Ciscohas announced its next
generationdatacentrestrategy to help improve
firms' business continuity, deliver cost-effectivestorage area networksand enhance data
security.
The
Data Center 3.0 strategy encompasses server virtualisation,
shared storage and network resources, and application
optimisation.
John Chambers, Cisco CEO, said, "Because the network is uniquely
positioned within the datacentre, we are investing in innovations
we believe will help our customers to transform their data centres
to achieve improved efficiency and increased business
productivity."
Over the next 24 months, said Cisco, the supplier will deliver
new products, programmes and capabilities to help customers move
towards Data Center 3.0.
In the meantime, Cisco has just launched a number of new
products to support its next generation data centre strategy.
The new products cover areas including virtualisation,
application optimisation and mobile integration, and also include a
number of new routers and switches.
More details
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