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Datacenter Webinar Series

Dear Customers and Partners

Join us on our bi-weekly webinars to learn how the latest innovations from Cisco will increase performance, reduce costs, ensure security and improve business efficiency in your data center. The network is the optimum place for new capabilities that connect applications, servers, and storage together. It will always run on every second Monday 4PM, CET.

Cisco solutions can help you:

·         Extend the lifecycle of critical data center facilities and assets

·         Provide a safe and secure architecture for the data center

·         Have the necessary agility concerning business needs

In a series of roughly one-hour-WebEx sessions you get some in-depth knowledge about a specific topic concerning Datacenter 3.0 solutions. Target audience is partners and customers with a technical focus and the webinar language is English.

Technologies covered include:

·         Datacenter Switching (Nexus)

·         Storage Area Networks (MDS)

·         Datacenter Application Delivery (ACE/WAAS)

·         Unified Computing System (UCS)

 

Date [CET/CEST]
16:00 – 17:00

Topic

Audience

Registration-URL

04-Jan-10

Unified Computing System and VDI, how UCS helps to scale VDI

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

Register

18-Jan-10

Nexus Overview of the complete Nexus Portfolio. Introduction in Nexus and Architecture positioning help

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

Register

01-Feb-10

MDS Update with 8G Fabric Switch and NPV / NPIV

Architects, storage-engineers

Register

15-Feb-10

Nehalem-EX, what’s Next in Intel Processors Architectures

Server-engineers

Register

01-Mar-10

ACE Update / WAAS Update. Roadmaps and News

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers

Register

15-Mar-10

Datacenter Bridging. Technology Overview and roadmap of integration in Nexus Line

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

Register

 

 

Upcoming Events (subject to change)

Date [CET/CEST]
16:00 – 17:00

Topic

Audience

Registration-URL

29-Mar-10

FCoE Update and 10G Fabric Extender Introduction

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

Register

12-Apr-10

Datacenter Interconnect news with Overlay Transport Virtualization. How to transport L2 over Distance

Architects, Network-Engineers

Register

26-Apr-10

Nexus 1000v Update and Roadmap

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

Register

10-May-10

Evolution of Layer 2 Networks

Architects, Network-Engineers

Register

 

Past events available for your review

 

Topic

Audience

 

 

 

Review

Nexus 1000v InDepth: What is VN-Link and VN-Tag in relation to VMWare demonstration of the CLI/GUI

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers

 

Review

vPC on Nexus for Multi Chassis Etherchannel (MCEC). Where are the differences to VSS on Catalyst? The next steps in eliminating spanning tree

Network-engineers

 

Review

Server network access virtualization: From rack servers to blade servers to virtual servers and its implications to the network access layer

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers

 

Review

Nexus 7000/5000/2000 Update and roadmap inclusive datacenter ethernet and fibre-channel over ethernet

Architects, server-engineers, network-Engineers, storage engineers

 

Review

Comparison between Nexus and Catalyst platforms. Where to use the products to achieve their full strength

Network-engineers

 

Review

Topic WAAS Mobile; Performance Improvement for mobile users

Topic WAAS acceleration of VDI traffic

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

 

Review

DC interconnect with xWDM

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

 

Review

MDS 9124 and 9134: What’s the value of MDS fabric switches and how to design small SAN’s

Architects, storage-engineers

 

Review

New DC Architectures with Unified fabrics and Fabric Extenders inclusive Nexus Roadmaps (Ethernet Focused)

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

 

Review

Unified Nexus 5000 Update including FIP and Advanced FCoE. Highly technical, focus on new protocols.

Architects, storage-engineers

 

Review

How to setup Nexus 1000v. Introduction in initial installation and setup of Nexus and vSphere

Server-engineers, network-engineers

 

Review

MDS Update with IOAcceleration, Ficon enhancements, Trust-Sec (FC Link encryption) and Best Practices, inclusive roadmap to 16G

Architects, storage-engineers

 

Review

Swiss Reference Case for Nexus end-2-end, and tools used like Cisco Validated Designs

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

 

Review

Datacenter Interconnect with Long Distance vMotion

Architects, server-engineers, network-engineers, storage-engineers

 

Review

Nexus 4000: The Nexus Switch for Blade Enclosures

Architects, Network-Engineers

 

 

 

 

Important remarks to the Webinars

 

·         Sessions are recorded and can be viewed later for a self paced training. To view recorded sessions please use following link

·         Bookmark http://www.cisco.ch/dcwebinar to retrieve the updated list of upcoming webinars.

·         Registration is mandatory. After registration you will receive a confirmation mail with a password.

 

In case you encounter any problems during registration, viewing or if you want to unsubscribe from this communication please send an email to mkuendig@cisco.com.

Best regards

Swiss Datacenter Team
Cisco Systems (Switzerland) GmbH

P.S. We wish you all a happy and successful new Year

 

 


 

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