Enhancing Day 2 Operations with Cisco Compute and Red Hat Ansible Automation

Enhancing Day 2 Operations with Cisco Compute and Red Hat Ansible Automation

Cisco Live Amsterdam concluded with significant announcements from Cisco, focusing on AI, Application Modernization, and Security. Whether you joined us in person or virtually, I hope you found the event insightful. As part of the Cisco Live program, I had the pleasure of unveiling new integrated solutions developed in collaboration with Red Hat, leveraging their OpenShift Virtualization and Ansible Automation Platform. The partnership between Cisco and Red Hat has been longstanding. Last year we announced…

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Data Center Modernization Moves Another Step Forward with Next-Gen UCS Servers 

Data Center Modernization Moves Another Step Forward with Next-Gen UCS Servers 

Over the years, Cisco and Intel have worked together to deliver breakthrough innovations that empower modern enterprises. Today, we’re introducing the next phase in data center modernization: the 8th generation Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS X-Series servers powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors. At Cisco, we’re dedicated to providing scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure for businesses. With this announcement, we’re excited to provide our customers with enhanced compute performance, AI acceleration, and efficiency for…

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Unlocking New Partner Opportunities: Cisco Choice Pay for AI, WiFi-7, and Hybrid Work

Unlocking New Partner Opportunities: Cisco Choice Pay for AI, WiFi-7, and Hybrid Work

As partners navigate growing customer demand for AI capabilities, next-gen connectivity, and hybrid work solutions, flexible payment options have become crucial for winning deals. Today, we’re excited to highlight how Cisco Choice Pay drives value for enterprises investing in AI infrastructure, WiFi-7, and workforce collaboration tools. It also enables partners to accelerate customer adoption of transformative technologies while maintaining healthy business margins. Partner Opportunity For Empowering AI-Driven Infrastructure Adoption AI requires robust compute power, scalable…

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Fast-Track Your AI Revenue: 4 Game-Changing Solutions Partners Need Now

Fast-Track Your AI Revenue: 4 Game-Changing Solutions Partners Need Now

Partners who adopted Cisco’s AI solutions early are already capturing their share of the $159B GenAI opportunity. At Cisco, we are deeply committed to empowering our partners with cutting-edge technologies that meet the ever-evolving demands of the market. In this blog, you’ll learn about our AI-Ready Infrastructure Specialization, the groundbreaking Cisco UCS C885A M8 Rack Server, and our comprehensive Cisco AI PODs. According to Bob O’Donnell, a leading industry analyst with Technalysis,“…it’s becoming increasingly clear…

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Power Your GenAI Ambitions with New Cisco AI-Ready Data Center Infrastructure

Power Your GenAI Ambitions with New Cisco AI-Ready Data Center Infrastructure

Let’s start with a staggering statistic: According to McKinsey, generative AI, or GenAI, will add somewhere between $2.6T and $4.4T per year to global economic output, with enterprises at the forefront. Whether you’re a manufacturer looking to optimize your global supply chain, a hospital that’s analyzing patient data to suggest personalized treatment plans, or a financial services company wanting to improve fraud detection—AI may hold the keys for your organization to unlock new levels of…

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Operational Innovations for AI and Cloud-Native Workloads from Cisco and Red Hat

Operational Innovations for AI and Cloud-Native Workloads from Cisco and Red Hat

For nearly two decades, Cisco and Red Hat have collaborated on integrated, industry-leading solutions to optimize IT infrastructure. The partnership brings together Red Hat expertise in operating systems, containers, and automation with world-class data center compute, networking, and management products and solutions from Cisco. The companies have most recently focused on product integrations and features that help customers develop, deploy, and manage the most demanding artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-native workloads across on-premises data centers…

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Computing that’s purpose-built for a more energy-efficient, AI-driven future

Computing that’s purpose-built for a more energy-efficient, AI-driven future

In parts one and two of this AI blog series, we explored the strategic considerations and networking needs for a successful AI implementation. In this blog I focus on data center infrastructure with a look at the computing power that brings it all to life. Just as humans use patterns as mental shortcuts for solving complex problems, AI is about recognizing patterns to distill actionable insights. Now think about how this applies to the data…

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Experience Eco-Friendly Data Center Efficiency with Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS)

Experience Eco-Friendly Data Center Efficiency with Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS)

In the highly dynamic and ever-evolving world of enterprise computing, data centers serve as the backbones of operations, driving the need for powerful, scalable, and energy-efficient server solutions. As businesses continuously strive to refine their IT ecosystems, recognizing and capitalizing on data center energy-saving attributes and design innovations is essential for fostering sustainable development and maximizing operational efficiency and effectiveness. Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) stands at the forefront of this technological landscape, offering a…

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Customers Praise the Surprising Longevity and Adaptability of Cisco UCS

Customers Praise the Surprising Longevity and Adaptability of Cisco UCS

When we introduced our first compute platform in 2009 with Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers, there was a fair amount of snickering from industry watchers and established server vendors. Most didn’t expect us to last in the compute market for more than a few years. Not only are we still in the server business 15 years later, but the UCS B-Series is still a widely used, fully supported platform that continues to pay dividends for…

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