VINCI PLC Constructs Campus Wide Unified Communications and Application Delivery Platform With Brocade

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VINCI PLC Constructs Campus Wide Unified Communications and Application Delivery Platform With Brocade

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Leading Construction and Facilities Firm Selects Brocade ICX 6450 Campus LAN Switches and BROCADE Ethernet Fabric to Enable Microsoft Lync and Building Information Modeling Deployment

LONDON--(Marketwire - Sep 18, 2012) - The £122 billion UK construction industry, employing over 3.1 million people across 350,000 businesses¹, relies on close collaboration and effective sharing of data intensive files and assets between multiple partners on any given project. To support a Unified Communications (UC) environment across its sites, which can be extended to partners and contractors, and to facilitate the delivery of Building Information Modeling (BIM) across its construction projects, VINCI PLC selected a fabric-based, unified campus networking solution from Brocade^® (NASDAQ:BRCD).

VINCI PLC, part of the global VINCI conglomerate -- a world leader in concessions and construction, is involved in a number of major construction programs with its partners, including the Kings Cross Station Re-development, Nottingham Tram system expansion, and some of the UK's most familiar landmark projects in locations such as London. To extend network intelligence, scalability and resilience across its networks, and deliver a consistently high Quality of Experience (QoE) to staff, partners and contractors, VINCI PLC selected a Brocade Ethernet fabric and campus network solution. Presented by systems integrator CoolSpirit, the solution both met VINCI PLC's immediate needs, while providing a blueprint for the future.

Brocade ICX 6450 Campus Network switches were selected to enable effortless networking; providing a high performance, yet simple to manage and scale, campus network. Brocade ICX stackable switches deliver unprecedented levels of availability and flexibility by combining the capabilities of a chassis with the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of a stackable switch. This unique approach helps ensure an optimal user experience for streaming video, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), UC and other mission-critical applications. Brocade ServerIron® ADX Series switches were also chosen to provide the high availability, security and scalability required to support Microsoft Lync in a virtualized environment.

Ben Paddick, Technical Design Architect, at VINCI PLC explains, "Time and again, VINCI PLC is praised for its ability to work in partnership and as part of a team to deliver a project. We wanted an end-to-end solution that enabled us to collaborate more effectively with partners, and supported BIM across projects so we can offer improved service to customers, project efficiency and risk management. The right network solution was key."

Recognising how important it is to establish the right foundation, whether building a superstore or an IT infrastructure, they also selected Brocade VDX™ 6730 Data Center switches with Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS™) technology, to enable a high performance Ethernet fabric that provides the low-latency, auto-healing resilience required to support VINCI PLC's virtualised data centre environment.

"We needed 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance as capacity was strained, but we weren't ready for a full refresh and wanted to deploy Microsoft Lync campus-wide, with a plan to offer this as a hosted solution to other divisions and partners. The Brocade solution offered a perfect fit for our demands," Paddick concluded.

Marcus Jewell, Country Manager UK and Ireland, at Brocade said, "Enterprises are increasingly looking to their campus networks to deliver better efficiencies and services to improve business functionality. UC and virtualized environments can provide significant business benefits, but are very latency-sensitive and so require Ethernet fabric and Application Delivery solutions to be deployed effectively. VINCI PLC understands the importance of clear and open communications, and developing a strong, dependable infrastructure to serve as the foundation. They have reflected those values clearly in their choice of Brocade as their network infrastructure provider."

About Brocade Unified Campus SolutionsToday's enterprise campus networks are expected to deliver services thought impossible just a few years ago. Video conferencing, real-time collaboration, distance learning, and virtual desktop integration are just a few of the applications that organizations are deploying to enhance employee productivity, improve customer service, and create a competitive advantage. Additionally, anytime, anywhere mobile access has become ubiquitous with an explosion of wireless devices connected to the network, along with rising user expectations. At the same time enterprises face continued pressure to reduce costs. In short, IT is being asked to do more with less. Brocade is uniquely positioned to help organizations address these challenges. Leveraging proven expertise in world-class networking solutions, Brocade develops data center-class enterprise campus wireless and wired solutions with industry-leading availability and price/performance value. Brocade enterprise campus switch family helps customers maximize ROI without compromising reliability or performance.

