Cisco unveils Unified Computing System

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Cisco unveiled a new data center architecture, innovative services and an open ecosystem to help customers develop next-generation data centers that makes use of virtualization, through Unified Computing—an architecture that bridges the silos in the data center into one unified architecture using industry standard technologies.

Key to Cisco’s approach is the Cisco Unified Computing System which unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single energy efficient system that can reduce IT infrastructure costs and complexity, help extend capital assets and improve business agility.

“The virtual machine has become the new atomic building block of the data center, creating new challenges and opportunities with the potential to transform the computing environment and deliver significant benefits,” said Mario Mazzola, Senior VP—Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit, Cisco. “Taking advantage of this architectural shift in the data center, we developed a unique new computing model that transforms the data center into a dynamic IT environment with the power to increase productivity, improve business agility and drive the benefits of virtualization to an entirely new level,” he mentioned.

“The Cisco Unified Computing System offers a clean-sheet approach to solve data center challenges by offering a single holistic solution with integrated management and the critical support necessary for scaling virtualization,” said Vernon Turner, Senior VP—Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer and Telecom Research at IDC. “By increasing the performance and scale of virtualized environments while at the same time improving the ability to control and manage virtual workloads, this solution has the potential to deliver the full benefits of virtualization across the data center to increase productivity and agility and reduce IT costs,” he added.