CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. This is the time to write our New Year's resolution, and for that we should learn from what we have achieved in the past to better prepare for the future. With that in mind, I invite you to look at the new innovations that Cisco brought to you in 2016, the awards they have received, and how they have been perceived by our customers, partners, analysts and tech lovers represented in awards.
This way, if you are considering data center solutions to meet your 2017 goals, you can definitely start by looking at the list of 2016 awards winning data center products and make better decisions!
To give you some background, in 2016, Cisco has formulated the most innovative Cisco data center strategy to provide an architecture that lets you Analyze, Simplify, Automate, and Protect your data and applications: the ASAP data center. Brad Casemore, Research director of Data Center Networks at IDC, shares his honest opinion about the Cisco ASAP Data Center:
'…an architecture devised to modernize infrastructure, simplify operations, prepare for next-generation cloud applications, fully leverage hybrid cloud, and provide comprehensive visibility and security throughout the datacenter and across all application environments.'
- Enabling Digital Transformation in Datacenters and Hybrid Cloud: Cisco Analyze, Simplify, Automate, and Protect (ASAP).
Data Center | Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager | 105
Networking | Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) | 105
As Chuck Robbins proudly assured, Tetration is '…an open platform that provides data center visibility at a level that's never been achieved before, and at a scale never possible before'
Besides being chosen for this prestigious award, ACI has also been recognized by customers and partners. As of today, there are 2700+ ACI customers and a rapidly growing ecosystem of 65 technology partners, representing a 100% growth for the year. Learn more about ACI and the benefits of such a rich ecosystem here.
Cisco has been chosen as the award winner in market leadership, price leadership, performance, reliability, reliability, service & support, and/or innovation:
- SDN Platform (Cisco ACI)
- Unified Communications
- Best Fibre Channel Network Monitoring
- Network Performance Monitoring
- Ethernet Core Switches
- Ethernet Top of Rack Switches
- Servers for Software Defined Storage
- Integrated System
- Converged Network Adapters
- FCoE Switches
- Fibre Channel Switches
- Low Latency Ethernet Switches
- Fibre Channel Network Monitoring
- Network Performance Monitoring
- Virtual Router / Network Access Appliance
- All Flash Hyperconverged System
- On-Premise vs. Cloud Unified Communications
- Layer 4-7 NFV Services Platform
- SDN Enabled Switches
- Ethernet Network Monitoring
In this past year, there has been a marketing buzz about having larger buffers. While there are benefits to larger buffer sizes, Miercom tests and reports that Cisco's intelligent buffers demonstrate a clear advantage over large buffers. See the report to satisfy your curiosity!
All of these solutions are key solution components of the Cisco ASAP data center. As represented by the awards, ASAP brings you the most comprehensive collection of best of breed point solutions yet also integrated to work seamlessly together, something that no other single vendor can deliver. Nada! Cero! Ni uno! Learn more by visiting www.cisco.com/go/datacenter
Now that you start writing your New Year's resolution, you might also want to read what analyst Zeus Kerravala has to say in What to expect from Cisco in 2017 , and of course, attend Cisco Live, where you can meet the experts and see all the latest innovations.
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