data center

Bringing Quantum Resistance to Cisco MDS 9000 with TrustSec FC Link Encryption

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Bringing Quantum Resistance to Cisco MDS 9000 with TrustSec FC Link Encryption

As security regulations tighten and quantum computing advances, organizations are prioritizing cybersecurity, making encryption increasingly essential. The Cisco MDS 9000 family of storage networking devices offers cutting-edge encryption solutions, specifically through Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel Link Encryption, ensuring secure data transmission across Fibre Channel (FC) networks. Threats and security regulations mandate stronger security postures Data is among the most important assets for any corporation, so protecting data from unauthorized access and misuse is a key…

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Cisco Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Center Switching

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Cisco Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Center Switching

Data center networking has undergone a profound transformation with the rise of AI. What once were simple data repositories with connectivity are now mission-critical infrastructures powering advanced applications across industries. As enterprises embrace AI, they face urgent challenges: How can they scale infrastructure to meet soaring demand? How can they maintain efficiency and security in an increasingly complex environment? For organizations aiming to lead in this AI-driven era, partnering with the right technology providers is…

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Delivering Resilient Connectivity for AI

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Delivering Resilient Connectivity for AI

Cisco EVP and CPO Jeetu Patel recently shared how service providers and hyperscalers must rethink their architectures to deliver the future of global connectivity in the AI era. As we head to the OFC conference next week, AI transformation will certainly be a hot topic, as it increasingly demands high-speed interconnects between data centers—and within data centers—that only fiber optics can provide. AI is driving a massive surge in data center workloads, with IDC predicting that…

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

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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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Redefine Your Data Center with New Cisco N9300 Series Smart Switch Innovations

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Redefine Your Data Center with New Cisco N9300 Series Smart Switch Innovations

Today’s enterprise data centers are evolving rapidly, driven by changing business needs, complex applications, and growing user demands. As organizations embrace hybrid strategies for flexibility and cost savings, workloads are moving beyond traditional environments. While this transformation enables scalability, it also introduces new security and operational challenges, requiring a new approach to protecting critical applications and infrastructure. According to Gartner: ʺIncreased cyberthreats, such as ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure, can cripple data center operations. This…

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Get Future-Ready with the New Cisco Compute Hyperconverged X-Series System

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Get Future-Ready with the New Cisco Compute Hyperconverged X-Series System

In the previous blogs in this series, we covered the unique vision and strategy behind the Cisco and Nutanix partnership and some key results of the co-engineering efforts behind our two companies. In this blog, I’ll highlight our latest innovation: the new Cisco Compute Hyperconverged X-Series System with Nutanix, the industry’s first Nutanix HCI solution to use a modular blade architecture. It’s engineered to simplify IT infrastructure and operations to tackle the fast-changing requirements of…

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Unlock Agile Server Management for Simplified, Sustainable Operations

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Unlock Agile Server Management for Simplified, Sustainable Operations

How customers are benefitting from Cisco Intersight This is part two of a series of blogs on data center operations powered by Cisco Intersight. The first blog provided an overview of Intersight and its key capabilities. This blog covers the most popular use cases for which Cisco customers are deploying Intersight: server management and sustainable operations. Server admins, I understand. In many ways, your job of managing the hundreds to thousands of servers in your…

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

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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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Ensuring Continuous Network Operations with Cisco Nexus Hitless Upgrades

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Ensuring Continuous Network Operations with Cisco Nexus Hitless Upgrades

Is there ever really a good time to perform a network device image upgrade? For many customers, downtime is not an option. They expect that upgrades occur while the network continues to forward packets, without any service impact. Designing a highly redundant network involves several strategies to ensure continuous operation and minimize downtime. Key approaches include multiple network paths between critical points, load balancing, and dual-homed devices and switches. Cisco supported hitless upgrades for data…

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VDI Revolution: Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series and Cisco are Better Together

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VDI Revolution: Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series and Cisco are Better Together

In the ever-evolving landscape of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), IT departments are constantly seeking solutions that offer flexibility, security, and efficiency. Thankfully, a collaboration between Intel and Cisco has given rise to a powerful approach that addresses these needs head-on: pairing of the Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series and Cisco’s UCS X-Series. Working together, they’re transforming the way organizations deploy and manage VDI environments. Organizations that moved to a public cloud during the pandemic…

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