Vblock News & Support Resources

August 2, 2017

I was at a CIO roundtable in Portland a couple of weeks ago and during the introductions, one of the CIOs said, “We’ve been using hyperconverged for the past five years on a Vblock.” My tongue still hurts from biting it. Could anything possibly be more unlike software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) than a Vblock? As […]

VMware: Network Overview and Power Settings

June 12, 2017

VMware

Within vRealize Operations (vROps), you can connect different management packs to extend functionality — importing data from other platforms to turn vROps into a unique console for all the insight that you need. The Cisco UCS Management Pack from Blue Medora offers customers extensive insight into their environments to drive better performance and simplify troubleshooting. […]

Cisco Vblock Systems Built on a Foundation of UCS Integrated Infrastructure

April 28, 2016

Cisco

I’m looking forward to EMC World 2016 at the Venetian in Las Vegas where thousands of attendees will meet and learn about the latest in compute, storage, networking, and solutions. This year Cisco is a Diamond sponsor at EMC World 2016. The Cisco booth is number 412, right near the entrance to the exhibit hall. […]

Gartner square-slicers name Cisco and Nutanix integrated boxen bosses

August 14, 2015

Nutanix

Gartner this week popped out its new Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems and the news is good for Nutanix, Cisco and HP. Gartner’s square-slicers now consider three classes of integrated rigs, namely: Integrated stack system (ISS) — Server, storage and network hardware integrated with application software to provide appliance or appliancelike functionality. Think Oracle’s Exadata […]

Data Center

Security

HOW TO: VCE Vblock Systems Password Change

June 17, 2015

DABCC

VCE Vblock consist of many components and when it gets built in the VCE factory, these components are configured with a standard VCE password(s). These passwords can be found in the documentation provided by VCE. This can be in a form of a spreadsheet or as part of VCE Vblock System As-Built documentation which also […]

Dell XC Series Launches – and Nutanix partners benefit

November 7, 2014

Nutanix

Nutanix partners will benefit from the rising tide of web-scale mindshare as Dell launches its XC Series: Web-scale Converged Appliances across the world. But solutions providers currently selling Nutanix-branded appliances through Dell are already discovering other advantages. Choice Solutions, for example, beat out an entrenched Vblock incumbent with the assistance of Dell’s existing server business and its […]

Xangati Unveils Application-Aware Infrastructure Intelligence, Allowing Companies to Deliver an Unparalleled User Experience for Mobile and Web Applications

August 27, 2014

Xangati

Xangati, a leading provider of App-Aware Infrastructure Intelligence, today announced Xangati Product Suite XSR12, a major software release that delivers industry-leading, real-time, high fidelity visibility and rapid triage for the entire client, desktop, compute, networking and storage infrastructure. XSR12 is designed to ensure a superior user experience for Citrix XenApp®, XenDesktop® or web-based applications, such […]

Cloud Computing

Data Center

10 reasons why web-scale infrastructure will trounce converged infrastructure 1.0

June 16, 2014

DABCC

In The Register last week, a VCE spokesperson said that comparing Nutanix to Vblock is like comparing a glove box in one vehicle to an entire car. A more applicable, albeit fictional, automobile analogy would be to contrast an inexpensive Tesla with a Cadillac Escalade for commuting back and forth to work. VCE certainly hasn’t achieved a […]

Nutanix Unveils Global Program to Upgrade Vblock Customers to Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure

June 5, 2014

Nutanix

Nutanix, the leading provider of next-generation datacenter infrastructure solutions, today announced a company-wide initiative to bring true web-scale simplicity and economics to enterprise IT teams underserved by VCE converged infrastructure. CIOs and datacenter architects have long recognized the need to scale their infrastructure on demand, and avoid expensive overprovisioning that prevents an IT cost model […]

Vblock Control and Management with VMTurbo Video

June 3, 2014

Turbonomic

Vblocks – integrated reference architecture solutions from VCE (based on technology from VMWare, Cisco and EMC) – are very popular as a reference design with proven characteristics for virtualized workloads. By installing VMTurbo Operations Manager, further value can be gained from your Vblock, as well as avoiding costs: VMTurbo Operations Manager drives Vblock to a […]

VMTurbo VBlock Management and Control

May 28, 2014

Turbonomic

In a software driven world, defining your data center is no longer enough. To deliver what the business needs, IT must not only define the infrastructure and software, but drive that environment to its desired state while controlling everything the application work load needs to touch. End to end, whether compute, storage, fabric, or network. […]

VMTurbo Releases VMTurbo Operations Manager 4.5 for Virtualized Environments

January 29, 2014

Turbonomic

VMTurbo, provider of the only Software-Driven Control for virtualized environments, today announced a new version of its flagship product, VMTurbo Operations Manager, enhanced with control modules for storage and fabric to drive virtualized environments to their desired state and maintain control in that state across the data center and IT stack. These new solutions enable 30% […]