1. Construction in the UK - Contractors Group; May 2012

About Brocade

Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (www.brocade.com)

About VINCI

VINCI is a world leader in concessions and construction. The VINCI name symbolises the best in innovation, creativity and technological mastery, befitting for a Group that harnesses a culture of innovation to deliver technical expertise in tackling the most complex of projects. The combination of financial strength, market-leading positions and a commitment to sustainability give VINCI its competitive edge.

VINCI Construction UK has a turnover exceeding £1bn and employs in the region of 4,000 staff. The UK is the second largest geographic operating sector outside France and represents 6% of VINCI's €37 billion turnover. VINCI employs around 180,000 people in 100 countries around the world.

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3M Littmann Stethoscopes Supported by Cisco HealthPresence System

3M and Cisco Expand the Existing Array of Devices that Have Been Tested to Function with Cisco HealthPresence

SAN JOSE, Calif. and St. Paul, MN – September 13, 2012 — Cisco, a world leader in developing and supplying communications products, equipment and solutions, and 3M, a diversified technology company, announced today that the 3M™ Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 has been tested for use with the Cisco HealthPresence® system.

3M and Cisco, working together, expands the existing array of devices that have been tested to function with Cisco HealthPresence thus providing an improvement in the remote delivery of healthcare, globally. Cisco HealthPresence care-at-a-distance solution represents significant advances in technology and telecommunication techniques, effectively delivering remote health care 24/7 by integrating high-definition video, third-party medical devices, collaboration tools and clinical applications.

In turn, Littmann stethoscopes are reputed for their acoustic performance and used by millions of clinicians worldwide. The Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 has won numerous industry awards for delivering high quality auscultation sounds at both a local patient site and a remote consulting physician site. Integration of Littmann electronic stethoscopes with the Cisco HealthPresence system will provide the remote consulting physician the ability to listen to the same heart and lung sounds that he/she would hear if conducting an in-person examination, demonstrating a significant leap in remote health care capabilities.

"We are excited by the collaboration with 3M, a company renowned for its high quality stethoscopes, and Cisco, a global leader in networking," said Vishal Gupta, vice president and general manager, Global Healthcare Solutions, Cisco. "We believe this collaboration will accelerate adoption of Cisco HealthPresence and create more choices for health care providers."

With this partnered offering, doctors no longer need to visit a dedicated telemedicine room to connect with patients; they can now consult with patients using high-quality devices such as Littmann stethoscopes on a laptop supported by Internet connection on the HealthPresence platform. Remote "clinical examination" is now possible in a seamless manner with the option of integrating with existing clinical applications.

"Cisco is a leader in telemedicine with a global network, said Bob Kody, 3M Littman global business director. "We are excited to integrate Littmann stethoscopes with the Cisco HealthPresence system, which provides consulting physicians a convenient way to care for patients, and now the ability to access heart and lung sounds."

Currently, 3M™ Littmann® Stethoscopes are being deployed with two lead customers of the Cisco HealthPresence solution and will be available to customers on a broader basis later this year.

About 3M

3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products. Its culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs 84,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 65 countries. For more information, visit www.3M.com or follow @3MNews on Twitter.

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.

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European Broadcasting Union Successfully Executes on Streaming Strategy for Major Sports Events with Cisco Videoscape Media Processor

Cisco technology supports international media organization at London 2012 Olympic Games

IBC, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 7 September 2012 – Cisco today announced that Eurovision – the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) business, operations and network arm – deployed Cisco's Media Processor,  part of the Cisco Videoscape™ TV services delivery platform, to bring European viewers thousands of hours of live streamed coverage from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Cisco® technology formed an integral part of the EBU's live streaming platform, www.eurovisionsports.tv. During the Games, more than 3,000 hours of EBU members' programming from live HD feeds were encoded in multiple bit rates for adaptive streaming on the site.

