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Pinning Down Pinterest Best Practices
Pinning Down Pinterest Best Practices
Oh the joys of pinning new ideas, trends, videos, and so much more on Pinterest! I’ll admit it…I have a little obsession, racking up thousands of pins
Feb. 6, 2013
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 2 (VNMC InterCloud)
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 2 (VNMC InterCloud)
This week, as part of a major cloud launch that also introduced the Nexus 6000 series and updates to our Cisco ONE portfolio, Cisco unveiled its Nexus
Feb. 5, 2013
Introducing First Services Module on Nexus 7000 Series
Introducing First Services Module on Nexus 7000 Series
Cloud computing is part of the journey to deliver IT as a Service which enables IT to change from a cost center to a business strategic partner. Forrester
Feb. 5, 2013
Nokia Taiwan Hacked, 100,000+ accounts leaked by Maxney of TurkishAjan Group
Nokia Taiwan Hacked, 100,000+ accounts leaked by Maxney of TurkishAjan Group
The hacker left his group's deface page along with a deface message against Israel, US, China, EU and UN. According to the message:
Feb. 5, 2013
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
First, the Internet of Things: Consider these impressive stats shared in a keynote from Cisco’s CTO and CSO Padmasree Warrior last week at Cisco Live, London:    50 Billion...
Feb. 4, 2013
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
The evolution of the applications environment is creating new demands on IT and in the data center. Broad adoption of scale-out application architectures
Feb. 4, 2013
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
In a recent post, I previewed some new hybrid cloud market research from Forrester that spoke to the business drivers and technical hurdles to cloud
Feb. 4, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
Welcome back as we continue to dive deeper into advanced CPU (Central Processing Unit - I had a "tech writer" change a document on me one time, he assumed
Feb. 4, 2013
A Cloud Management Solution You Can Believe In, Or Better Yet, Bank On
A Cloud Management Solution You Can Believe In, Or Better Yet, Bank On
Guest Blogger: Yair Dolev (@CiscoCloudY) brings extensive experience in enterprise application development and management of advanced data center
Feb. 1, 2013
A Six-Part Series: Transforming Higher Education in the US
A Six-Part Series: Transforming Higher Education in the US
This six-part series will focus on transformation of the traditional higher education system in the United States.  While a topic that causes some anxiety
Feb. 1, 2013
Process and memory affinity: why do you care?
Process and memory affinity: why do you care?
I've written about NUMA effects and process affinity on this blog lots of times in the past.  It's a complex topic that has a lot of real-world affects on
Jan. 31, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #1: Core Count vs. Core Speed
VDI “The Missing Questions” #1: Core Count vs. Core Speed
Choosing the right compute platform for your VDI environment requires both science and art. You have to balance CPU and memory characteristics against
Jan. 31, 2013