Cisco and IBM Speed Client Transformation to the Cloud with Expanded VersaStack Offerings

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ByGreg Gorbach
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Cisco and IBM announced new solutions for VersaStack, converged infrastructure jointly developed by the two companies.  VersaStack reportedly helps organizations reduce complexity and automate processes to accelerate the delivery of applications.  The additional technologies incorporated in the announcement extend VersaStack to include hybrid cloud capabilities and also take advantage of the latest software defined storage technologies to address cloud-scale applications.

This broad set of solutions allows IT organizations to:

  • Simplify and standardize service delivery through infrastructure automation: with Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite and VersaStack; improving efficiency while reducing complexity and cost; and delivering a rich set of storage capabilities.

     

  • Deploy premier solutions for hybrid IT: utilizing Cisco CloudCenter and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management to deploy, provision, and manage applications and data in hybrid cloud environments, with 20+ cloud types and regions, including IBM Bluemix Infrastructure (formerly IBM Softlayer).

     

  • Improve the manageability, recovery and storage of data:  Spectrum Software Defined Storage with VersaStack and Cisco UCS help improve efficiency and leverage existing server and storage resources while delivering a rich set of storage capabilities.

     

  • Easy scaling to multi-petabyte storage for fast growing cloud-scale applications: The combination of the Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Servers with IBM Cloud Object Storage delivers an on-premises storage solution for data intensive workloads by supporting IT organizations to help prepare for business requirements with an easily scalable solution.

     

     

Keywords: Enable Hybrid IT, Cloud-Scale Storage, Data Intensive, Hybrid Cloud Environments, ARC Advisory Group.

 

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