Cisco Tops 10,000 Unified Computing System Customers

Cisco announced that in just over two years its new Cisco Unified Computing System(TM), (Cisco UCS(TM)) which integrates compute, networking, management and virtualization, has captured the attention of data center managers and CIOs alike — over 10,000 customers worldwide, including 3,000 in Europe, have deployed UCS. Many industry observers were skeptical that a new computing [...]

OASIS Forms TOSCA Technical Committee to Advance Open Standard for Cloud Portability

The OASIS international consortium has launched a new open standards initiative to enhance the portability of cloud applications and services. The OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) Technical Committee will advance an interoperability standard that will make it easier to deploy cloud applications without vendor lock-in, while maintaining application requirements for security, [...]

Accenture to Build First Next Generation G-Cloud Data Center Environment in France

The French Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (DILA) has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a three-year contract to design, build and deliver its Next Generation Data Center, the G-Cloud, in France. The contract supports the government’s strategic technology goals to create savings by controlling costs. Accenture will work with DILA to build a more flexible [...]

NCR Recognized by Cisco as Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider in MEA

NCR Corporation announced today that it has achieved Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes NCR as having fulfilled the training and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support the Cisco Unified Computing System. Nadine Routhier, vice president of Telecom and Technology, NCR commented, “IT requirements are changing [...]

Cisco Retail and Cloud Computing Standards

Cisco Retail and Cloud Computing Standards

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Open Virtualization Management Gains Momentum with Industry Support for oVirt Project

The oVirt project today announced that Canonical, Cisco, IBM, Intel, NetApp, Red Hat and SUSE have joined together to help create a new open source community for the development of open virtualization platforms, including virtual management tools to manage the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. With the oVirt project, the industry gains an open source, [...]

PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds Reference Architecture Updated By Industry Leaders

HyTrust, Inc., the leader in access control and policy management for virtualization infrastructure, today announced the publication of a newly updated reference architecture for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 2.0 compliant clouds. This based upon new requirements that must be met by a January 1, 2012 deadline. Industry leaders HyTrust, VMware, Savvis, [...]

BMC to integrate with Cisco Network Services Manager to deliver superior cloud

BMC Software today announced plans to support Cisco Network Services Manager across its cloud management product line, including BMC Network Automation and BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. BMC and Cisco have a broader strategic alliance with more than 25 successful joint cloud customers, including Telstra, QTS and Harris Corp. Cisco Network Services Manager, which was announced [...]