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May 15, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep15: Data Center Transformation

Welcome to the Season Finale of Season 2 of Engineers Unplugged! It’s the perfect conversation to end with, as Joel McKelvey (NetApp, @joelmckelvey) and Gina Minks (Dell, @gminks) talk about the data center of the future, and the transformations that are necessary within the business. This is…

May 8, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep14 Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Sure, there are many events and conferences going on this week, but stick a reminder on your calendar to watch this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged. Ed Saipetch (@edsai) of Speaking in Tech and other fames and Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) of VMware talk about the evolution of BYOD (…

May 2, 2013

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Three Paths to the Cloud, They All Start in Vegas (EMC World, Interop, and More)

If you’re looking for Cisco in the cloud next week, you’ll have your choice of events. The source of all of this cloud knowledge, Las Vegas. Who knew that was where the cloud started? #EMCworld #CiscoEMCW First up, Cisco Data Center Cloud team can be found at EMC World, Booth 401, at The…

May 1, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep13: Software Defined Data Center + Cloud

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, Bas Raayman from EMC and Caroline Orloff from ServiceMesh take on “what is the software defined data center and how is it like/different from the cloud”? Let’s watch and see what they conclude: Welcome to Engineers Unplugged, wh…

April 24, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep12: The Evolution of Virtualization

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, join Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King) and Dave Henry (@davemhenry) as they chart the evolution of virtualization, from mainframes up to software defined data centers. This is a technical deep-dive you don’t want to miss: One thing that hasn…

April 17, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep10: #BigData — The Human Face of and Why It Matters

Welcome back to Engineers Unplugged. Today, we talk Big Data with Matthew Brender (@mjbrender EMC) and Hans De Leenheer (@hansdeleenheer Veeam). It’s not just a lot of data, it’s what you can do with it. For real world examples, and thoughts on where this is all going, listen in: But wa…

April 10, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep9: IPv6 or 1970s Math

The Internet of Everything fuels our daily lives, but leads to some new challenges in the networking space. Join us for this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged as Damian Karlson (@sixfootdad) and Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) discuss the pros and cons of IPv6, firewalls, and the failu…

April 3, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep8: Secure Hybrid Cloud + Whiteboarding Game

This week features another exciting double edition for Engineers Unplugged, complete with a whiteboarding game to help you hone your craft. But first, business. Listen in as Brian Gracely (VirtuStream, @bgracely) and Jase McCarty (EMC, @jasemccarty) discuss the benefits of secure hybrid cloud:…

March 27, 2013

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#EngineersUnplugged (S2|Ep7): __aaS (Everything as a Service)

Another week of all the technology that’s fit to whiteboard, Engineers Unplugged features Chris Wahl (@chriswahl) and Steve Kaplan (@ROIDude) talking through cloud stack options, including Cisco Cloupia and Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC) as well as VMware’s vCloud Director…