application centric infrastructure
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Embrane
With agility and automation as persistent drivers for IT teams, the need to simplify application deployment and build the cloud is crucial for the data center. Today, Cisco is pleased to announce its intent to acquire Embrane, a provider of a lifecycle management platform for application-centric net…
How Cisco IT Adopts New Technologies in the Data Center
I’d like to give you an inside look at our Allen Data Center and go over how Cisco IT is adopting new technologies and capabilities while at the same time running the business. I’ll answer your top of mind questions and cover topics such as:…
Cisco Adds Check Point Next-Gen Security Gateway to Growing List of Strategic ACI Partners
Cisco is announcing another important strategic partner to its list of ACI-compliant vendors with the addition of the Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway to the ecosystem. A couple months ago I wrote about the inherent security architecture in ACI (Security for an Application Centric World)…
#CiscoChampion Radio S2|Ep 1. Cisco ACI
#CiscoChampion Radio is a series by Cisco Champions as technologists. We’re kicking off Season 2 with Cisco Senior Architect Azeem Suleman, who is talking about Cisco ACI. Lauren Friedman (@lauren) moderates and Scott Morris and Jason Benedicic are this week’s Cisco Champion guest hosts. Liste…
ACI and Nexus 9000 Win 2014 infoTECH Spotlight Data Center Excellence Awards
[Note: For more perspective on the growing momentum for Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000, register today for our upcoming live ACI webcast: “Is Your Data Center Ready for the Application Economy”, January 13, 2015, 9 AM PT, Noon ET, featuring more ACI customers and several key ACI technology par…
ACI Customers Share Experiences at Gartner Data Center Conference
[Note: If you like hearing these customer perspectives, register today for our upcoming live ACI webcast: “Is Your Data Center Ready for the Application Economy”, January 13, 2015, 9 AM PT, Noon ET, featuring more ACI customers and several key ACI technology partners.] Happy New Year to…
Video Demo: The Power of ACI Physical Network Visibility in an SDN Overlay Environment
[Note: Register today for our upcoming live ACI webcast: “Is Your Data Center Ready for the Application Economy”, January 13, 2015, 9 AM PT, Noon ET, featuring ACI customers and several key ACI technology partners.] At the most recent Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, after so…
ACI for Splunk Enterprise: Enabling comprehensive application health
On January 13th, 2015, Cisco will celebrate the 1-year anniversary of its launch of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), a ground breaking SDN architecture. It will include a public webcast with the participation of early ACI adopters and our ecosystems partners. One of these inaugural partne…
OPEN: A Fundamental Part of the Network of the Future
Over the past several years, I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of two important trends in the networking industry – the evolution of open standards and open APIs, and the definition of policy as the key interface to the network. Open is an extremely important word to the future of networking…
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