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Posted in Dynamic Data Center, IO Virtualization, Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2009
Check out the post fellow blogger and colleague Ken Oestreich wrote recently. It’s a great description of the Processing Area Network. Sometimes a picture/video is better than text and Ken does a great job illustrating the architecture and value of PAN.
Given all the buzz around Cisco UCS, Ken’s blog is timely and informative. Way to [...]
Posted in Data Center Consolidation, Dynamic Data Center, IO Virtualization, Industry News on Mar 17th, 2009
Yogi Berra said it, Cisco just reconfirmed it.
Reviewing Cisco’s much-leaked, and much hyped announcement of Project California was like a trip down memory lane.
Blade Form Factor - Check!
Unified Fabric for IP and Storage traffic - Check!
Management Console - Check!
Integration with Virtual Machine Management - Check!
Sounds oh so PAN like to me. If imitation is indeed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2009
It appears the Egenera/Dell deal is moving forward with velocity. A first joint customer was announced today, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Corporate Data Center Operations (CDCO).
This is the first of a pipeline of customers buying-into Infrastructure Orchestration (also referred to as Fabric Computing or Unified Computing) - first offered in 2001 [...]
Posted in Blade Servers, Dynamic Data Center, Egenera News, Industry News, OEM Partners on Mar 3rd, 2009
Last year, Egenera announced support for Dell rack mount servers, extending the Processing Area Network architecture to off-the-shelf, industry standard servers. This combination joins the best-in-class Unified Fabric architecture (PAN) with the best-in-class industry standard hardware from Dell. The solution earned early praise from customers and has proven to be a terrific offering for the [...]