OREANDA-NEWS. On August 31, 2009 Energy Consulting/Integration has achieved an Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure specialization from Cisco Systems, reported the press-centre of Energy Consulting/Integration.

The new specialization confirms high quality of services provided by Energy Consulting specialists in the area of design, introduction and support of the unified networking infrastructure of new-generation data procession centers (DPC).

Konstantin Tikhanovsky, director of EC/Integration telecommunication area, comments on the achievement of specialization: "Now, many companies consider urgent the issues of unification and optimization of DPC architecture and reduction of its operation costs, while trends are taking shape to virtualize and consolidate the DPC resources and applications as well as to use such technologies as VMotion and DRS.

In this connection, there arise new requirements to functionality of DPC networking infrastructure and possibilities of its integration with the server virtualization infrastructure. Technologies of a unified Cisco module factory for DPC ensure the necessary integration level of technological DPC subsystems and consolidation of data transfer technologies: Ethernet, Fiber Channel, and FCoE.

At that are efficiently resolved such issues as reduction of DPC power supply and cooling costs and decrease of floor spaces occupied and reduction of cabling costs. Furthermore, enhancement of scalability, productivity and safety features of DPC networking infrastructure is ensured. The Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure specialization has allowed Energy Consulting/Integration Company to enlarge in a quality manner the range of services provided in the area of building the telecommunication infrastructure".