To support the growing demand for video streaming during the London 2012 Games, Eurovision deployed Cisco's Media Processor, a cornerstone of the Acquisition Suite, and an important part of the Videoscape™ platform.

The Cisco Media Processor family offers multiple streaming options from single- to multi-format, standard definition (SD) to high definition (HD), and streaming to any device; from set-top boxes, IP connected TVs, tablets, smartphones and PCs. It supports streaming to the latest platforms, including iPhone, iPad, feature phones, smartphones, Microsoft Smooth, and Adobe Dynamic streaming.

Cisco's technology enables EBU to quickly adapt the profiles to its broadcasters’ requests and can automatically optimize the resolution, bit rate and metadata of video streams for the user's specific device characteristics and network conditions, helping to ensure a premium video experience over any IP network and on any device.

EBU Network Director Graham Warren said:

"Events such as the Olympic Games generate huge demand from consumers wanting to follow the action live, using whatever device is most convenient. This can represent a significant technological challenge as our systems need to adapt content to each endpoint and IP network to deliver a seamless, high-quality, live service. We have been very satisfied with Cisco's technology and look forward to developing our streaming services further."

Edwin Paalvast, senior vice president, Service Provider Group, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, Cisco, commented:

"Demand for online video is growing incredibly quickly, with the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index predicting that video will make up as much as 54 per cent of all consumer Internet traffic by 2016. This growth, combined with the sheer variety of devices that will be used to consume video content, will mean that intelligent, adaptable technology platforms will become increasingly vital for the broadcast industry if it is to deliver a high-quality live experience. We look forward to continuing to work with the EBU and to build on the success of our initial deployment in the future."

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• Cisco Service Provider:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns341/networking_solutions_service_provider_home.html
• Cisco Videoscape
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1043/networking_solutions_market_segment_solution.html
• Cisco Media Processor: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/video/ps11488/ps11791/ps11806/overview.html
• Cisco Visual Networking Index:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns827/networking_solutions_sub_solution.html#~overview,
• EBU London 2012 Games Coverage:
  http://www3.ebu.ch/cms/en/sites/ebu/contents/frontpage-news/news-2012/european-public-service-broadcas.html

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About the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

The EBU serves 74 Members in 56 countries in and around Europe. Services to Members range from legal advice, technical standardization and development to coproduction and exchange of quality European content. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU Members and other media organizations.

For more information about the EBU: www.ebu.ch and www.eurovision.com

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco equipment in Europe is provided by Cisco Systems International B.V. and Cisco International Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries of Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Logitech Shareholders Approve Resolutions, Including Dividend, at Annual General Meeting

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Logitech Shareholders Approve Resolutions, Including Dividend, at Annual General Meeting

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) announced that at its annual general meeting held here today, the Company’s shareholders approved a one-time dividend, to be distributed out of capital contribution reserves, in the amount of CHF 125,650,814. Logitech shareholders eligible for the estimated CHF 0.80 per share dividend must own shares at the close of trading on Sept. 12, 2012 on the SIX Swiss Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The dividend will be distributed on Sept. 18, 2012. Shareholders will find information about the dividend on the Logitech corporate website at http://ir.logitech.com.

Also at the meeting, Logitech’s shareholders elected to the board of directors Didier Hirsch, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Agilent Technologies. Re-elected to the board were Erh-Hsun Chang, former Logitech senior operations executive, and Kee-Lock Chua, president and chief executive officer of the Vertex Group.

The shareholders approved all other resolutions put before them.

About Logitech

Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech’s combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).

Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are registered in Switzerland and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company’s Web site at www.logitech.com.

