Cisco, Hp Fight For Data Center

摘要

Cisco and HP last week armed themselves for an impending data center battle in which each company will invade the other's turf. HP's ProCurve networking division unveiled its first switches optimized for data center duty. The company also rolled out a server module for existing switches that lets users begin integrating and consolidating switching and application processing. Cisco, meanwhile, laid the groundwork for an imminent blade-server launch with additions to the Nexus switching line and enhancements to its Catalyst products, including software designed to enable the switches to control the energy consumption of attached devices. Cisco is expected to launch its"California"blade server midyear, and the switching upgrades are designed to help support that effort.