- Cisco and data center industry leaders have collaborated extensively to deliver a holistic approach to data center virtualization. These technology partners are delivering technological and architectural innovations that unify infrastructure, simplify operations, and amplify business results.
- Cisco has formed advanced collaborative and development relationships with leading companies across the information technology (IT) industry, including BMC Software, EMC, Emulex, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Novell, Oracle, QLogic, Red Hat, and VMware.
- The relationships with BMC Software, EMC, Microsoft, and VMware extend beyond technical integration to provide services and end-to-end support for the Unified Computing solution.
- To help customers evolve to next-generation data centers through
the power of a Unified Computing architecture, Cisco is expanding its
strategic relationships with key business consulting and global systems
integration partners. These partners are developing integrated solutions
tailored to specific customer needs and collaboratively delivering services
with Cisco.
- Cisco has recently expanded strategic relationships with Accenture,
CSC, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Wipro.
- Cisco and Accenture today announced four new solutions that help large enterprises improve scalability and reduce the total cost of ownership of IT architecture through a new Unified Computing approach.
- Cisco will initially go to market with a select group of Cisco Data
Center Specialized channel partners that already possess the networking,
compute, virtualization, storage, and integrated services practices to help
customers successfully make the transition to a Unified Computing
architecture.
- As customer demand for Unified Computing accelerates, Cisco will enlist
additional channel partners into the new Cisco Unified Computing Authorized
Technology Provider Program.
- Cisco has more than 250 highly trained Data Center Specialized channel
partners around the world.
- Cisco announced it will develop a channel program designed to enable
and accelerate the sales of tested, validated reference designs
incorporating products from industry-leading data center vendors, including
EMC, Microsoft, NetApp, Red Hat, and VMware.
- With more than 80 percent of its revenue flowing through its channel partners, Cisco is one of the IT industry's most channel-centric companies.
- Don Rippert,
chief technology officer, Accenture
- Bob Beauchamp,
chairman and chief executive officer, BMC Software
- Joe Tucci,
chairman, president and chief executive officer, EMC Corp.
- Pat Gelsinger,
vice president and general manager, Digital Enterprise Group,
Intel
- Bill Laing,
corporate vice president, Windows Server and Solutions,
Microsoft
- Dan Warmenhoven,
chief executive officer, NetApp
- Jim Whitehurst,
president and chief executive officer, Red Hat
- Paul Maritz, president and CEO, VMware
- Don Rippert, chief technology officer, Accenture
- Bob Beauchamp, chairman and chief executive officer, BMC
Software
- David Booth, president Global Sales and Marketing, CSC
- Harry Zarek, president, Compugen (Canada)
- Terry Walby, director, Solutions and Technology, Computacenter (UK)
- Ettienne Reinecke, group chief technology officer, Dimension
Data
- Frank Hauck, executive vice president, Global Marketing and Customer
Quality, EMC
- Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president,
Business Development, Emulex
- Pat Gelsinger, vice president and general manager, Digital Enterprise
Group, Intel
- Tom Kelly, managing director, Logicalis (UK)
- Kent MacDonald, vice president, Network Services, Long View Systems
(Canada)
- Bill Laing, corporate vice president, Windows Server and Solutions,
Microsoft
- Tom Georgens, president and chief operating officer, NetApp
- Yasushi Kado, senior corporate officer, Nihon Unisys (Japan)
- Susan Heystee, vice president and general manager, Global Strategic
Alliances, Novell
- Edward Screven, chief corporate architect, Oracle
- H.K. Desai, chief executive officer and chairman of the board,
QLogic
- Brian Stevens, chief technology officer vice president of Engineering,
Red Hat
- Ike Nassi, Ph.D., executive vice president, head of research, Americas
and China, head of Global Incubation, SAP Labs
- Mr. N Chandrasekaran, chief operating officer and executive director,
TCS
- Tod Nielsen, chief operating officer, VMware
- Suresh Vaswani, joint chief executive officer, Wipro
- Jim Kavanaugh, chief executive officer, World Wide Technology (United States)
- Media Alert: Webcast on Data
Center Transformation
- Press Release: Cisco Unified
Computing System
- Partner Press Release: Accenture and
Cisco
- Partner Press Release: BMC Software
and Cisco
- Partner Press Release: EMC and
Cisco
- Partner Press Release: Microsoft and Cisco
- Partner Press Release: VMware and
Cisco
- View
John Chambers video on the new Cisco Unified Computing System
- View
photos from the global launch event on Flicker
- Read "Cisco Data Center
Networks" blog
- Learn more about the Cisco Unified Computing
System
- Learn more about Cisco Data Center
Services
- Industry Leaders Comment on Unified Computing
Contact Information: Press Relations: Gareth Pettigrew Cisco 604 647-2326 gpettigr@cisco.com Analyst Relations: Laura Irwin Cisco 408 853-8876 lirwin@cisco.com Investor Relations: Marilyn Mora Cisco 408 527-7452 marilmor@cisco.com
