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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
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
Delivering Cloud Services at Cloud Scale with Cloud Economics
Delivering Cloud Services at Cloud Scale with Cloud Economics
Super Tuesday delivers DC switching portfolio innovations and acceleration of hybrid cloud Today is Super Tuesday, with fourteen states and territories hosting primary elections. Lots of media and preparation goes...
March 1, 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
OpenStack Summit – Vote Now Speaking Sessions and Topics
OpenStack Summit – Vote Now Speaking Sessions and Topics
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. 10, 2016
Slow and Steady Doesn’t Win This Digital Business Race
Slow and Steady Doesn’t Win This Digital Business Race
When I talk to network professionals, I routinely ask them about the one part of their job that keeps them up at night. The thing that consistently comes
Feb. 9, 2016
2016 Prediction #1 – Production Application Development and Deployment Rapidly Transforming to Microservices Architect …
2016 Prediction #1 – Production Application Development and Deployment Rapidly Transforming to Microservices Architect …
As I look back on 2015 and the great effort of the Mantl.io and CiscoShipped.io teams, I am reminded of the efforts I had in the initial cloud computing
Jan. 25, 2016
Top 3 Ways New ACI Innovations Improve Your Data Center
Top 3 Ways New ACI Innovations Improve Your Data Center
Yesterday, Cisco announced a new software release for ACI. If you are looking to automate IT, or build out your cloud environment, and want to do so in an open fashion...
Dec. 4, 2015
Executing on Our Vision and Strategy: The Future of Networking for an Application Centric World
Executing on Our Vision and Strategy: The Future of Networking for an Application Centric World
We shared our vision for the future of networking over a year and a half ago. Today, we continue to execute on our vision and strategy. Our customers and partners continue to...
Dec. 3, 2015
Cisco and Microsoft Accelerate Cloud Providers’ Journey to the Hybrid Cloud
Cisco and Microsoft Accelerate Cloud Providers’ Journey to the Hybrid Cloud
It can be a tough world out there for a cloud provider. You’re facing stiff competition from the big cloud players like Amazon and Google to deliver more
Oct. 23, 2015
Cisco’s Solution Framework for the Digital Journey
Cisco’s Solution Framework for the Digital Journey
Every country, city, industry, and business is becoming digital in order to leverage the unprecedented opportunities possible from rapidly expanding
Oct. 5, 2015