Data Center

Bookmark this blog! New demos will be added in the near future. At Cisco Live, a customer asked me: “If I don’t have Cisco ACI yet, and my switches are NX-OS based, what can I use to automate and manage my data center [switches]?” Answer: Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Cisco DCNM is one of…

Enterprise IT today spends a huge amount of resources maintaining the network. These resources could otherwise be used to drive innovation. When IT infrastructure is too rigid or complex to keep up with new business demands, you end up with a bottleneck, and business suffers. To alleviate these prob…

AI-driven Operations (AI Ops) will drive significant changes as IT organizations leverage AI, machine learning, and automation. This transition will provide opportunities for individuals to develop new skills that can enhance their careers. AI Ops and Self-Optimization Experts expect the use of AI,…

Today, Data Center Networking customers look for the latest innovations in both hardware and software, wanting flexibility to consume them at their own pace.  The combination of Cisco’s CloudScale ASIC technology and NX-OS is the right choice for the majority of customers. Cisco is committed to offe…

AI Ops includes the ability to dynamically optimize infrastructure resources through a holistic approach. Cisco Workload Optimization Manager is an important component in our strategy of delivering enhanced customer benefits through AI Ops. Guest Blogger: Vish Jakka, Product Manager, UCS Solutions O…

The Golden Gate Bridge was built to connect San Francisco and Marin County using a suspension bridge over a mile long.  It was built during the Great Depression and took over 4 years to construct with over 1.2 million rivets. When I talk to data scientists and IT teams in the same room, I often feel…

Network capacity today is constantly challenged. Ever-expanding data, a proliferation of apps, and increasing user mobility needs flood enterprise data centers.  And, every new app and new user demands more speed, more agility and more efficiency from network infrastructure. Meeting modern data cent…

The amount of data being generated and stored is only getting bigger. You need more memory and better performance to quickly extract actionable intelligence. What if there was a way to supersize your server memory capacity? Even better, what if that memory was not only fast, but persistent? Persiste…

Last year, Cisco announced its vision to extend ACI into the public cloud domain and introduce key attributes – unified security policy, single-pane-of-glass management, and visibility – for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. These attributes would giv…