In his paper  "A Data Center Fabric  is Critical to the Next Generation of Data Center "published on January 2014,  Zeus Kerravala (@Zeeman)  wrote  " The data center has gone through many major evolutionary changes over the past several decades, and each change has been defined by major shifts in architectures...in 2011, another major shift began: the shift to a virtual data center.  This has been the primary driver in enabling customers to transition to the cloud and ultimately IT as a service...Next-generation data centers will see a greater coupling of hardware and software to bring together both physical and virtual infrastructure. The result will be a fluid, dynamic "fabric" capable of moving IT resources where the business needs them."

End of January at Cisco Live Europe, Cisco introduced new solutions "Data Center and Cloud Networking Accelerations Continues" expanding the portfolio of data center fabric solutions designed to create this virtual data center.

On March 11, a  panel of experts shared  the best ways to achieve this shift . You can  access here to the recording

  Data Center Network Evolution. Why Now
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During this webcast, our guests examined  solutions to address the need  for elimination, integration and consolidation. Eliminating IT silos will allow your resources to be ready when and where they're needed, and can be achieved by implementing a data center fabric. With the capability of being quickly and easily built-and rebuilt-as necessary, data center fabrics provide an overarching, unified infrastructure to securely house your data and allow for benefits such as:

•       Consolidation and simplification of the network, compute, storage, and application resources
•       Faster delivery of services
•       Enhanced utilization of resources
•       More productive IT staff and employees
•       Lower operating expenses

So to be ready to shift into high gear and accelerate , register now to discover the optimal way for a smooth transition.

Resources

A Data Center Fabric is critical to a next-generation Data Center  by Zeus Karravala
"Data Center and Cloud Networking Accelerations Continues  " A blog from Shashi Kiran
"And the Momentum Continue- New Nexus Data Center Innovations  " A blog from  Berna Devrim