Data Center
Improve Cloud Traffic Visibility with the New Cisco Prime Virtual NAM
Earlier this year Cisco announced the Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM), an integral component of the Cisco Cloud Network Services portfolio. While a virtual NAM has been available on the Nexus 1100 Cloud Services Platform (a UCS appliance for virtual services), it has not been avai…
Summary : Unmatched Flexibility with Multi-Protocol Connectivity…End-To-End!
“Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future” – Jedi Master Yoda. Yoda image credit: www.yodaquotes.net “Planning for the future can be challenging . To effectively prepare for the unknown it is best to design into any plans, the added flexibility. This is especially true with IT. ”…
Webcast Series: Learn how to deploy cloud connectivity for your data center
Learn how to deploy cloud connectivity for your data center with confidence and help enable critical business operations in this Data Center Design Zone webcast Series on March 11 at 8 a.m. Pacific Time. March 11 at 8:00 AM Pacific Time Cisco Virtualized Multiservice Data Center (VMDC) integra…
Data Security Through the Cloud
Is the combination of cloud computing and mobility a perfect storm of security threats? Actually, yes. And you should prepare for them as if there is a storm coming. As businesses become increasingly mobile, so does sensitive data. In fact, in a recent survey conducted by ESG, 31% of security profes…
#EngineersUnplugged S5|Ep1: Role and Policy Based Control
We’re back with an all-new season of Engineers Unplugged–more unicorns, more technology, and more selfies than even the Oscars have to offer. Season 5 kicks off with a bang–role-based access control and policy management discussion brought to you by Nick Howell (@that1guynick) and…
ACI Design Principles: The role of SDN Overlays in Application Centric Deployments – Part 2
This is the second of a two-part blog series developed in association with Tom Edsall, a Cisco Fellow and CTO of Insieme Networks, recently acquired by Cisco Systems. While Part 1 focused on the role of SDN overlays and deployment considerations, this one delves into the benefits derived from such a…
CIO or IT Services Broker?
In the heart of the overall shift from cloud computing as an isolated project to a central IT strategy, a particular tenet is reigning supreme: hybrid IT strategies. As cloud computing continues to evolve, new technologies are emerging to support the dynamic creation of cloud services. CIOs are incr…
Move Past Survival and Thrive
Every area of your business has a stake in the way IT delivers services. Each one needs speed, agility, efficiency, and a clear definition of its relationship with all of the other areas and the business as a whole. In order to get there and create an agile and efficient organization that flows, you…
Cisco Champion Radio on ACI and Nexus 9000
How ACI lets you manage a network cohesively instead of box-by-box ? What a network looks like in ACI mode vs. stand-alone mode ? How ACI works with network protocols like spanning-tree and TRILL ? Upgrading the Nexus 9000 Series to ACI When does ACI make sense for your business ? For this new epis…
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