however, it is important that sales help the customer understand that by migrating from older telephony to IP they will enable their network to deliver collaborative services and benefits that will improve Productivity and Strategic ROI for their company, as well. Read more.

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Driving Innovation Through Analytics

By Oracle | 4/7/2012

Digital data volumes are increasing tenfold every five years, and yet a majority of executives say they are not getting the information they need to make important decisions— 36 percent say their business units and functional operations are making decisions based on inconsistent information. Are you getting the information you need to run a successful business in today’s competitive climate? Read more.

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Forrester Research - Exploring the Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks

By Cisco | 16/3/2012

This paper examines the benefits to be gained through convergence; how to overcome the organisational barriers to adoption and the catalysts for adoption of converged architecture.

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Oracle Exalytics In Memory Machine: A Brief Introduction

By Oracle | 4/7/2012

Analytics is all about gaining insights from the data for better decision making. The business press is abuzz with examples of leading organisations across the world using data-driven insights for strategic, financial and operational excellence. Read more.

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Poster: Cisco Unified Fabric - Infrastructure for Traditional, Virtualised, and Cloud-based Environments

By Cisco | 16/3/2012

Cisco Unified Fabric Switching at a glance - view the product portfolio, features and key benefits. Download this free data centre poster.

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