Agile IT

May 4, 2016

NETWORKING

Navigating Ships & Other Nautical Adventures

My team’s recent fun event was on a cruise liner on the calm, blue waters of the Pacific Ocean hugging San Francisco. Besides soaking up the panoramic vistas and general bonhomie, I particularly enjoyed my conversation with the skipper. Our worlds were completely apart and yet I found the conversati…

December 17, 2015

DATA CENTER

Avoid Wild Light Sabers & See How Pulsant Delivers Cloud Services Faster With ACI (Case Study)

Being fast is important this time of year. X–Wing Fighters in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” are fast. Avoiding that overly excited light saber wielding fan in line requires you to be fast. Holiday shoppers are snatching up deals fast. Retailers with transaction spikes need to add infrastructure cap…

February 25, 2015

INSIDE CISCO IT

Agile in Action – eStore and Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

We are hearing so much about Agile and Fast IT at present and so I wanted to share an example of a key Agile concept in action within Cisco IT – that of ‘Minimum Viable Product’ (MVP). This simple yet powerful concept empowers you to get your product out into the marketplace as qui…