Unified Fabric

Do you have a large mass of cabling in your data center?  Well that big mass could be the sign of an even bigger problem.  The demands of virtualization and increased bandwidth are creating HUGE management, power and cost inefficiencies that cannot be sustained forever.

Can unified fabric provide a realistic solution?  hmmmmmmmmmmmm well that is the question.

RedLegg can help you learn more about this new data transport technology and show you the tangible benefits that you can expect from its implementation.   You can migrate to unified fabric incrementally preserving the value of your existing data center investments.

RedLegg can show you demonstrations that prove how unified fabric can dramatically simplify the way you deploy servers, networks, storage and applications.   We can answer key questions such as…

* Do you really need to choose between Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel?

* Will unified fabric disrupt your storage administration?

* What kind of ROI can you really expect?

* How do you control and manage this new technology?

* Are Cisco Nexus switches pre standard and proprietary or standardized and open

STAY TUNED!  Yahoo! very exciting stuff.

Cisco Bumps Up Bid for Tandberg to $3.41 Billion

This post continues the 10/21 post. 

Cisco has bumped its bid to buy Tandberg from $3 Billion to $3.41 Billion after initial offer was rejected by Tandberg’s Shareholders.  The offer will  be taken off the table on Dec. 1, 2009 if Tandberg doesn’t accept it and Cisco says it will look for other ways to expand its hand in the video conferencing market. 

40% of the shareholders have pre-accepted the new offer Cisco has made.  Video conferencing is a growing technology in businesses to cut down on travel expenses.  Also, if a company is trying to go GREEN then this technology helps them in that way as well.

Tandberg Bid Rejected….

Cisco just pay more for them…!  You know you have the mula for it…

Yesterday, Cisco was down 4 cents at $24.34 and “The current bid is 153.50 crowns per share.. and the bid might have to increase by 170 crowns.”  What the heck is a crown?

Update: Cisco said in a statement that it could not comment on the Tandberg holders move, but that it has previously said it is offering a fair price. Here’s the full text of their response, which comes from a spokesperson for the company:

“We are aware of statements made by Tandberg shareholder[s] and as we are currently in the middle of a tender offer process, we are not able to comment. We have stated previously that we believe we are paying a fair price for a quality asset and our offer comes recommended by the Tandberg Board of Directors. As noted in Tandberg’s communications to the Oslo Exchange, Cisco’s offer represents a 38.3% premium to the closing share price on July 15 – which is one day prior to major media reports of a possible transaction.”‪

Update 2: William Blair analyst Jason Ader asserts that there is a high probability that Cisco will raise its offer, noting that Cisco is paying only an 11% premium to the price of the stock on the day before the bid. He thinks they could cinch the deal by offering 10%-15% more – or the 170 crown price noted above. He says this is a highly strategic deal for Cisco, and that walking away now “would be contradictory and puzzling to Cisco shareholders, especially given Cisco’s huge cash reserves.”

Nexus 1000v Switch

Have you heard the latest buzz?

The Cisco Nexus 100v software switch from Cisco basically gives more power back to the network admin/manager in the virtualized world by letting them have more control in virtualized environments.  Cool stuff & all. 

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=667

Cisco Servers Really? WAR!!!!

IBM will begin selling ethernet and switching products from Brocade Communications Systems, seeking to diversify and compete against Cisco.

Brocade shares jumped 9.1% to $4.57.  Brocade is benefiting from Cisco’s recent announcement to start selling computer servers.

Cisco’s weird move is seen as a direct challenge to H-P and IBM whom actually help sell Cisco routers and other networking equipment through partnerships.  IBM & H-P may re-evaluate their partnerships in favor of Cisco’s smaller rivals like Broade and Juniper Networks.

IBM’s move make sense, although Cisco servers are of course not posing any real threat in the server market.

IBM already sells Brocade storage equipment but will bolster their relationship by selling switches & routers made by Foundry Networks which Brocade aquired last year.

The expanded partnership will help IBM offer its customers greater choice and alternatives to its current vendor partnership with Cisco.

Cisco has pretty much declared war on H-P and IBM and H-P and IBM want to come back and get into Cisco’s key markets and that the ethernet space which is a $20 billion market opportunity every year.  Brocade will most likely gain share  as a result of this rivalry. 

IBM shares rose 2.6% to $101.43