Bangkok--15 Aug--PC & Associates Consulting Cisco Introduces New Data Center Products, Services and Programs to Support a Holistic View of the Data Center Cisco is introducing a broad array of innovative data center products and solutions that will enable customers to better utilize their data center resources, deploy more robust business continuance, build cost-effective storage area networks, and enhance data security. Cisco’s vision for next-generation data centers, called Data Center 3.0, entails the real-time, dynamic orchestration of infrastructure services from shared pools of virtualized server, storage and network resources, while optimizing application performance, service levels, efficiency and collaboration. “The network is uniquely positioned to be the platform for the data center, and Cisco is investing in innovations to help our customers transform their data centers for improved efficiency and increased business productivity. Data Center 3.0 provides our customers with a roadmap to build mission-critical data centers that improves collaboration within their organisations while dramatically reducing power consumption,” said Dr Tatchapol Poshyanonda, Managing Director, Thailand, Cisco. Over the next 24 months, Cisco will deliver innovative new products, programs, and capabilities to help customers realize the Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision. New products and programs announced today support that vision, representing the first steps in helping customers to create next-generation data centers. Cisco VFrame Data Center VFrame Data Center (VFrame DC) is an orchestration platform that leverages network intelligence to provision resources together as virtualized services.New Cisco “Trusted WAN Optimization” Software The new Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software release introduces the industry's first “trusted WAN optimization solution” by offering highly secure wide area network (WAN) acceleration and accurate application performance management. Enhanced Cisco ACE XML Gateway Software The new Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Extensible Markup Language (XML) Gateway software delivers enhanced capabilities for enabling secure Web services, providing customers with better management, visibility, and performance of their XML applications and Web 2.0 services. 18/4 Multiservice Module The Cisco MDS 18/4 Multiservice Module provides eighteen 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and four Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports. It offers virtual SANs (VSANs), inter-VSAN routing (IVR), remote SAN extension with high-performance Fibre Channel over IP, integrated Cisco Multilayer Datacenter Switch (MDS) Storage Media Encryption (SME) as a distributed fabric service, advanced Fiber Connectivity (FICON) services, cost-effective Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) connectivity to Ethernet-attached servers, and a host of capabilities to optimize WAN resources for backup and replication. The module can reside in MDS 9500 Series directors or 9200 Series semi-modular fabric switches.Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch With a compact form factor and advanced capabilities, the Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch is an ideal solution for departmental and remote branch-office storage area networks (SANs). Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch Designed for midrange to large enterprise customers, the Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch provides line-rate 4-Gbps and 10-Gbps ports at an affordable price in a compact one-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. Cisco Data Mobility Manager The Cisco Data Mobility Manager (DMM) is a fabric-based data migration solution that transfers block data non-disruptively across heterogeneous storage volumes and across distances, whether the host is online or offline. Cisco Storage Media Encryption Cisco integrates Storage Media Encryption (SME) into Cisco-based SAN fabrics to offer seamless management of data encryption across multiple types of heterogeneous SAN-attached storage devices: disks, tape drives, and virtual tape libraries.Cisco N-Port Virtualizer Based on an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T11 standard, the Cisco N-Port Virtualizer (NPV) simplifies deployment and management of large scale SAN-attached Blade Server environments. Cisco Smart Call Home Smart Call Home is a new connected service feature available through Cisco SMARTnet that provides proactive, detailed diagnostics and real-time alerts on core network devices. Smart Call Home will be initially available on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and will be offered on other Cisco products over time.Cisco Data Center Assurance Program The Cisco Data Center Assurance Program (DCAP) an industry-first system and solution-level testing program that involves all of the components necessary to implement and operate a data center infrastructure. DCAP benefits customers by enabling faster deployment, reducing risk, improving end-to-end stability and scalability, reducing downtime, supporting faster recovery, and enabling faster, more reliable technology upgrades.Channel Partner Specializations As part of its Data Center 3.0 initiative, Cisco today announced it is building its data center channel specialization strategy around three key technology groups: network infrastructure, storage networking and application networking. - The new Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure Specialization enables channel partners to design, sell, install, and support a comprehensive data center solution based on Cisco Catalyst Ethernet switching platforms and Cisco Security. - The evolution of the Storage Networking Specialization into the Advanced Data Center Storage Networking Specialization incorporates the latest Cisco director class Fibre Channel product family training curriculum to train and enable channel partners to deploy and support intelligent SAN solutions. - Cisco is also in initial phase of development on a Data Center Application Networking Specialization designed to build partner competencies around fast growing application delivery network technologies such as the Cisco Application Content Engine (ACE). Together, the data center specializations will provide channel partners with enhanced technical competencies and a road map for building a robust data center practice.About Cisco Systems Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco products are supplied in Thailand by Cisco Systems International, BV. Cisco, the Cisco logo, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. 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