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Brocade Delivers Comprehensive Fabric Networking Support for Windows Server 2012

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Brocade Delivers Comprehensive Fabric Networking Support for Windows Server 2012

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Brocade and Microsoft Collaboration Enables SAN and IP Networking Solutions to Support Private Cloud, Server and Network Virtualization

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 4, 2012) - Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced support for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Server 2012 server operating system across all product lines, including the company's Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) and Ethernet fabric solutions. Together with Windows Server 2012, Brocade^® networks simplify operations and management for highly virtualized cloud data centers, which serve as the infrastructure for enterprises and service providers in supporting their key data center initiatives such as scale-out server virtualization, private cloud deployments and software-defined networking (SDN).

To ensure compatibility and enable new networking functionality with Windows Server 2012, Brocade has implemented enhancements across its SAN and Ethernet fabric switching and adapter products that help enable new features such as:

• Virtual Fibre Channel: Simplifies and enables direct access to ultra-reliable, high-performance Fibre Channel SAN storage by multiple-guest virtual machine (VM) partitions in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V environments. This enables distributed workload clustering and dynamic live migration of high-availability applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server across VMs without impacting workflows or requiring SAN reconfiguration.
• Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN): Enables Quality of Service (QoS) configuration from a Data Center Bridging (DCB) network. This allows users to initiate ad-hoc dedicated allocation of network bandwidth for high-demand, real-time applications and network services. DCN support has been added to the Brocade adapter family, with DCB enabled in all products.
• Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE): As a component of Brocade's network virtualization strategy, the company is reaffirming its commitment to provide future support for NVGRE in Brocade Ethernet fabric switches. NVGRE is the Microsoft-recommended virtualization mechanism for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Network Virtualization deployments.

These new capabilities offer enterprise IT and cloud providers new storage and networking options that help ensure non-stop operations, increase business agility and optimize application performance. Brocade also now supports interoperability and integration with Microsoft System Center 2012. By working closely with the System Center team to test and build integrations, organizations can easily manage any Brocade network as part of a complete Windows-based cloud environment.

"Windows Server 2012 was built from the cloud up and introduces innovations such as software-defined networking and NVGRE for network virtualization and isolation to help enable cloud deployments," said Mike Schutz, general manager, Windows Server Marketing, Microsoft. "From the early design stages of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft worked closely with Brocade to give customers new networking technologies such as software-defined networking via NVGRE and virtual Fibre Channel for more dynamic connectivity to storage resources."

Introduced today, Windows Server 2012 is a highly dynamic, available and cost-effective server platform that enables organizations to deploy private or hybrid clouds in a flexible IT environment that adapts to changing business needs. New and enhanced features provide high performance and scalability to enable a truly multitenant infrastructure where networking, compute, and storage resources are completely isolated between tenants on the same host. For hosting providers, Windows Server 2012 includes the ability to isolate tenants, gain insight into infrastructure resource usage, and provide new services to help create additional revenue streams. It also offers tools to help customers make the transition from on-premises to hosted environments, while continuing to provide the services and reliability demanded by enterprise, mid-market, and small businesses.

"To support next-generation cloud environments, many new networking technologies require support in the operating system to help organizations realize the full benefit of highly virtualized IT architectures," said Jason Nolet, vice president, Data Center Networking Group, at Brocade. "By working closely with the Microsoft engineering team in the early stages of the new OS's development, we have ensured that Brocade Ethernet and Fibre Channel fabric solutions work seamlessly with Windows Server 2012 as well as deliver innovative new networking functionality for highly virtualized, cloud-based data centers."

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Video: Brocade Vice President Jason Nolet, Data Center and Enterprise Networking discusses Brocade's collaboration with Microsoft to help ensure the OS and network together can deliver important new networking functionality in the virtualized cloud-based data center.

Video: Mike Schutz, GM, Windows Server Marketing, explains why Microsoft chose to work with Brocade as a development partner for Windows Server 2012, including work in the areas of SDN and virtual fibre channel.

