Perspectives
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep3: Cisco Networking Academy
#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about the Cisco Networking Academy. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Richard Grotegut (@OhloneRich), Ike Ozurumba (@IkeNetworkGuy)…
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep2: Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Welcome to Episode 2 of #CiscoChampion Radio, a podcast series by and for Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champion: Colin Lynch (@UCSguru…
How I became a Networking Enthusiast
I’ve always been curious about networks. I remember opening up an old Linksys Router and discovering the physical circuit, the processor and integrated memory. But my official networking life didn’t start until my coworker taught me the basics of routing. The first thing I learned was how to log in…
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep1: InterCloud, Cloud in 2014
Welcome to #CiscoChampion Radio, a podcast series by and for Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Cisco’s InterCloud announcement and where Cloud is going in 2014. Listen to the Podcast. Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Er…
Network Programmability Is Real: Five Use Cases for Our Disaster Recovery Cloud Services
SunGard AS has more than 9000 enterprise customers who count on our cloud services and managed services when disaster strikes. Lately, we’ve seen that the “Internet of Everything” is changing customer expectations. Our customers want new types of cloud services—and they want them sooner. They’re als…
Discovering and Managing your Office Personalities
One of the fascinating aspects of being an IT manager of a distributed company is discovering the office personalities. Not people personalities like “the office joker”, but how each office itself has a personality of its own. The challenge of managing technology in these environments is learning th…
Get Inspired by Cisco Live Europe 2014
Cisco Live Europe 2014 (Milan) just ended and I think I will need a few days to reorganize my ideas. It was my first opportunity to attend #CLEUR, and moreover I did it as a CCIE. CLEUR is not just a Cisco event (or should I say THE Cisco event) but also a unique opportunity to experience technology…
The We’re Listening Blog Series: Software Quality – We Heard You!
In this month’s We’re Listening blog post, I have a number of updates on Cisco’s progress to improve software quality, and how we’re using your feedback to make improvements that will most impact your experience buying and using Cisco software. As part of my leadership respon…
Summary: Crossing the bridge – Five cloud services you should pay attention to
A number of key applications consumed by businesses through premise-based deployments are now available from the cloud. Irrespective of where you are in the evolution to the cloud, here are five services that are worth your attention. Read my full article for a closer look!…