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Cisco last week unveiled its next-generation data center strategy along with a key product to support that vision at its annual Networkers conference.

Called Data Center 3.0, the plan is intended to enable customers to better utilize their data center resources, build less-expensive storage-area networks and enhance data security. Among other features, it involves melding disparate data center networking technologies — Ethernet, Fibre Channel and Infiniband — into a single fabric for connecting and virtualization of network elements.

Cisco launched Data Center 3.0 on the heels of HP’s US$1.6 billion acquisition of data center automation vendor Opsware. HP says Opsware will allow it to offer its customers a “comprehensive and fully integrated solution for IT automation.”

Anything Cisco can do to aid in the Data Center efficiency drive and with virtualization has to be a good thing, it will be interesting to see what the industry response is, and what goods/services Cisco launches as part of this strategy, check it out, an interesting read.

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