About Brocade

Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (www.brocade.com)

Emulex Executives to Present at September Investor Conferences

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Emulex Executives to Present at September Investor Conferences

COSTA MESA, Calif., August 29, 2012 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it will present to investors attending the following investor conferences:

Conference: Citi Technology Conference
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time
Presenting: Emulex Chief Executive Officer, Jim McCluney and Emulex Chief Financial Officer, Mike Rockenbach

Conference: Deutsche Bank Technology Conference
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 5:20 p.m. Pacific time
Presenting: Emulex Chief Financial Officer, Mike Rockenbach

Conference: Think Equity Growth Conference 
Date/Time: Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time
Presenting: Emulex President and Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Benck and Emulex Chief Financial Officer, Mike Rockenbach

The presentations can be heard and viewed live on the Internet via a webcast here. The archived version of Emulex’s presentation will be available for seven days following the conference in the audio archive section of the Company’s website.

To learn more about Emulex, please visit: www.emulex.com

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About Emulex

Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, NEC, NetApp and Oracle. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.

Tech Firms in Manhattan Trade Trendy Lofts for Midtown Bargains

The following is an excerpt from an article in 

The New York Times
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tech Firms in Manhattan Trade Trendy Lofts for Midtown Bargains

By C. J. HUGHES

A decade ago, in the dot-com boom, technology companies flocked to the neighborhoods along Broadway in Manhattan, with most ending up south of an unofficial cutoff of 23rd Street.

Today, though, that Rubicon is being regularly crossed by a new generation of digital businesses that seem willing to trade Lower Manhattan and its perceived hipness for the more button-down precincts of Midtown.

More than 100 Internet-based marketing firms, retailers and social networking companies are based in the area between the Flatiron Building and Central Park, out of about 1,400 similar businesses across the city, according to data compiled by NYC Digital, an initiative started last year by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to promote the city’s technology industry.

“The boundaries of Silicon Alley are definitely pressing outward,” said Jonathan Serko, a broker with Cushman and Wakefield who has worked to bring tech companies to Midtown. He added, “some of the companies are moving out of necessity.”

In pockets of downtown Manhattan, commercial rents have spiked in recent years as increasingly fashionable neighborhoods like Chelsea, Greenwich Village and the financial district have welcomed a surge of new businesses. Residential conversions have also gobbled up the types of industrial buildings that tech companies once favored.

At the same time, fledgling tech companies have become more cost-conscious than their predecessors, many of whom burned through their seed money in a short time, brokers say. Significant savings are possible in Midtown, where rents can be $40 a square foot compared with up to $70 a square foot in trendier areas, according to Cushman data.

GSI Commerce, which provides online services for retailers like Toys “R” Us, was subletting a 10,000-square-foot loft on Broadway in SoHo in 2011 when the company was acquired by eBay, prompting the need to expand.

“There are many spaces out there that are beautiful, don’t misunderstand me,” said Jan Dobris, a senior vice president of GSI Commerce. “They just weren’t good ways to expend dollars.”

For more, visit www.nytimes.com.

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Oracle Executive Keynote Lineup for Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Announced

Redwood Shores, Calif. – August 28, 2012

News Facts

In the lead-up to Oracle OpenWorld 2012, Oracle today announced the Oracle executive keynote lineup. This is the first of a series of keynote announcements Oracle will make in the next several weeks.

This year, Oracle executives will feature insights into industry trends, the latest technology developments and innovations as well as key strategies for achieving business efficiency and innovation. They will be joined by special guests to discuss important business drivers such as engineered systems, cloud computing, business analytics and big data, and customer experience.

Oracle OpenWorld 2012 takes place September 30 – October 4, 2012 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Oracle Executive Keynote Lineup

Sunday, September 30 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

Welcome Keynote – “Hardware and Software, Engineered to Work Together: Why It’s A Different Approach”: Larry Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Officer, will discuss how Oracle’s approach to delivering hardware and software that is engineered to work together is changing the face of IT.

Monday, October 1 | 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“Shift Complexity”: Mark Hurd, Oracle President, will kick off the first full day of Oracle OpenWorld by hosting a discussion on removing complexity from a business that requires thinking differently about how IT delivers value to companies. Topics discussed will include: what’s next for the database, how simplifying and consolidating IT systems can benefit everyone from the DBA to the CEO, and how the data center and information systems are fundamentally changing the ways that IT services are delivered and managed. Oracle Senior Vice President of Oracle Database Development, Andrew Mendelsohn, will also join the stage.

