application centric infrastructure

January 23, 2018

DATA CENTER

Newest Data Center Technologies that will Make a Difference in 2018

If you are a data center network manager, your 2018 resolution should include attending these data center sessions. These sessions will open your eyes, and affect how you design and invest in your data center from now on. I know there is a lot of noise out there, so this list will help you stay focu…

January 18, 2018

DATA CENTER

Investing in a software only SDN solution? THINK TWICE

A sophisticated Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution is no longer a “good to have” data center requirement, rather it’s the underpinning for a successful, profitable business. The operational simplicity and automation capabilities it provides are futile if they’re not backed up by consistent h…

December 13, 2017

DEVELOPER

Automating Cisco ACI with Ansible Eliminates Repetitive Day-to-Day Tasks

Guest blog by: Jacob McGill Network Automation Engineer Network to Code Ansible has quickly become a popular platform for network engineers to get started with network automation and eliminate repetitive day to day tasks. There have been Ansible plug-ins (in the form of modules) for Cisco IOS, NX-OS…

November 6, 2017

DATA CENTER

Cisco Live Cancún 2017: Las Últimas Tecnologías de Data Center

Éste blog te ayudará a organizar tu visita a Cisco Live Cancún 2017. Revisa la lista de presentaciones y demos del data center, luego márcalas en tu calendario o guarda las imágenes para que no te pierdas ninguna sesión que te interese. Sesiones ¿Cómo poder aprender toda la información de este show…

March 1, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 7: Something Awesome Open Forum

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today’s podcast is an Open Forum featuring Cisco Champions sharing insight on recent announcements. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View th…

September 10, 2015

CLOUD

CliQr and Cisco ACI take an “Application First” approach to Hybrid Clouds

In the application economy, it is all about time to application delivery and focus on optimizing the entire application lifecycle. With the sustained “cloudification” of IT, supporting multiple applications while reducing cost and complexity in a multi-cloud environment becomes very crit…

June 10, 2015

DATA CENTER

Cisco Enhances SDN Strategy and Offerings Across the Entire Nexus Portfolio with new VTS Automation Solution

Interest in Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to grow through the ability to make networks more programmable, flexible and agile. This is accomplished by accelerating application deployment and management, simplifying automating network operations and creating a more responsive IT model. C…

May 29, 2015

INSIDE CISCO IT

How We Migrate Hundreds of Applications to the New ACI Platform

I am in the trenches of our migration to an Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) platform, helping my team transition hundreds of applications. Cisco IT has broken down the migration process into nine steps:…

April 16, 2015

DATA CENTER

How and Why We Created “Software Defined Networking for Dummies”

Last week we launched our new book, Software Defined Networking for Dummies, which I wrote the vast majority of and was responsible for producing. And the response to date has been far more enthusiastic than even I anticipated. The feedback from the Cisco field has been great, and there is strong de…