BROCHURE - HP and Cisco share a long history of collaborating to deliver successful data center solutions. This brochure provides an overview of Cisco's industry leadership in networking infrastructure with HP's world-class leadership in IT solutions.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Enterprise Systems | ERP | Network Infrastructure | SAN | Software

CASE STUDY - Thomson Transaction Services products provide value-added information with software tools and applications that help its customers make better decisions, faster.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | SAN | Software | Storage Infrastructure

CASE STUDY - Rapidly growing AQR Capital Management invested in a Cisco SAN to protect critical financial information and to ensure disaster recovery.
Posted: October 16, 2006 | Published: May 1, 2006


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Financial Services Industry | RAID | SAN

CASE STUDY - This case study describes Cisco IT's internal deployment of a storage area network (SAN) within the Cisco network, a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Active Directory | Data Management | Electronic Discovery | ERP | LDAP | SAN

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn more about how Cineca uses Cisco HPC, blade switching, and SAN technologies to reduce increase ROI and reduce maintenance costs and demand on resources.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Customer Service | Data Storage | Ethernet Networks | High Performance Computing | ROI | SAN | Switching

PRODUCT LITERATURE - As discussed in this document, the Cisco® MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, highbandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data center requirements.
Posted: November 4, 2008 | Published: November 4, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | Fibre Channel | Networking | SAN | Security | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Resource Management

SOFTWARE DEMO - The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions reinforces the Cisco commitment to full and seamless product interoperability and consistency, as it protects the investment, lower your TCO and reinforces the vision and value.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Interoperability | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Management | TCO

SOFTWARE DEMO - Watch this demo to learn how Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules deliver intelligence and consistent, predictable high performance to support the most demanding storage applications.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Fibre Channel | Network Convergence | Network Management | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | TCO

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast for expert tips on securing your SAN environment and meeting government regulations. Learn about a technique that transparently encrypts data inside the storage environment without slowing or disrupting business critical applications.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Premieres: December 3, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Encryption | Data Encryption Software | Network Security | Regulatory Compliance | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - This report from the Taneja group takes a look at some key SAN fabric considerations, and then takes a deeper view into the core elements of the Cisco MDS 9000 family, exploring both the technical and economic impacts area of this product family.
Posted: September 29, 2006 | Published: June 1, 2006


Topics:  High Availability | ROI | SAN | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Switches

WHITE PAPER - The introduction of the MDS 9124 expands Cisco's reach into the SMB market as well as the enterprise edge, intensifying the battle for market share in the fabric switch market.
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2006


Topics:  Audit Trails | Data Centers | Password Management | SAN | Security | Switches

WHITE PAPER - 8GFC technology is priced at a significant premium over 4GFC and depending on the configuration, deployment of 8GFC may be up to 2X the cost of using 4GFC.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Fibre Channel | Hardware | SAN | Server Virtualization | Switching | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This document describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Operating Systems | QOS | SAN | Scalability Testing | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Fibre Channel Switches | Network Infrastructure | QOS | SAN | Security | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This document discusses the need for unified I/O and describes the phases of unified I/O along with FCoE deployment and the benefits of each phase.
Posted: November 4, 2008 | Published: November 4, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Fibre Channel | Network Configuration Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | SAN | Vendors