Tuesday, October 2 | 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“The Oracle Cloud: Oracle’s Cloud Platform and Applications Strategy”: Thomas Kurian, Oracle Executive Vice President of Product Development, along with leading Oracle customers will discuss how Oracle's complete suite of cloud platform technology and cloud applications are transforming how organizations manage their business, excite and retain their employees, and deliver great customer experiences.

Tuesday, October 2 | 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“The Oracle Cloud: Where Social Is Built In”: Larry Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Officer, will provide insight into Oracle’s Oracle Cloud Social Services strategy, the broadest and most complete enterprise social platform in the cloud today, and how those services are integrated with Oracle Cloud Application Services to improve customer and employee experience.

Wednesday, October 3 | 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Engineered Systems: Fast, Reliable, Virtualized”:
John Fowler, Oracle Executive Vice President of Systems, Edward Screven, Oracle Chief Corporate Architect, and Juan Loaiza, Oracle Senior Vice President of Systems Technology, will explain what hardware and software engineered together can do for the cloud, and how Oracle itself applies these products to its own problems with great scale and efficiency. 

Thursday, October 4 | 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“See More, Act Faster: Oracle Business Analytics”: Oracle President Mark Hurd will highlight how customers can use Oracle’s data management and in-memory business intelligence solutions to see more, act faster, and make critical business decisions. He will be joined by Oracle customers who will share best practices of the use of big data and Oracle’s analytics solutions to drive better business outcomes.

Supporting Quote

“This year the Oracle keynotes at OpenWorld will feature discussions on some of the most innovative enterprise technologies driving business today,” said Tania Weidick, Vice President, Oracle Marketing. “Stay tuned for more - Over the next several weeks we’ll be announcing additional keynotes from luminaries across IT, business and top industries around the world that will help our customers navigate the changing IT and business landscape.”

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Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, is the most important educational and networking event of the year for Oracle technologists, customers, and partners. This information technology event is dedicated to helping businesses optimize existing systems and understand upcoming technology breakthroughs. The conference, which draws more than 50,000 attendees from over 110 countries, offer more than 2,100 educational sessions, 400 product demos, exhibitions from 450 partners showcasing applications, middleware, database, server and storage systems, industries, management and infrastructure – all engineered for innovation. Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is being held September 30-October 4 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco. For more information or to register, please visit www.oracle.com/openworld. Watch Oracle OpenWorld keynotes, sessions and more live on YouTube. Join the Oracle OpenWorld discussion on Twitter, Facebook and the Oracle OpenWorld Blog.

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Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center.  For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com

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Cisco and EMC Take 'Three Paths to the Cloud' Strategy to the Next Level

New Joint Reference Architectures, Aligned Channel Incentives and Integrated Customer Support Accelerate VSPEX Momentum
New Offerings Support VCE Vblock in Delivering Customers Unmatched Cloud Infrastructure Choice and Flexibility

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — VMworld — August 28, 2012 — Cisco and EMC today announced further collaboration to help accelerate IT transformation by providing customers with unrivaled choice and flexibility via "three paths to the cloud" — custom-design infrastructure, validated reference architectures, and pre-integrated converged infrastructure.  Cisco and EMC introduced new joint reference architectures, aligned channel partner incentives, and integrated customer support to speed customers' path to the cloud.

Building on a decade-long partnership, Cisco and EMC now provide enterprise and service provider customers with an unmatched menu of options to build cloud infrastructure.  The "three paths to the cloud" include:

• Implement a custom-designed infrastructure with best-of-breed products
• Install validated, easy-to-deploy reference architectures with Cisco solutions for EMC VSPEX™ Proven Infrastructure
• Purchase a pre-integrated converged infrastructure with VCE™ Vblock™ System.

