| Could Cisco and BMC become more than partners? As Cisco makes an aggressive play for data center market share with its California blade server, industry watchers speculate whether the vendor might also consider acquiring one of the big four management software makers to strike a potentially bigger blow to competitors HP and IBM. BMC's role in Cisco's Unified Computing System launch BMC could consider itself lucky to be selected by Cisco to exclusively provide management technology for Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) launch, but the veteran software maker thinks more than luck is at work ... Cisco says it considered HP, IBM for blade server Cisco considered HP and IBM as blade server partners for its new Unified Computing System, which is designed as a single architecture for data center computing, storage, networking and virtualization. Cisco marketing vice president David Lawler said the company "did have conversations" with HP and IBM about multiple technologies, like unified fabric and the Nexus 1000V virtual switch, which is believed to be an element within UCS. Cisco busts out beyond blade servers with Unified Computing System It’s not a blade server – it’s an architecture. Cisco UCS: it's an architecture, stupid! It's not a blade server - it's an architecture. Cisco stressed the holistic approach of its Unified Computing System during its launch today, claiming its innovations in tying together servers, storage, networking a virtualization make it unique in the industry. Cisco's big blade splash: Ripples go far and wide Today, Cisco ended the suspense and launched its entry into the data center blade computing market, with the announcement of the Unified Computing System (UCS). Ok, there was really very little suspense, since this had been leaking out in various circles for months. But what was surprising was the breadth and depth of the Cisco launch. Cisco never enters a new market in a small way, and this was no exception. They lined up support from big players across the board – EMC, Microsoft, VMware, Accenture, Intel, Oracle, SAP, and most importantly (from a management perspective, which is my favorite drum to beat) with BMC. Cisco quietly downsizing through outsourcing When Cisco celebrated the fifth anniversary of its New England Development Center in Boxborough, Mass., last fall - a ceremony attended by Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and a representative from Gov. Deval Patrick’s office - the company was quietly preparing to move several jobs from there and other locations to contractors in India and elsewhere, mostly in the company's Network Management Technology Group (NMTG). Cisco on server collision course It's hard to ignore the recent revelation that Cisco is working on a blade server of its very own, a development that seems to go to the very heart of what "network architecture" is. ProCurve unveils new SMB switches HP ProCurve this week unveiled a switch line for small to midsize businesses. The ProCurve 2910 line is comprised of four switches. It is designed to allow SMBs to easily scale and manage a growing gigabit network. Sale of key Nortel assets may be inevitable Nortel may have no choice but to sell off key parts of its business, industry analysts said after reports that the company is in talks with competitors to do just that. Nortel enterprise biz not on Cisco's plate Nortel is in talks with rivals about selling off its enterprise and wireless businesses but sources say one rival that is not interested in the enterprise business is Cisco. Network Management That Doesn't Suck Based upon the comments I received on the last NMS Sucks blog, this should the shortest blog ever, jokes Cisco Subnet blogger Jimmy Ray Purser. However, he thinks he's come up with NMS winner: the Network Analysis Module 2. So – are the router prices lower, or not? Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom is on the hunt for bargains for home labs and he's got some good news and bad news for you. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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