Cisco WINS cloud computing services first big single

Beijing time December 9 Morning news, according to foreign media reports, Cisco and Host service provider Savvis announced in Tuesday, will use Cisco's Unified Computing System (Unified Computing Systems, hereinafter referred to as "UCS") to create cloud computing services for corporate users. As the first major customer after the launch of Cisco UCS, Savvis has released details of its Symphony cloud computing in recent months, which will provide infrastructure as a service (infrastructure as a Service,iaas) platform, And there are three different levels from the base layer to the VPN network.　　The VPN network can guarantee security and privacy for the enterprise to transmit data between server and Symphony cloud computing. At present, symphony is still in the testing phase, is expected to be officially launched next spring. Since Savvis's cloud computing employs Cisco's switches and uses VMware as a management program, it is logical that the company buys Cisco's UCS products. But the deal is a "vote of confidence" for Cisco hardware products and the first to use Cisco UCS servers on a large scale. CSC, the Information Technology service provider, also said it would consider using Cisco's products to build cloud computing services, but it has not yet been officially announced. (Sean)