Cisco Extends Virtualization Reach

Cisco Systems wants to take the mystery out of virtualization. With virtualization spreading quickly from its roots as a server consolidation play into almost every aspect of IT—from storage to applications to desktops—Cisco is looking to rapidly grow its networking virtualization offerings. At its Cisco Live user conference June 24 in Orlando, Fla., company officials […]

Written By: Jeffrey Burt
Jun 24, 2008
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Cisco Systems wants to take the mystery out of virtualization. With virtualization spreading quickly from its roots as a server
consolidation play into almost every aspect of IT—from storage to
applications to desktops—Cisco is looking to rapidly grow its
networking virtualization offerings.

At its Cisco Live user conference June 24 in Orlando, Fla., company
officials are laying out the latest steps in their Cisco Data Center
3.0 initiative, which they unveiled during the same conference last
year.

The company is rolling out a host of software and services designed
to expand what data center administrators can do with virtualization.
CEO John Chambers is expected to touch upon these announcements in his
keynote address at the show June 24.

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Jeffrey Burt has been a journalist for more than three decades, the last 20-plus years covering technology. During more than 16 years with eWEEK, he covered everything from data center infrastructure and collaboration technology to AI, cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity. A freelance journalist since 2017, his articles have appeared on such sites as eWEEK, eSecurity Planet, Enterprise Networking Planet, Enterprise Storage Forum, Channel Insider, The Next Platform, ITPro Today, Channel Futures, Channelnomics, SecurityNow, and Data Breach Today.

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