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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco, EMC and VMware Announce Alliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1424]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco, EMC and VMWare launch alliance/coalition/joint venture. by Dan Kusnetzky]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco, EMC, VMware announce joint integrated datacenter venture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26862]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco, EMC and VMware announced Tuesday a joint venture to sell a new integrated data center product called V-Block. by Andrew Nusca]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:36:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26656]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.:    Larry Dignan:  WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster    Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: Intel; Microsoft; Cisco; Google Voice; Postini; Nokia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=25882]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage.    Larry Dignan: Intel: Solid third quarter; Sees brighter prospects ahead    	Sam Diaz: Analysts interested in Intel's 2010, not just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dell partners with Brocade to compete in data center war]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23580]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest developments in the data center wars comes this time from Dell and Brocade, which are announcing a partnership today that includes Dell reselling Brocade networking equipment under its name as part of an "end-to-end" data center offering.    In today's competitive data center landscape, the networking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco IT pro publishes techniques on "growing" a green data center new book on]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=6579]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a new book out this month from Cisco IT architect Douglas Alger called "Grow a Green Data Center." (The book is published by Cisco Press, which is a technology imprint of Pearson Education.)  The author says the book is a compilation of best practices and techniques for optimizing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:55:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM a friend; HP a foe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22344]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the tectonic plates shift below the data center the vendor lines are becoming more clear. HP and Cisco are on a collision course and IBM appears to be playing Switzerland's neutral act nicely.    If you want to know how Cisco's move into servers has altered the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:47:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM bolsters Juniper pact; Reseller deal with Cisco]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=21512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM took its relationship with Juniper up a notch by announcing and original equipment manufacturer deal. Big Blue also announced deals with Brocade and Cisco.  Under the Juniper deal, the latest in a string of IBM-Juniper collaborations, IBM will rebrand and sell Juniper EX and MX switches and routers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:45:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1057]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis  and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.Â  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:48:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Started With VMware vSphere and Emulex/Cisco SANs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1127039]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The combination of VMware vSphere and Fibre Channel SANs provides substantial CapEx and OpEx savings. Cisco and Emulex are leaders in Fibre Channel technologies and provide scalable, high-performance hardware and software components that fully enable server virtualization in the data center. This paper explains some of the components and concepts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why did Citrix invest in Vyatta?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=991]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A short while ago, Vyatta announced that it had completed its series C round of funding and that that the round was lead by Citrix Systems more information about this round can be found here. Since I've watched both companies for quite some time, I spent a bit of time...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:00:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco rallies channel to target virtualized data centers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19176]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco said today that it will "grow, motivate and evolve" its channel partners as a way of turbo-boosting the adoption of virtualized data centers. At its partner summit, the company announced plans to expand its partner profitability program and launch IT certification training, as well as an expansion of its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:35:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virtualization Beyond the Data Center]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1019221]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of virtualization has gotten renewed attention with the advent of server virtualization in the Data Center, enabling organizations to simplify management and optimize performance of vast computing and networking infrastructures. Server virtualization, part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, leads to significant cost savings, helping organizations address space,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 Steps to Deploying a High-Performance Fault-Tolerant SAN Using Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage and Cisco Catalyst Network Infrastructure]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1104645]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dell EqualLogic family of iSCSI SANs is fundamentally changing the way enterprises think about purchasing and managing storage. Built on a virtualized peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series simplifies the deployment and administration of consolidated storage environments. Its all-inclusive, intelligent feature set streamlines purchasing and delivers rapid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Data center survey: Cisco's server push sparks interest; VMware, EMC, NetApp shine]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco's Unified Computing System is garnering interest, but storage appears to be the focus of CIOs as they ponder the next generation data center and that's good news for EMC and NetApp, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.Â     Goldman Sachs surveyed 100 IT executives at Fortune 1000...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:32:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Competitive SAN Local Switching Solution: Limiting Scalability, Not Improving It]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1110813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Local switching is switching in which traffic does not traverse the backplane of a switch but rather stays on a line card. This concept is positioned as a method for increasing the available bandwidth of a line card or reducing traffic on the backplane of a device. While the concept...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco MDS 9000 Family Advantages in VMware Environment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1110825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Virtualization brings numerous advantages to the data center, i.e. more efficient resource utilization, decreased level of management complexity, lower power and cooling demands, etc. However, it also introduced new challenges, especially when it comes to SAN deployments in virtualized environments, such as specific performance requirements, application isolation, security aspects, granularity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As the data center turns: IBM gets tight with Juniper, Brocade; Take that Cisco]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17103]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated: IBM is busy teaming up with every networking company not named Cisco.Â     On Tuesday, IBM announced a new distribution pact with Brocade Communications, according to various news outlets Techmeme. IBM will rebrand Brocade's gear and use its sales force to distribute them. Big Blue has resold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:51:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled its answer to making data centers more modular and more cost effective and the target is pretty clear: Cisco Systems.    HP's latest entry into the data center wars is dubbed the BladeSystem Matrix and Matrix Orchestration Environment. These products reside in HP's Adaptive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:00:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco takes Letterman-style approach to push Unified Computing System savings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16477]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco raised the stakes today in the Great Data Center War of 2009 - and it didn't involve a new product or strategy announcement.    Instead, the marketing department took to the Web in a David Letterman-type format to explain to a live audience why its new Unified...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:45:21 -0700</pubDate>
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