But now, Cisco is making certain features of ACI available to customers who are running prior-generation Nexus switches, including the Nexus 7000, 6000, 5000, 4000 and 2000 Series.

Cisco customers running Nexus environments can begin to deploy the ACI technology in their existing data centers.

The latest release of the APIC software includes a feature that enables the ACI Fabric to link switches at sites up to 18.6 miles apart.

Cisco is pricing ACI software as a single perpetual license per leaf to “keep it simple and predictable,” says Director of Product Management Thomas Scheibe.

Cisco's efforts to converge data center infrastructure worked out well and now it's trying to do something similar with applications as it delivers its answer to software defined networking.

Cisco this week extended its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmable networking product line with new switches, integration with UCS Director, and migration tools for existing Nexus ...

The Cisco ACI platform for SDN gets its first taste of integrated security, adding firewall and IPS features acquired with Sourcefire.

Cisco today boasted about several service providers that are using its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), including Integra, NTT DoCoMo, and some smaller European companies. But when asked ...