DC Partner - EMC

Cisco and EMC are collaborating on solutions and professional services to help build, deploy, and manage IT infrastructures that adapt to changing needs and business demands. Industry-leading EMC information infrastructure and intelligent Cisco networking products, including Cisco Unified Computing System, will simplify the complexity of data centers.

Together, EMC and Cisco provide comprehensive solutions that customers can benefit from today and tomorrow, including:

• High-performance storage and SAN that reduce total cost of ownership
• Disaster recovery to protect data and improve compliance
• Combined computing, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies

Virtual Computing Environment Coalition

Formed between Cisco and EMC, along with VMware, the Virtual Computing Environment coalition collaborates to provide business-ready IT to organizations seeking to simplify and accelerate their transition to a private cloud infrastructure.

View Interactive 3D Model of Vblock Infrastructure Package

Solution Overview

• Microsoft Exchange 2007- End-to-End Messaging Infrastructure Solution
  This document provides an overview of the end-to-end messaging infrastructure platform for Microsoft Exchange 2007 Solution which leverages technologies from Cisco, EMC and VMware.

White Papers

• Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Design for Performance and Reliability (PDF - 532 KB)
  This whitepaper details best practices for virtual desktop deployments from VMware, Cisco, and EMC.
• Introduction to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) (PDF - 633 KB)
  Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a new storage networking option that now being deployed in real-world environments. This white paper provides an overview of FCoE, describes the hardware and software components that make up the new ecosystem, and explains how the technology is expected to mature over the next few years.
• EMC RecoverPoint Support for Cisco MDS (PDF - 656 KB)
  This whitepaper describes how EMC RecoverPoint uses the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANTap Services to provide heterogeneous fabric-based local data protection and remote replication across any distance.

Presentation

• Webcast: Storage Media Encryption and Enterprise Key Management
  Experts from EMC, Cisco, and RSA explore best practices for implementing a comprehensive security solution that transparently integrates into your storage area network (SAN).

Press Release

• EMC and Cisco Expand Strategic Alliance to Unlock Potential of Next-Generation Data Centers
  EMC and Cisco announce that they are expanding their strategic alliance to collaborate on next-generation data center technology integration, solutions development, and services with the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).