Klaus Schwegler

Seven years ago, the team behind Unleashing IT started with a question: “What do IT and LoB professionals really need to know to help their organizations succeed?” The answer today is the same as it was then: Less hype. More insight. That’s why we’re committed to bringing you the latest perspectives…

The new enterprise rock stars “Our rock stars aren’t like your rock stars.” an Intel ad from 2009 concluded. Fast forward to today and in these times of change the choice for businesses (and IT) is to disrupt or get disrupted. The impact across teams within any organization in any industry has…

We all heard the saying that time flies (when you are having fun). It certainly has been a busy start to 2017 in many aspects and when my colleague Emmeline Wong posted her blog about ‘2017 New Year’s Resolutions: Ideas for Data Center Pros’ a few months ago, it feels like yesterday.  Wi…

Over the decades’ many songs have been written about Germany’s capital city with one song stating that “Berlin ist eine Reise wert” or Berlin is worth a visit. I have been to Berlin a few times and agree if your time allows I encourage you to explore the many sights and attractions the city ha…

In several parts of the world December 6 is a day that especially children look forward to:  It’s St. Nicholas Day and children hope to be on St. Nicholas’ good side to receive a small gift. If you want to read more about the different activities to celebrate St Nicholas Day, you can learn more abou…

Last week was quite eventful, certainly unpredictable and some would probably say chaotic. I am a big soccer fan, so with the Copa America and the Euro 2016 tournaments happening, I certainly could scratch that itch. And as always, it is more art than science to predict the results (Iceland winning…

Cisco has been actively participating in open source and open standards for a long time and is now also a founding member of the Open IT Framework at the most recently held Open Networking User Group (ONUG) earlier this month. As I wrote in my blog prior to the event our focus was going to be on Con…

It’s Spring and that means the IT events season is in full bloom.  The calendar at that time of the year is packed and we are looking forward to ONUG (Open Networking User Group) Spring 2016.  The event will be at held at Intuit’s headquarter in Mountain View, CA from May 9-11, 2016. It&…

There is something special about round tables. It gets people to open up, collaborate, and talk to everyone that sits at the table. Be it at home, in political discourse or in business, round tables help to solve problems, and foster the open exchange of ideas and thoughts.  It eliminates side or si…