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YOU Decide Who Speaks in Austin
YOU Decide Who Speaks in Austin
You know the drill. It’s one of the great things about the OpenStack Summit. Unlike most other conferences, where organizers single-handedly set the
Feb. 9, 2016
Shadow IT: Rampant, Pervasive, and Explosive!
Shadow IT: Rampant, Pervasive, and Explosive!
When wireless for LAN burst onto the scene, companies were a lot slower than their employees to embrace it. Employees didn’t want to be tied to their
Jan. 19, 2016
Welcome to Data Virtualization’s New Frontier
Welcome to Data Virtualization’s New Frontier
Where We’ve Been When Judith Davis and I co-authored Data Virtualization: Going Beyond Traditional Data Integration to Achieve Business Agility in 2011,
Jan. 14, 2016
Devops Means “No, you cannot operate my cloud”
Devops Means “No, you cannot operate my cloud”
One of the things I really believe strongly is that modern SaaS software development – both the practices and code it produces – are significantly different from traditional enterprise premises-based software development. Yet, I find that for people who have never built and operated a modern SaaS platform, these differences are difficult to grasp.
Dec. 15, 2015
Trust Me: Cisco Hearts Video
Trust Me: Cisco Hearts Video
I was recently talking to an industry colleague about how incredibly focused we are, as a company, on the video marketplace. I meant it, so I was
Sept. 11, 2015
The Long Road to the Cloud – Changes in Application Deployment Criteria
The Long Road to the Cloud – Changes in Application Deployment Criteria
In today’s world as more and more customers prepare to take advantage of cloud technologies, they are finding that private cloud and colocation services
Sept. 3, 2015
Cloud Adoption Today: A View of Cloud Maturity for IT Organizations
Cloud Adoption Today: A View of Cloud Maturity for IT Organizations
By Robert Mahowald, IDC Program Vice President, SaaS and Cloud Services We recently surveyed more than 3,450 executive-level IT decisionmakers in 17
Sept. 1, 2015
The Data and Analytics Event of the Year!
The Data and Analytics Event of the Year!
Today, I’m excited to share with you some details on the 2015 Data and Analytics Conference, October 20-22 at the Hilton Chicago. The inaugural event will
Aug. 26, 2015
The Modular Enterprise
The Modular Enterprise
Just before setting off for Cisco Live I heard an economist on the radio talk about the relative performance of leading countries. The key measure was
June 17, 2015
Gartner Recognizes Cisco as a Leader for UC for Midsize Enterprises
Gartner Recognizes Cisco as a Leader for UC for Midsize Enterprises
Cisco positioned highest in “ability to execute” among Leaders in the first ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified...
June 17, 2015
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Release 2.2.1 is Feature Packed!!!
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Release 2.2.1 is Feature Packed!!!
I bought a used car this past weekend for my two teenagers to share, for school, work, getting around town, etc. It is a sensible car, four-wheel drive,
June 12, 2015
Intercloud Fabric: Simplifying the Hybrid Cloud
Intercloud Fabric: Simplifying the Hybrid Cloud
So. Much. Data. Every hour 300,000 new things connect to the Internet. That’s more than 50 million things a week. And by 2020, we estimate that 50 billion
June 10, 2015