Cisco

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Since 1984, Cisco has led in the innovation of IP-based networking technologies such as data center, routing, switching, security, unified communications, video, and wireless. Stop by Cisco’s booth to learn firsthand how the latest innovations in Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 strategy can help you improve the efficiency and flexibility of your data center infrastructure through consolidation and virtualization of server and storage resources. Also find the latest white papers, solutions overviews, and other information on the topics of Cisco Unified Computing and data center consolidation.

For more information, visit www.cisco.com

APC by Schneider Electric

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, provides industry leading product, software and systems for home, office, data center and factory floor applications.  APC's data center physical infrastructure solutions deliver a sound power and cooling infrastructure that can meet the needs of a dynamic virtualized environment.  APC's InfraStruXure architecture is instrumented to following the power and cooling requirements of the virtualized load ensuring that both power and cooling are available when and where they are needed eliminating hot-spots and other issues that can develop as a result of virtualization and consolidation in the data center.

Visit the APC booth and will learn everything you need to know to ensure that you will have right-sized and efficient power and cooling infrastructure for your Cisco data center and unified computing solution.  We will highlight our latest innovation in modular UPS and power distribution.  The APC Symmetra PX 250/500 offers the highest efficiency (96%) and power density in its class, in the smallest footprint.  While you’re there, get answers to your questions from sales and technical support representatives from APC's North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific teams.

EMC

Second only to your people, information is your organization's most important asset. EMC provides the technologies and tools that can help release the power of your information. EMC can help design, build, and manage flexible, scalable, and secure information infrastructures. EMC, with Cisco and VMware, is leading the journey to the virtualized data center and private cloud. Stop by to learn more about how EMC can accelerate the data center consolidation and your journey to unified computing.  EMC experts from across EMC’s business – storage, networking, virtualization and security, will be available to discuss how EMC can address your IT challenges.

Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ and provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, monitoring, and connectivity.

Cisco and Emerson Network Power together empower the continued evolution of the data center by empowering business-critical continuity. By bringing network, compute, storage, and virtualization platforms closer together, Cisco Data Center 3.0 complemented with Emerson Network Power’s power, cooling and monitoring solutions enable enterprises to create more flexible, efficient data centers through comprehensive virtualization, unified fabric, and unified computing.

NetApp

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency.  Together NetApp and Cisco deliver:

• A unified approach to a virtualized dynamic data center
• IT efficiency at all layers - compute, network and storage
• End-to-end unified and virtual data center architecture
• Best practices 10GbE and Fibre Channel over Ethernet solutions

NetApp provides the unified storage architecture for Cisco Unified Computing System, increasing efficiencies and lowering costs.

Visit NetApp’s booth and learn how NetApp and Cisco are teaming up to provide customers with unified, virtualized dynamic data center solutions that are based on Cisco’s Unified Computing System and NetApp® Unified Storage Architecture. NetApp technical and product specialists will be on hand to answer your tough questions.

Oracle

Visit the Oracle booth and learn more about Oracle solutions and best practices for the next-generation data center. The Oracle booth will feature whitepapers, reports, case studies, product and services information, and Oracle experts that can help you:

• Improve efficiency with server clustering, load balancing, and application grid technologies
• Drive IT agility with on-demand provisioning, automation, and real-time, predictive monitoring
• Boost availability with disaster protection, failover strategies, and quality of service management
• Green your operations with server consolidation, virtualization, and energy-saving best practices

To learn more, visit the Oracle booth and attend the Oracle webcast.

Panduit

Panduit provides Unified Physical Infrastructuresm (UPI) based solutions to connect, manage and automate core enterprise systems (power, control, computing, communications and security) for a stronger, unified business foundation.

Visit Panduit’s booth to understand why the physical infrastructure is critical to your organization, see how Panduit is executing on physical to logical infrastructure mapping and integration with industry leaders like Cisco, IBM, Emerson and Rockwell Automation, and learn about next generation High Speed Data Transport Systems, Integrated Cabinets & Cable Management, Intelligent Appliances, Management Software & Lifecycle Services.  You will also gain an understanding of the role the physical infrastructure plays in data center consolidation and effective planning, design, development and deployment of unified computing and communications infrastructure. Learn the value of integrating the logical and physical infrastructure early in the design phase along with automation of the physical infrastructure to drive cost savings while lowering risk and enhancing green/sustainability objectives.

VMware

VMware is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter—bringing cloud computing to businesses of all sizes.   VMware vSphere 4 is the industry’s first cloud operating system, transforming IT infrastructures into a private cloud—delivering IT infrastructure as an easily accessible service. vSphere 4 combined with Cisco Nexus 1000V, the industry’s first virtual switch and the Cisco Unified Computing System, enables the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services with the efficiency and low cost of cloud computing—featuring uncompromising control over service levels.

For the past 4 years, Cisco and VMware have been helping customers reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2008 revenues of $1.9 billion, more than 130,000 customers and more than 22,000 partners. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is majority-owned by EMC Corporation.