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Cisco Extends Its Intelligent Automation for Cloud By Jennifer LeClaire November 1, 2012 11:28AM     "Now you can create virtual data centers, on-board tenants, and provision cloud services from within our Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud solution -- whether your cloud is running on VMware or OpenStack, or if you're using the Amazon Web Services public cloud," said Cisco's Jason Schroedl.   Related Topics Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Virtual Data Center Data Center Cloud Latest News Reality TV's New Stars: Small Biz Soundbars Up the Ante on TV Sound Google Glass Raises Privacy Concerns Pentagon Gives iOS 6 Security OK Should Enterprises Skip Windows 8? Cisco just rolled out the latest iteration of Intelligent Automation for Cloud. Version 3.1 introduces new features and capabilities to make it easier to deploy clouds, from CloudSync to Network Services Manager. "Cisco is delivering the capabilities that our customers need to build real private clouds, public clouds, and hybrid clouds," said Jason Schroedl, a marketing executive at Cisco. "We recognize that it's not as easy as, 'Poof, you've got a cloud .' We offer the software , infrastructure , partners, and services to help you get started -- with a pragmatic roadmap for your cloud journey." Managing a Dedicated Pool of VDCs Schroedl points to infrastructure-as-a-service use cases in which virtual machines and other resources can be provisioned from a shared pool of resources on-demand. In more advanced infrastructure-as-a-service use cases, he explained, virtual data centers (VDCs) can be established to provide project teams or departments with a dedicated resource pool of compute, storage, and network capacity for their own organization. With version 3.1, Schroedl said customers can take advantage of these best practices in their own deployment. "When a business unit, department, or project team needs infrastructure resources, they can order their own VDC from a menu of options -- with pre-set capacity allocations...to enforce consumption limits -- in the self-service portal," he explained. "And on an ongoing basis, they can manage their own dedicated pool of physical blades, virtual machines, virtual CPU, memory , and storage -- by increasing the capacity, adding a physical blade with Cisco UCS Manager, adding a network, etc." Automating Cloud Sync With version 3.1, Cisco has also introduced new infrastructure discovery and resource tracking. Dubbed CloudSync, the technology lets you automatically discover, track, and manage all of the infrastructure elements within your cloud environment and the systems connected to them. "You can run discovery of the infrastructure inventory on-demand or on a scheduled basis," Schroedl said. "Your cloud administrators can keep track of infrastructure resources, assess capacity, and prevent sprawl. They also have the visibility and control they need to ensure security and policy compliance ." With version 3.1, Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud includes Cisco Network Services Manager. By bundling Cisco Network Services Manager in Cisco's cloud management solution, Schroedl said the company is providing a foundation for network-as-a-service. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Tell Us What You Think Comment: Name: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Panasonic Toughbook® mobile computers are engineered to withstand drops, spills, dust and grime, and to perform in the harshest environments. Rugged reliability, low cost of ownership and accolades from reviewers are just a few of the reasons why Toughbook computers keep winning over the world's toughest users. Click here to learn more.  Data Storage 1.   GM Reinvents the Data Center 2.   Google Revamps Data Storage Plan 3.   EMC ViPR Changes the Storage World 4.   Filr an IT-Friendly Dropbox Alternative 5.   BitTorrent Offers P2P File-Syncing App GM Reinvents the Data Center To cut costs, better serve customers. Average Rating: EMC ViPR Changes the Storage World Eases IT and data center management. Average Rating: Filr an IT-Friendly Dropbox Alternative But will Novell offering sell for users? Average Rating:

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