The ‘accidental architecture’ of the ad-hoc, increasingly complex data centre has given many organisations a siloed, expensive and poorly optimised infrastructure that limits progress and IT‘s value to the business.
Cisco virtualisation across your network helps centralise and consolidate your IT assets. Better manage, maintain and maximise your data centre with a transition to a more efficient, responsive architecture without embarking on a risky “rip and replace” makeover.
This video examines how the State of Oregon achieved virtualisation project success, ensuring their IT staff was equipped with the right skills and expertise for their dynamic, new environment.
TechWiseTV episode 33 - Transforming the Data Centre with Unified Fabric.
Learn how the new Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches running Fibre Channel over Ethernet are helping organisations evolve to the next generation data centre.
GM’s IT Network Drives Business Success: Cisco Connects Worldwide Manufacturing Operation.
GM’s global business is powered by Cisco’s IT network architecture allowing collaboration and innovation between product designers, manufacturing engineers, suppliers and plant experts worldwide.
Learn how the network is facilitating the dynamic, efficient provisioning of virtualised services. The latest technologies, such as Cisco VFrame Data Centre, offer applications the same reliability, security, and performance as traditionally deployed physical infrastructures, while facilitating seamless data centre virtualisation and orchestration.
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Improve Resilience
An overview as to how virtualisation and infrastructure interact. >Learn More
Virtualising Service-Oriented Infrastructure
Describes the interaction between SOA and virtualisation, and the benefit of adopting an “overall virtualisation roadmap” as part of their enterprise architecture.
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Cisco Data Centre Strategy Improves Business Continuity for the Largest News Website in Belgium
Read how Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) and virtualisation technology helps De Persgroep, a leading Belgium media company, deliver 30 percent plus cost and resource savings for data centre operations. >Learn More (792 KB)
IWBank SPA Case Study
Read how Italian online bank improves services quality and performance with Cisco data centre network architecture. >Learn More (580 KB)
WA Department of Education Improves e-learning experience through WAN optimisation
WA Education Department and Cisco deliver advanced end-to-end e-learning solution to more than 800 schools and colleges. >Learn More (89 KB)
Transport Options for Data Centre Optical Interconnection
An unprecedented competitive environment along with government regulations for data recovery has made it imperative for many businesses to have 24-hour access to critical information. This white paper explores high-bandwidth, lowlatency,and high-density options for reliable data centre interconnection. >Read More (508 KB)
Network Implications of Server Virtualisation in the Data Centre
Read how VMware addresses the challenges by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, thus increasing utilisation and simplifying operations, which reduces both operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx). >Read More (366 KB)
The alliance between Cisco and VMware delivers a shared strategy of integrated solutions, services, and products to help you maximise assets through virtualisation. > Learn More
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