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#CiscoChat Recap: Is Your Network Behind the Digital Curve?
#CiscoChat Recap: Is Your Network Behind the Digital Curve?
There’s only one place to take questions this big: to the experts in a #CiscoChat.
April 4, 2017
There’s Never Been a Better Time for Cisco ACI-Enabled Data Center Providers #NeverBetter
There’s Never Been a Better Time for Cisco ACI-Enabled Data Center Providers #NeverBetter
Cisco ACI is a core enabler for the cloud-enabled DataVita data center in central Scotland. Developed with innovation, quality and agility in mind, the energy efficiency - including certified renewable energy use - of this brand new build is also a particularly impressive attribute.
March 21, 2017
VNF Testing and Validation – With Cisco There’s Never Been A Better Time #NeverBetter
VNF Testing and Validation – With Cisco There’s Never Been A Better Time #NeverBetter
Cisco's VNF Onboarding Framework will accelerate service provider NFV adoption. Including validation and support of both Cisco and third party VNFs, there's never been a better time.
March 2, 2017
Mapping the Journey to Digital-Ready Networks
Mapping the Journey to Digital-Ready Networks
Over the next two years organizations will transform their network for the digital era in increasing numbers. In fact 45% of organizations are expecting to already have digital-ready networks...
Feb. 21, 2017
The #1 Reason to Choose your NFV and SDN Partner
The #1 Reason to Choose your NFV and SDN Partner
Last year, in order to ensure we were delivering world class professional services for NFV and SDN to our service provider customers, we invested a not insubstantial sum from our...
Dec. 14, 2016
3 Insights on Digital Business Transformation and Software Support
3 Insights on Digital Business Transformation and Software Support
I recently had the pleasure of joining a twitter #CiscoChat co-hosted by @CiscoServices and Zeus Kerravala @zkerravala of ZK Research. We started the chat to debate the pros...
Nov. 29, 2016
Buying New Gear? Have You Invested in Operations Management to Assure Your RoI?
Buying New Gear? Have You Invested in Operations Management to Assure Your RoI?
Are you investing in new IT equipment – or for that matter, any IT services including SaaS/Cloud services?  If so, I wonder how much you have invested in your operations management...
Oct. 13, 2016
Cisco Delivers Industrial IoT Network Management for Operations Teams
Cisco Delivers Industrial IoT Network Management for Operations Teams
Today Cisco announces a new software product purpose-built for operations teams to manage industrial Ethernet networks across their Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. The Industrial Network Director...
Sept. 22, 2016
Go Slow to Go Fast: Why Cisco Services Invests More Up Front
Go Slow to Go Fast: Why Cisco Services Invests More Up Front
There are 2 questions I am asked from time to time: The first is related to my job – “OK I understand what's involved in product development, but why do ‘service...
Aug. 24, 2016
Part 2: The Ski Centre Queues and the Service Provider Internet of Things Opportunity
Part 2: The Ski Centre Queues and the Service Provider Internet of Things Opportunity
Last week, in Part 1, I blogged about the bizarre association of queues at my local ski centre and unreliable access to cloud payment services. Being located in an...
March 16, 2016
ACG Research says “Cisco Packet Core is Accelerating”
ACG Research says “Cisco Packet Core is Accelerating”
Growing Market Share Leadership in Mobility – #1 in Packet Core, EPC, MME, SGW, & PGW for Q2 2015, driven by demand for LTE, Wi-Fi, VoWi-Fi, VoLTE, Policy Suite. Wasn’t...
Sept. 29, 2015
5 Top Challenges of SAN Design: View from our SAN Design Experts – Part 2
5 Top Challenges of SAN Design: View from our SAN Design Experts – Part 2
Last week, here, I started my 2 part blog on some of the top SAN design and deployment challenges we see.  As I mentioned, I put this together...
Aug. 25, 2015