nimble storage at cisco live london 2013
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As a leader in providing enterprises with flash-optimized data storage systems, Nimble Storage is a frequent participant at major industry events, such as last week's Cisco Live show in London, England. (http://www.ciscolive.com/london/). Here's the show report from Michael McLaughlin of the Nimble Storage Technical Marketing team. We were especially pleased to see the turnout for Charlie Whitfield’s talk on "Successful VDI Using Pre-validated Reference Architectures". It's clear that this is a hot topic for many IT managers and storage admins, which is no surprise given the way VDI enables them to provide their users with improved performance and capabilities without increasing their costs.TRANSCRIPT
Show Report – Cisco Live London 2013 Michael McLaughlin – Technical Marketing, Nimble Storage February 12, 2013 www.nimblestorage.com
Hot Topics at Cisco Live London
Hybrid enterprise storage arrays VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) Reference architectures Enterprise global mobile networks The Internet of things
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Hybrid Enterprise Data Storage
Key drivers are VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and global mobile access via BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Now accepted that solid state flash technology is a fundamental requirement to meet these performance needs
All-flash arrays address the performance issue, but just aren’t cost-competitive with Nimble Storage’s hybrid arrays
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Virtual Device Infrastructure
Huge turnout for Charlie Whitfield’s talk:– “Successful VDI Using Pre-validated Reference
Architectures” VDI is a hot topic for IT managers and storage admins Enables them to provide their users with improved
performance and capabilities without increasing their costs
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Reference Architectures
You can learn more about the reference architecture here:
– http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns836/ns978/guide_c07-719522.pdf
Describes the reference architecture for desktop virtualization with storage for up to 1,000 virtual desktops:
– Based on VMware View 5.1 and VMware vSphere 5– Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers– Nimble Storage CS-Series storage appliance
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From 1,000 Devices to 50-Billion
Mobile access is becoming increasingly important According to Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's chief
technology officer: – There were only about 1,000 devices connected to
the Internet in 1984– There are now more than 50-billion!
No wonder CIOs are busy updating their network infrastructure
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Cisco’s Unified Access One Network
New strategy to support trend to global mobilization, unveiled during the show’s opening keynote
Targeted at the enterprise's need to manage complexity and cost
Cisco also showed new high-speed LAN and wireless controllers
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The Internet of Things
Next major trend in connectivity, both for consumer and enterprise applications
More and more physical objects will contain addressable sensors and effectors
Not yet widely available, but likely to have a profound impact
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Upcoming Events
Cisco Live Melbourne, March 5 – 8 Citrix Synergy 2013 Los Angeles, May 22 – 24 Cisco Live 2013 Orlando, June 23 – 27 VMworld 2013 San Francisco, August 26 – 29
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