SÃO PAULO, Brazil, September 25, 2009 – Cisco today announced that Ativas Data Center, an Asamar Group company, has invested in a Cisco NexusTM 5000 Series switch-based solution to underpin its next-generation data center architecture. Ativas will deploy one of the first data centers in Brazil and in Latin America to adopt one of the most advanced technologies in terms of data center virtualization and connectivity. The facility is planned to start operations in early 2010, in the Minas Gerais Brazilian state.
The Cisco® solution for Ativas is based on the innovative VSS technology (Virtual Switching System), which is present at the network core layer and at the network distribution layer. This technology allows centralized infrastructure to operate as a single virtual switch with high levels of redundancy, so processing of the entire data flow is equally shared among them.
Key Facts / Highlights:
- The innovative architecture of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches simplifies data center transformation by helping to enable a standards-based, high-performance unified fabric. Next-generation data centers increasingly have dense, multicore, virtual-machine-intensive servers.
- As a network foundation of the Cisco Data Center 3.0 architecture and the latest addition to the family of data-center-class switches, the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series can meet these business, service, application and operational requirements.
- The Cisco solution was chosen by Ativas Data Center due to its high added value and its ability to address current market requirements. Virtualization maximizes physical resources, allowing providers to offer higher-quality solutions and increased cost-benefit rates for end customers.
- Ativas' processing capacity will be doubled by the Cisco solution, allowing it to offer its clients higher availability and optimized network-contingency features, with easy management features.
Support Quotes:
- Antônio Phelipe, Ativas CTO
- Marcelo Menta, regional sales manager, Cisco Brasil
"Virtualization adds value to all Ativas projects, since it maximizes the number of physical resources available, improving the solution quality and generating a better cost-benefit ratio for our clients."
"Through the virtualization features, Ativas Data Center can optimize resource usage such as energy, which represents a more environmentally friendly solution. With Cisco's support and innovative technology for virtual data centers, Ativas is well-positioned to offer services to its customers in Brazil using the latest technology."
Supporting Resources:
- Read more about Cisco Virtualization strategy and Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision
- Learn more about Cisco Nexus 500 Series Switches
Keywords:
Virtualization, Nexus, Datacenter, Cisco, Brazil, Ativas, Grupo Asamar
About Ativas
An enterprise of Asamar Group, Ativas Data Center is an information technology company with a US$ 50 million investment. Directed to outsourcing and hosting information bases, in addition to several added value services under development, it is the first large commercial datacenter with Tier3 classification built in Belo Horizonte, allowing hosting of complex information, accessible by customers and with the certification of international bodies of quality control in technological services.
