Cisco and Ingram Micro Launch Cisco Center for Unified Computing in Singapore

Strategic Insights -

Cisco Systems and Ingram Micro have launched a joint solution center in Singapore to accelerate the delivery of new services through a data center platform. This platform will improve security and enable provisioning and migration support for Ingram Micro's customers and channel partners. The center will also feature technology from various partners, including APC, CA, Hitachi Data Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, VMware, and others.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Cisco Center for Unified Computing provides a data center platform for Ingram Micro's customers and channel partners to accelerate the delivery of new services with improved security.
  • The center features technology from various partners, including APC, CA, Hitachi Data Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, VMware, and others.
  • Applications from Microsoft, Symantec, and VMware are configured to simulate a data center's environment, allowing partners to test and address their customers' data center requirements and challenges.
  • The center provides a risk-free environment for partners to share and address their customers' data center challenges, uniting network, computing, and virtualization resources.
  • Cisco's investment in the partnership includes training and additional staff to manage the solution center.
  • The Cisco Unified Computing System integrates computational, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single energy-efficient system.
  • The system uses a 'wire once' unified fabric with a computing platform to optimize virtualization and provide dynamic resource provisioning for improved business agility.

Statistics:

  • The Cisco Center for Unified Computing will provide data center solutions for Ingram Micro's customers and partners.
  • The center will feature technology from 10 partners, including APC, CA, Hitachi Data Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, VMware, and others.
  • The system will integrate computational, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single energy-efficient system.
  • Applications from Microsoft, Symantec, and VMware are configured to simulate a data center's environment.
  • The center will provide a risk-free environment for partners to share and address their customers' data center challenges.

Sources:

  • Euclid Infotech (Copyright 2010), distributed by Contify.com.