Cisco UCS Platform: Would A Blade Server Chassis By Any Other Name Smell As...
When a familiar brand such as Nike or McDonald’s releases a new product, an amazing thing occurs which has absolutely nothing to do with what they are selling. These companies have such a strong brand...
View ArticleLife’s A Beach With Remote vSphere Management on the iPad
Leaving for Bali? Vacationing in upper northwest Indiana? Just heading to Grandma’s for the weekend? Then this is the blog post for you! As your virtual travel guide, here are the four things you need...
View ArticleCisco UCS Test Drive With IDS
Last week, the folks here at IDS and the knowledgeable experts at Cisco teamed up for a test drive of their latest rollout: the UCS Blade server. The feedback we received was overwhelming in response...
View ArticleCisco UCS: On Trial in the Court of Public Opinion (and the Verdict Is?)
There have been some rumors floating around regarding the viability of Cisco’s UCS in the market and whether Cisco will continue with it. My take is that we are talking about a generation 1.5 product...
View ArticleSick Over Gateway Redundancy? Cisco’s Got A Solution For That …
A testament to the ever adapting pioneers that they are, Cisco has developed the first gateways redundancy protocol: Hot Standby Router (HSRP). HSRP allows for default gateways to be failed over to...
View ArticleBringing Sexy Back! With Cisco, VMware and EMC Virtualization
Yeah I said it: “IDS just brought Sexy Back!” For a refresh a recent customer sought to finally step into the Virtual Limelight. This particular customer, whose vertical is in the medical industry;...
View ArticleTech For Dummies: Cisco MDS 9100 Series Zoning & EMC VNX Host Add A “How To”...
Before we begin zoning please make sure you have cabled each HBA to both switches assuring the host is connected to each switch. Now let’s get started … Configuring and Enabling Ports with Cisco Device...
View ArticleBeing Successful, My Journey to Stay Sharp
Learning is the one word that comes to mind when I think about being successful in the world of technology. In previous years I bought into the traditional method of learning by taking vendor training...
View ArticleEMC Takes Control of VCE
ga('create', 'UA-8390828-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); EMC recently announced that they were buying out most of Cisco’s interest in VCE with Cisco only retaining a 10 percent stake in the...
View ArticleConverged Infrastructure & Why or Why Not VCE?
Searching for the term converged infrastructure online yields thousands of results. Thousands of different opinions and approaches, with each vendor telling you why their solution is superior. As a...
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