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The Rack Endgame: Open Compute Project

September 17, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

On reading my thoughts about the evolution of enterprise storage, culminating in what I called “The Rack Endgame” where a rack of storage, networking, and compute becomes a the basic entity of the datacenter, many pointed out that this looks an awful lot like the Facebook-led Open Compute Project (OCP). This is entirely intentional. But OCP is simply one expression of this new … [Read more...] about The Rack Endgame: Open Compute Project

Cisco’s Trojan Horse

September 15, 2014 By Stephen 10 Comments

Industry watchers like me have long wondered when Cisco will transform itself into a full-line IT infrastructure vendor. This strategy was tipped in 2009 as Cisco barged into the server market with UCS. But one leg of the stool is still missing: Storage remains the province of Cisco partners like EMC and NetApp. The Rack Endgame I recently wrote about “The Rack Endgame”, a … [Read more...] about Cisco’s Trojan Horse

Cisco UCS “Grand Slam” Event

September 1, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Cisco UCS has taken the server market by storm, with some analysts saying it's the "Apple" of the market, taking the majority of the profits with lower market share. Although UCS hasn't evolved as quickly as some competitors, that's all set to change this week with a new Cisco launch. Join me, Tech Field Day, and Cisco for the UCS "Grand Slam" event in New York and see what's … [Read more...] about Cisco UCS “Grand Slam” Event

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