INX, a large systems integrator based in Houston, is likely the first of Cisco Systems’ global network of data centre specialty companies to launch headlong into Cisco’s new unified computing systems by hosting a multicity event around the virtualized blade server architecture.
Systems integrator INX will partner with Cisco Systems, NetApp, VMware for a three-city event to educate end users on the architecture and benefits of Cisco’s new unified computing and virtualized blade server offerings.
INX, a large systems integrator based in Houston, is likely the first of Cisco Systems’ global network of data centre specialty companies to launch headlong into Cisco’s new unified computing systems by hosting a multicity event around the virtualized blade server architecture.
Just a day after Cisco took the wraps off its unified computing system architecture and strategy, INX announced it will host information events in Boston, Seattle and Los Angeles to provide end users with deeper insights into the Cisco vision for virtualized data centres.
INX will host the events in conjunction and collaboration with industry partners Cisco Systems, VMware and NetApp. The events will be called “One Architecture, Three Industry Leaders.”
INX is among limited number of data centre oriented solution providers Cisco is partnering with on the launch of the unified computing systems architecture. There are only 250 data centre systems integrators globally participating in the program. Cisco says it will add more solution providers to the program as customer demand increases.
“While INX intends to offer Cisco’s new server products, INX’s opportunity is really much more than simply selling server products; our opportunity is to be a leading provider of the entire solution, integrating the technology from the leading manufacturers of data centre networking, storage and virtualized server technology into a virtualized data centre solution for our customer, the end result of which is Unified Computing,” Long added.
INX sees Cisco’s unified computing architecture as an extension and evolution of the Cisco data centre Nexus switching solutions it currently offers. INX, a publicly traded systems integrator with nearly $200 million in annual revenue, says its data centre and virtualization business grew more than 140 percent in 2008 without blade servers as part of the solution.
“INX has already been architecting and delivering the building blocks of these types of advanced solutions to our customers,” says Steve Kaplan, vice president of data centre virtualization at INX. “Our early Nexus data centre switch technology experience and success, and our substantial experience providing data centre virtualization consulting, positions INX well to further enhance our leadership in architecting and delivering virtualized data centre solutions.”
The first event will be held in Boston on March 31. Seattle will host the second event on April 21. And the final event will be in Los Angeles on April 22.
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