Cisco Unifying its In-House Data Centers

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

1. 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 Unified Computing System brings together hardware - including the new B-Series blade server and network adapters - that seamlessly connect with storage systems over a high-speed unified network fabric powered by Cisco’s new Nexus family of switches, enabling virtualized assets to move seamlessly across the data ... (Read Full Article)

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