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Jul 20 2009   5:32AM GMT

“The Data Center of the future” was great.



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, VMware, Data Center, Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation, iPhone, Cisco Events, Cisco News, Network Trends, network events, Virtual Event, Data Center Consolidation, Unified Computing, data center of the future, on demand webcast

 

Dear folks as you all know on 15th of July 2009, Cisco Systems along APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, and VMware conducted a live virtual event “Data Center of the future”

The event was a great success, I never imagined a virtual event of this standard and the presentations were simply amazing. The interaction was amazing and I was zapped by the virtual environment. For a moment I felt as if I am in the auditorium physically. I really enjoyed each and every presentation.

As I am leaving in the other part of the World time was the major constrain for me. I did miss few presentations, but now I have an opportunity to watch them offline.  As Cisco Systems along with its event partners are allowing us to access on demand presentations. If you have missed this event no worries, you have one more opportunity to access the content on demand. You can download the slides as well. Wow.

Jul 13 2009   5:43AM GMT

Data center of the future an event to attend!



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, VMware, Data Center, Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation, iPhone, Cisco Events, Cisco News, Network Trends, network events, Virtual Event, Data Center Consolidation, Unified Computing, data center of the future

 

Since we are in the process of Data Center, these days I am always looking for the resources, seminars, webcast related to the Data Center.

Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, and VMware joined hands together to share their vision for the unified computing and data center consolidation. They are conducting a live event on 15th of July 2009.

Pic Courtesy: Cisco Systems.

 The Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation virtual event is a one-day live program, where you can access the webcast full of informative presentations that will cover wide range of important topics.

  • Increasing business agility
  • Reducing total cost of ownership
  • Increasing compute and virtual machine scalability
  • Achieving immediate productivity gains through consolidation of inefficient, underutilized infrastructure
  • Improving energy efficiency and extending the life of your existing data centers
  • Starting to lay the foundation for a best-practice architecture to deal with the emerging needs of the 21-century business and new business models
  • Accelerating the deployment and reducing the risks

So register now and enjoy the wonderful event, may be you can win an IPhone.

Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation Virtual Event

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PDT
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT

 

Register  -


Jun 27 2009   6:24AM GMT

Building a Data Center! think green.



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Data Center, Green Data Center, TIA 942, TIA 942 Standard, APC, Search Data Center, Data Center Projects: Standardized Process, Data Center RFP, Cisco Data Center 3.0, Cisco Systems, Nexus 7000, data center solutions, Cable Management, Net Access Cabinets, Panduit, R & M

 

We are working on building a new Data Center for our Organization, mean while I did lot of research and gathered some information on what standards the data center to be established. These days everyone is talking about the green Data centers, which triggered me and I was just thinking about our planet. Yes we will plan a green data center, but to do so we need some guidelines and standards.

 I figured out an ideal data center can be only established if we follow the TIA 964 standards. Following resources helped me to come out with an ideal RFP for the tender which we are releasing soon.

First and foremost the document published by Search Datacenter is good you should have a look at this document and the website has many valuable information related to data centers.  

APC does have lot of documents, the white paper published by APC by the title “Data Center Projects: Standardized Process” did help me a lot to draft the RFP.

Cisco Systems even though they never build data center but they do provide solutions and does have a dedicated section called Cisco Data Center 3.0 where you can find lot of valuable information.

Other web site which really amazed me was of Panduit, they really have data center solutions, especially the cable management stuff and the specially designed Net Access cabinets for the Cisco Nexus 7000 series Switches.   

R & M the Swiss cabling specialist does have special cabling products for the data center as well as their white paper is worth while reading as it contains all the information needed to build a green data center.

Hopefully we try to establish our data center based on the TIA 964 standards and ofcourse it will be green.


Jul 5 2008   11:37AM GMT

Fiber Runner - Great for Data Centers



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Networking, Switches, Cisco, DataCenter, Fiber Runner, Racks, Nexus, Panduit

Other Day I was in a seminar Data Center Stratergy 3.0 organised by Cisco.Leading local industry pundits attended this seminar and it was a simply great. Cisco officially launched Nexus 5000 in this part of the region. There were some good presentations and case studies on Nexus 5000.Well the intresting part was some of the partners presentations. Among them Panduit came up with some great products which I would like to share with you all.Panduit designed an exclusive 45 U cabinet exclusively for the Nexus 7000 series Switch. This cabinet kit enhances interoperability, reduces installation time and supports the performance need s of Data Center. More details can be access from their website ttp://www.panduit.com/Products/ProductOverviews/ProductSearch/index.htm?Ne=1&N=5000001%201473%203004292&lastNodeId=ss_prod_cabinetsrackscables&R=CN1&sid=11AD24324688.
One more interesting thing Panduit came up is the fiber runner. This offers complete fiber cable routing solution to Data centers, it’s modular and can be installed in few minutes. It’s easy to manage and install. Do have a look at this video