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Uniserver Makes Cloud Infrastructure Look Easy
Uniserver Makes Cloud Infrastructure Look Easy
Leading cloud and IT services provider in the Netherlands, Uniserver, is using Cisco Virtual Topology System (VTS), to make its data center simpler, more flexible, and much more responsive to customer needs.
Oct. 4, 2017
5 Features To Consider When Buying a Top of Rack Switch
5 Features To Consider When Buying a Top of Rack Switch
I was playing Pokémon GO the other day, and I realized how new technologies and applications are being launched every day, rapidly reshaping how we
Aug. 15, 2016
How Digital Transformation is Disrupting IT Service Management
How Digital Transformation is Disrupting IT Service Management
Part 1 of 2 Tackling the planet’s largest, most fearsome waves motivates surfing pros to take terrifying risks.   Take Carlos Burle, a Brazilian big wave surfer, who unofficially...
May 2, 2016
3 Reasons 10 Million Is A Big Number
3 Reasons 10 Million Is A Big Number
10 Million is a big number. How big? To put it in perspective, 10 million minutes is a bit over 19 years…Which is about 15 years longer than it
March 28, 2016
From Applications to ASICs in 3D: Changes, Part Three
From Applications to ASICs in 3D: Changes, Part Three
3D: Digitization and Disruption in the Data Center This week at Partner Summit, Cisco made major headlines with Data...
March 4, 2016
Changes, Part 2 – So, What Do We Do With That?
Changes, Part 2 – So, What Do We Do With That?
Last week, in part 1 of this 3 part series, we discussed how Digitization* is driving change. We also covered how Changes (cue** David Bowie) are manifesting themselves in...
Feb. 26, 2016
Changes, Part 1 – David Bowie, Containers and Cisco Live Berlin
Changes, Part 1 – David Bowie, Containers and Cisco Live Berlin
On January 10, David Bowie passed away. He was an icon in the music world, with a career spanning 5 decades, and selling 140 million albums, with many going to...
Feb. 19, 2016
Network like it’s 1999 with BGP EVPN
Network like it’s 1999 with BGP EVPN
BGP EVPN brings both layer 2 and 3 capabilities to the hamstrung overlay but how would it work for your network? How well do you understand the additional benefits and limitations of this design?
Jan. 5, 2016
What is Cisco’s SDN Strategy for the Data Center?
What is Cisco’s SDN Strategy for the Data Center?
Cisco has a broad spectrum of customers across a wide range of markets and geographies. These customers have a diverse set of requirements, operational models and use cases, meaning that...
Sept. 9, 2015
Open NX-OS featured on TechWiseTV
Open NX-OS featured on TechWiseTV
NX-OS is now more modular, more open, more capable of third party integration providing a wide variety of programmability choices ideal for Dev-Ops environments. C'mon Network Engineers. Time to brush up on your Linux...maybe a little Python...
Aug. 7, 2015
Your Design Engineers Need Support and ‘Expertise on Tap’ Too!
Your Design Engineers Need Support and ‘Expertise on Tap’ Too!
If you are involved in designing, supporting or managing a data center, you will undoubtedly rely on technical support services from one or more vendors.  Running your data center, there...
Feb. 5, 2015
VXLAN/EVPN: Standards based Overlay with Control-Plane
VXLAN/EVPN: Standards based Overlay with Control-Plane
Given the tremendous interest in VXLAN with MP-BGP based EVPN Control-Plane (short EVPN) at Cisco Live in Milan, I decided to write a "short" technology
Feb. 5, 2015