This has been an exciting year for the CiscoData Center and Cloud Management team -and we'll be featuring several recent data center software innovations atVMworldthis week. You won't want to miss our new demos of CiscoUCS Director (formerly Cloupia),Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cisco IAC), andCisco Prime Network Services Controller(formerly Virtual Network Management Center) in the Cisco booth!

You can also stop by the VCE boothto learn about unified infrastructure and cloud management for Vblock, with UCS Director and Cisco IAC -we'll have presentations in both the Cisco and VCE theaters. And in either the Cisco boothor the NetApp booth, you can learn about UCS Director for managing your FlexPod.

As you'll see below, Cisco Prime Network Services Controller is a key component in several demos in the Cisco booth, including the new Nexus 1000V InterCloud and Dynamic Fabric Automation. You can read more about Prime Network Services Controller at VMworld in this blog post.

Schedule 1:1 meetings with Cisco executives or ping @CiscoUM (Cisco Unified Management) on twitter for an informal meet up. We'd be happy to connect you with one of our management software experts.

DEMOS:

• Cisco UCS Director for Converged Infrastructure Management. See the latest version of the powerful Cisco UCS Director solution for managing both physical and virtual infrastructure in your FlexPod, Vblock, or VSPEX environments.  You can also see a demo of UCS Director integrated with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC). Showcasing: UCS Director and IAC.New demo!

• Cloud Management for Multi-Cloud and DevOps Solutions. Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud now provides solution accelerator kits that enable you to integrate with multiple cloud environments (e.g. VMware vCloud, OpenStack, Amazon Web Services), and with Puppet and Chef for configuration management.Showcasing: Intelligent Automation for Cloud.New demo!

• Cloud Networking Services with the Nexus 1000V. Demonstrates vPath integration with Citrix VPX and Imperva WAF, with Prime Network Services Controller. Showcasing: Nexus 1000V and Prime Network Services Controller.New demo!

• Hybrid Cloud Networking with Nexus 1000V InterCloud. See how to build a highly secure hybrid cloud environment, providing Layer 2 networking connectivity from your  enterprise data center to a public cloud environment, with Nexus 1000V InterCloud.Showcasing: Nexus 1000V InterCloud and Prime Network Services Controller.New demo!

• Simplify, Optimize and Automate with Dynamic Fabric Automation. Find out how Dynamic Fabric Automation simplifies both physical server and virtual machine deployments in your data center, with automated network provisioning.Showcasing: Prime Data Center Network Manager and Prime Network Services Controller.New demo!

And make sure you join us for our theater presentations to learn from the Cisco Unified Management product experts -every day this week at VMworld. See below for the schedule.

THEATER PRESENTATIONS:

SUNDAY

Go Beyond IaaS with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

5:00 -5:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

Cisco Dynamic Fabric Automation: Simplified DC Network Operations

6:00 -6:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

MONDAY

Cisco IAC Provides Cloud Management on Vblock Systems

1:45 - 2:05pm, Location:VCE booth

Transform Cloud Automation with VCE, Cisco, and EMC

4:00 -4:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

Cisco Unified Cloud Management

4:40 -5:10pm, Location:VMworld Solutions Theater

Go Beyond IaaS with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

5:30 -5:50pm, Location:Cisco booth

TUESDAY

UCS Director for Vblock Systems Management

1:45 - 2:05pm, Location:VCE booth

FlexPod Infrastructure Management and UCS Director

3:30 -3:50pm, Location:Cisco booth

Enabling ITaaS through Cisco Domain Ten

4:30 -4:50pm Location:Cisco booth

Prime Network Services Controller: Deploying Cloud Network Services

5:00 -5:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

Transform Cloud Automation with VCE, Cisco and EMC

4:00 -4:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

WEDNESDAY

Unified Infrastructure Management with Cisco UCS Director

11:30 -11:50pm, Location:Cisco booth

Cisco Dynamic Fabric Automation: Simplified DC Network Operations

12:00 -12:20pm, Location:Cisco booth

Cisco IAC and UCS Director Provide Unified Management for Vblock 

1:45 - 2:05pm, Location:VCE booth

Make sure you follow us on twitter at @CiscoUM -and feel free to reach me at @Carolinamfdz if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you at the show!