Partnership Highlights:

• The two new Cisco® Validated Designs (CVD) for EMC VSPEX are unified computing reference architectures tailored to SMB and mid-market customers.  Designed to accelerate the journey to the private cloud, the CVDs are Cisco Solutions for EMC VSPEX for Microsoft Hyper-V Architectures and Cisco Solutions for EMC VSPEX for VMware vSphere 5.0 Architectures.
• More than 200 Cisco and EMC Velocity™ channel partners within the global VSPEX community have been trained to resell and deploy EMC VSPEX with Cisco Unified Data Center.
• Cisco and EMC have also aligned their channel incentive structures to simplify the process of accruing incentives and boost partner profitability.
• Cisco and EMC have implemented a customer support framework for VSPEX for collaborative case management.
• VCE — Cisco and EMC's joint venture with VMware — pioneered a groundbreaking integrated data center offering with end-to-end vendor visibility, enabling the leading time-to-market and one of the lowest TCO for converged cloud infrastructure.
• VCE's fully productized converged infrastructure standardizes processes and life cycle management to significantly improve application availability and enable VCE's unique seamless support experience. 
• VCE continues to gain traction in enterprise data centers as well as in cloud service providers with hundreds of VCE Vblock Systems in production at mission-critical data centers worldwide.
• VCE demand continues its strong growth in the most recent fiscal quarter and remains on track to reach a $1 billion revenue run rate.

Customer Quote:

Rajinder Gill, Group Finance Director, Minor, Weir & Willis Ltd

"Our business needed a complete network and infrastructure upgrade in order to implement a new ERP system. VSPEX was an obvious fit for our environment and working closely with Synapse, we reduced our deployment and integration time. The prior validation work performed by Cisco, EMC and Synapse on VSPEX reduced our risk and complexity. Because of the tight integration between EMC, Cisco and VSPEX, we have decided to leverage the VSPEX platform as the primary core of our network and infrastructure for all current and future applications."

Indu Kodukula, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, SunGard Availability Service

"We want to devote our IT resources to developing new innovative automation tools for high-availability services, not building out infrastructure. The pre-integrated Vblock System architecture relieves our staff from having to make different vendors and solutions work together."

Channel Partner Quote:

Joe Coxon, Business Development Manager, Synapse

"Many of the customers we work with want to deploy a cloud, but aren't quite sure how to do so quickly and easily.  VSPEX is a powerful solution that helps us deploy clouds for our customers quickly and efficiently.  By leveraging our expert understanding of client requirements, and Cisco's and EMC's industry-leading technologies, we can deliver a complete solution that matches our customers' business needs."

Dave Hart, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Presidio

"We deliver the ultimate in choice and flexibility to our customers by offering solutions based on EMC and Cisco technologies.  We're seeing a lot of demand for Vblock Systems with larger enterprise and service provider customers and VSPEX configurations allow us to reach a broader market.  Both enable us to provide our unique expertise and differentiated value to help customers meet their business requirements."

Cisco Quote: 

Rick Snyder, Vice President, Global and Strategic Partners, Cisco

"Cisco and EMC partner every day in the engineering labs and in the field, helping customers around the world transform their data centers and strengthen their business.  Through VCE we've unleashed market-moving innovation through the pre-engineered, pre-integrated Vblock Systems.  Now, we're working together to meeting customer demand with Cisco Validated Designs for EMC VSPEX and aligned channel incentives to accelerate VSPEX adoption."  

EMC Quote: 

Josh Kahn, Vice President, Solutions Marketing, EMC Corporation

"VCE enables customers to standardize on a converged infrastructure solution, dramatically accelerating their journey to the cloud. We are very pleased with VCE's momentum and the benefits it is delivering to customers around the world. Building upon this, we are very excited to accelerate our partnership with Cisco on VSPEX to address market requirements for best-of-breed reference architectures offered exclusively via the channel. Channel partners are seeking solutions that reduce complexity and simplify the deployment for their customers."

Additional Resources

Related Links

• Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for Microsoft Hyper-V Architectures
• Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for VMware vSphere 5.0 Architectures
• Learn more about EMC VSPEX
• Learn more about Vblock Systems

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