The High Performance Data Center: The Role of Ethernet in Consolidation and Virtualization
By Force10 Networks
If the 90s were about information flow, then today is about answers. Answers drive society. Whether you are a search engine, a Fortune 500 company, or a researcher at a national laboratory, answers are your business and the ability to provide them quickly and cost effectively is a distinct competitive advantage. In today’s high performance data center, where information transformed into answers is the new currency, information technology is a strategic asset that enables competitive advantage. This white paper explores the data center technologies needed to ensure businesses are prepared to meet the new challenges and opportunities of the emerging “answer economy”.



