Cisco Unifying its In-House Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge (May 28 2009) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers

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Rich Miller

Cisco Systems (CSCO) will shift all of its in-house data centers to the company’s new Unified Computing System in the next two years, the company said this week. The migration will take place as part of a rolling hardware refresh that will see all of Cisco’s data centers gradually converted to the company’s new infrastructure platform. Cisco operates 52 data centers, including 14 production facilities and 38 data centers used for product development of the company’s networking and data center products. Cisco has a total data center footprint of 215,000 square feet, which uses about 20 megawatts of power. The ... (Read Full Article)

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