Ravi Balakrishnan
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Datacenter Solutions
Articles
F5 Agility 2016 – Next Stop Chicago
Only a few weeks remain for the Fall season to officially set in, and it’s still quite hot in Chicago. The fast approaching F5 Agility event is further adding a sizzle to the conference scene at the Chicago Downtown Hyatt Regency. August is the most popular season to visit Chicago and we are seeing…
Red Hat Summit 2016 – A Review of key moments
Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco is an ideal setting to experience the power of open source in enterprise, for customers, partners and community enthusiasts. For me personally, this year’s event was a great learning experience, both from the standpoint of quality face-to-face time with industry…
A quick journey through all the excitement that awaits you at Cisco Live 2016
As Las Vegas glows in the intense June summer sun, another glow is appearing on the horizon. The heat is hot and the ground dry, but the air is filled with sound – I am reminded of a famous America song. Are you wondering what the song could be? Cisco Live 2016 is arriving in town a week from…
Choice and Flexibility in deploying L4-L7 services with Cisco ACI and Cisco CloudCenter: An in-depth Journey
Two weeks ago, I posted a blog highlighting the growing customer momentum for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), particularly in the context of customer successes in ACI-F5 joint deployments. I am seeing a growing trend among customers of late to directly deploy the Nexus 9k series of switche…
Policy-based Cloud with Cisco ACI and OpenStack, Project Contiv and the Open Source Community
Just a month ago, I was at OpenStack summit Austin presenting Cisco technologies to our valuable customers. To me it was quite obvious that OpenStack has hit mainstream, particularly after listening to Gartner’s keynote. The keynote emphasized how customers are adopting Cloud and OpenStack operation…
Recent Customer Success Stories: Achieving business transformation with Cisco ACI, F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ
To me, there is nothing more satisfying than when a customer gives glowing testimonials publicly to our products and solutions. In the last two weeks, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) has been in the news with a spate of customer success stories. First, we saw the news report on how se…
What is in store at Citrix Synergy 2016 – A quick tour de force
Las Vegas, double-headers and technology events hold a special attraction for me. Early in May, I blogged about my back-to-back events in Vegas covering EMC World and Interop 2016. I am just completing a big DC Event in Vienna this week with Citrix Synergy 2016 ready to roll next week in Vegas. Amid…
F5 Agility Vienna | Welcome to ‘The City of Dreams’ where Hi-tech Meets Tradition
It is spring time in Vienna now, the music is pervasive, and the Stadtpark is transforming into a place of epicurean delights. I vividly remember my student days when “Ich möchte nach Wien” was the most popular phrase for vacationers. Next week, I am going to experience prima facie, what Vienna will…
Interop and EMC World – A double header in Vegas next week
If it is May, it must be raining conventions in Las Vegas. I am heading for a double header the first week of May to be part of the excitement at Interop and EMC world. It is going to be extra exciting for me personally, as I will be shuttling from Mandalay Bay (Interop) and EMC world (Venetian) eve…