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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
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Systems/Enterprise:
CISCO UNVEILS BUSINESS READY DATA
CENTER INITIATIVE
Cisco Systems Inc announced the Business Ready Data Center, an initiative
to
address the need for an intelligent network architecture that facilitates the
evolution to a next-generation data center. Business Ready Data Center
provides the solutions, services, partners and tested architectural design and
deployment guides that allow customers to protect applications and
information, share computing and storage resources and support emerging
service-oriented architectures.
"Hosting and data center services sit at the heart of our business and our
consolidation strategy forms a critical part of our ongoing business model,"
said Paul Thomas, manager of Connectivity Services at Atos Origin. "We
collaborated with Cisco to build a hosting infrastructure in our main data
center, optimizing Cisco's Business Ready Data Center vision and roadmap to
enable us to create a world-class capability. This strategic approach will
lead us toward delivering a true virtual data center environment."
The worldwide enterprise data center networking market is forecast to reach
$7
billion by 2007, according to IDC's forthcoming report, "Worldwide Enterprise
Datacenter Network Forecast, 2003-2007."
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"In order to accommodate the growing costs associated with maintaining data
center assets, addressing vulnerabilities and emerging regulatory
requirements, enterprises are embracing new approaches to data center
networking," said Lucinda Borovick, program director of Data Center Networks
at IDC. "The Business Ready Data Center initiative allows Cisco to address
this growing enterprise market with a comprehensive mix of technology and
partners."
Recognizing IT executives' desire to evolve to a networked data center,
Cisco
is committed to delivering an intelligent network foundation, including:
- Virtualized intelligent network services, such as security and
application
optimization.
- Network-hosted application and storage services, such as volume
management
and data replication.
- Standardized management interfaces, including support for CIM/XML and
Web
Services.
- Enhanced integration with compute and storage resources, such as blade
servers and storage application appliances.
- Increased automation through integrated systems intelligence, such as
self-defending networks.
"Today's CIOs are faced with lowering costs, improving business resilience
and
providing a platform for growth," said Pierre-Paul Allard, vice president of
Worldwide Enterprise Marketing at Cisco Systems. "Cisco's Business Ready Data
Center strategy provides customers with the comprehensive technologies,
architectural vision, design guidance and support customers require to build
the new generation data center."
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