Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), which got into the set-top box business by acquiring box pioneer Scientific Atlanta, expects it will get out of that business by using its traditional strengths--IP and the Internet cloud--Ken Morse, CTO of Cisco 2900 router Service Provider Technology Group said during a keynote address at a Light Reading event in New York City.
"Set-tops are clearly moving to the point where they are either a piece of software that lives in another device or they're virtualized totally in the cloud," Morse said during the address.
The change out, of course, depends on cable migrating to IP technology which the industry has not hurried to do, and the cloud maintaining some semblance of reliability and security. On the other hand, the end of the set-top era could spell good news for Cisco 2960 which recently reported that sales of set-tops were "challenged."
2011年4月28日星期四
2011年4月18日星期一
Cisco opens green datacenter to support internal operations
If you are going to be pushing your datacenter vision out to corporate America and expect to have any credibility, it is important that you be running your own business on the infrastructure that you are selling. With the opening of their new Allen, TX datacenter, Cisco is doing just that, rolling out a new green datacenter that is operating on the full portfolio of Cisco datacenter hardware and software.
From 100 KW of solar cells generating power on the roof (for use by the offices, not the datacenter hardware) to the plans to use ambient fresh air to reduce cooling costs, Cisco has attempted to at least touch all the bases in the current green datacenter model. But with an eye towards practicality, the expected PUE of this new facility is only 1.35.
This isn’t a bad number, but with every new facility in the datacenter business trying to post PUE ratings of as close to 1.0 as possible, it is nice to see a realistic rating target from a major vendor. With aspects to the calculation such as the use of outside air, Cisco can only factor in average local temperatures, though they expect to be able to use outside air cooling at least 65% of the time. If Cisco is able to generate a better PUE after running the facility for an extended period, I’m certain they will make sure the media and their customers are aware of the improvement over the projected rating.
The data center is also one half of what Cisco describes as a metro Virtual Data center. It is paired with a datacenter in Richardson, TX to deliver IT cloud services that span the two facilities and offer the advantages of redundancy for increased uptime and disaster recovery planning.
I’m sure that used Cisco will be making the most of the facility as a showcase for their Unified Computing infrastructure model, which will allow them to give potential customers a more one to one pitch when comparing their converged computing alternative to those offered by other vendors, or, more specifically, HP.
From 100 KW of solar cells generating power on the roof (for use by the offices, not the datacenter hardware) to the plans to use ambient fresh air to reduce cooling costs, Cisco has attempted to at least touch all the bases in the current green datacenter model. But with an eye towards practicality, the expected PUE of this new facility is only 1.35.
This isn’t a bad number, but with every new facility in the datacenter business trying to post PUE ratings of as close to 1.0 as possible, it is nice to see a realistic rating target from a major vendor. With aspects to the calculation such as the use of outside air, Cisco can only factor in average local temperatures, though they expect to be able to use outside air cooling at least 65% of the time. If Cisco is able to generate a better PUE after running the facility for an extended period, I’m certain they will make sure the media and their customers are aware of the improvement over the projected rating.
The data center is also one half of what Cisco describes as a metro Virtual Data center. It is paired with a datacenter in Richardson, TX to deliver IT cloud services that span the two facilities and offer the advantages of redundancy for increased uptime and disaster recovery planning.
I’m sure that used Cisco will be making the most of the facility as a showcase for their Unified Computing infrastructure model, which will allow them to give potential customers a more one to one pitch when comparing their converged computing alternative to those offered by other vendors, or, more specifically, HP.
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