So I love being an evangelist, which is probably why its good that I am doing what I am. Back when we initially launched Data Center 3.0 we spent a lot of time preaching the virtues of “consolidation, virtualization and automation” and there are times I was certainly felt like I was wandering in the wilderness, but regardless, it was a lot of fun.
Fast forward a couple of years…I was working on an AR/PR deck and I was stuck by how much of what we talked about has turned into shipping product and implementable solutions. While that is cool, what I find even cooler is that that these solutions are not just Cisco-only efforts, but encompass technologies from a broad cross-section of partners. Here are a couple of examples of the kinds of things we are doing with folks that are probably already in your data center. First off, here is a recap of what we are dong with VMware and NetApp on workload mobility.
Similarly, here is another doc on Integrating Cisco UCS with vSphere Distributed Power Management.
