February 5, 2015 To be clear, when we are talking about Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) we are really talking about the data center and the management/deployment of applications within that data center. The sole purpose of the data center is to publish applications for a company’s end users or customers to consume. The […]
Category: Infrastructure
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What Is Cisco’s Intelligent WAN?Read
Learn the ins and outs of Cisco’s IWAN on the Mindsight Advanced Technology Blog.
Why Nimble Storage Has Been So Disruptive In The Storage IndustryRead
November 19, 2014 As you may or may not know, storage has historically been a pain point for most organizations in terms of exploding data growth, data protection needs (disaster recovery), increasingly demanding virtualized applications (want access to read/write very quickly), and the fact that storage technologies have been complex/difficult to manage. Furthermore, the […]
What Don’t You Know About Cisco ISR G2 2900/3900 Series Routers?Read
October 5, 2014 Part of our job as technology consultants is to make sure our customers are aware of all the new bells and whistles that Cisco is offering in each product class. Since routers are a foundational component of most network architectures, their features, functionality, and capabilities are topics that get broached daily. […]
Which Cisco Route/Switch Core Should You Choose for Your Data Center or MDF?Read
July 2, 2014 As more and more customers are faced with the task of designing or refreshing their current Data Center or MDF Route/Switch core, it’s important to future proof your decision based on what we know today. Answering a series of key design questions will help you select the correct technology for your […]
Storage I/O Misalignment – The Silent Performance KillerRead
February 8, 2013 Much like the medical industry refers to high blood pressure or diabetes as a “silent killer,” storage I/O misalignment can slowly degrade the health and performance of your storage array over time. I/O misalignment can degrade your applications & databases performance by as much as 30% or more, depending on how […]