Cisco Unified Data Center (UDC)—including Unified Fabric, Unified Computing, and Unified Management—is proving that infrastructure choices matter in the effort to build a more flexible and responsive data center platform. This month we highlight the performance and flexibility of Unified Computing, recently enhanced through a third generation of Cisco fabric architecture. Read on to see how Cisco Unified Computing Systems are helping customers achieve measurable benefits. 
By Giuliano Di Vitantonio  The Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS™) is leading the way to business agility and new operating efficiency and prompting innovation in cloud computing and IT-as-a-service (ITaaS) models. Its architecture directly addresses the challenges facing today's data center, and as a result, the Cisco UCS platform is uniquely positioned to meet customers' needs.
Not only has Cisco reached a milestone—10,000 customers are using Cisco UCS today—but Gartner has evaluated Cisco's position as a leader in the 2012 Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers (read the full report). In the three years since Cisco UCS was introduced, Cisco UCS customers have experienced some amazing results: | • | Up to 80 percent increase in administrator productivity | | • | Up to 90 percent reduction in deployment times | | • | Up to 40 percent improvement in application performance | | • | Up to 30 percent reduction in infrastructure costs | | • | Up to 60 percent reduction in power and cooling costs | Consider, for example, Miami Children's Hospital. This healthcare provider reduced data center backup time by 50 percent and improved staff productivity by integrating the Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and C-Series Rack Servers into its VMware and Citrix environments. And here is another example: Australian neighborhood-based gaming services provider, Tatts Group, used Cisco data center solutions to improve network uptime, reduce costs, and streamline management. And a travel insurance agency, Seven Corners, enhanced network reliability and performance while simplifying data center management with Cisco UCS, reducing operating expenses (OpEx) by US$475,000 within six months and saving more than US$100,000 per month by reducing network outages. There are many more stories to tell. Cisco UCS marks a major change in server technology. It shifts the focus from individual computing elements to a more holistic view that integrates separate components to offer big operational gains. Now the next generation of Cisco UCS technology is delivering even more advantages and continuing to inspire the transition to fabric-based data center infrastructure. So stay tuned: more amazing results and headlines will be coming your way. | Join the Conversation! |  | Customer Conversation Webinar Series On May 30, tune in to the latest installment of the Customer Conversation Series and hear how Indianapolis Public Schools—the largest school district in the state of Indiana—has consolidated its data center to achieve dramatic cost savings while scaling to meet user demand. Don't Miss! Check out the Cisco UCS TCO Tool for an extensive analysis of how Cisco UCS can save you money in infrastructure, power, and cabling. Read our new white paper, Unified Data Center—Efficiency and Flexibility to Improve Business Agility, which explains how Cisco Unified Data Center solutions can increase IT simplicity, create financial efficiencies, and make your data center more flexible. | 
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