Cisco's new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI?

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	Cisco's new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI? Cisco has quietly launched a new fabric interconnect for its Unified Computing System servers, which is designed to address requirements for smaller compute domains. There have been reports that the 6324 Fabric Interconnect is either a component of, or actually is a “mini UCS” targeted at mid-market enterprises and SMBs. Cisco Systems The 6324 is integrated directly into the blade server chassis – where Cisco fabric extender modules typically go -- to simplify connectivity between the servers and a lossless 10G Ethernet network fabric, especially in space constrained environments. Up to now, UCS fabric interconnects have been external to the blade server chassis, which requires more data center real estate and might not be as scalable: if each blade server chassis has its own fabric interconnect instead of sharing an external one, you have many more fabric interconnects managing virtual ports.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology How WAN Optimization Helps Enterprises Reduce Costs If you wanted to break down innovation into a tidy equation, it might go something like this: Technology + Connectivity = Productivity. Productivity comes in two forms: user experience and infrastructure efficiency. 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Learn more IBM/DARPA turn out brain-like 5-billion transistor superchip DARPA-funded IBM researchers today said they have developed a human brain-inspired computer chip loaded with more than 5 billion transistors and 256 million “synapses,” or programmable logic points, analogous to the connections between neurons in the brain.In addition to being one of the world’s largest and most complex computer chips ever produced it requires only a fraction of the electrical power of conventional chips to operate, IBM and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) stated.+More on Network World: The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2014 (so far!); The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network Designing wireless networks for coverage is no longer enough. 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For that reason, many companies are willing to pick up the tab.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More 10 ways to get noticed at Black Hat Hint: If blue wigs and aluminum-foil hats don't work, try free beer Read More Big tech firms back Wi-FAR for remote broadband Google, Microsoft and Facebook are cranking up an emerging wireless technology known as Wi-FAR to help reduce the digital divide in remote and unconnected regions of the world.Wi-FAR is a recently trademarked name from the nonprofit WhiteSpace Alliance (WSA) that refers to the 802.22 wireless standard first approved by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) in 2011.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: How to use public Wi-Fi hotspots safely The standard shares the underused TV band of spectrum called whitespace to send wireless signals, typically over distances of six to 18 miles in rural and remote areas. It has a theoretical download speed of more than 22 Mbps per TV channel that serves up to 512 devices, according to the WSA. That could result in speeds of about 1.5 Mbps on a downlink to a single device.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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