automation

July 30, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S6|Ep2: Data Center Automation

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, Uri Elzur (Intel)  and Mike Dvorkin (@dvorkinista) discuss automation in the data center, from application intent to compliance and governance. What is shared infrastructure? Listen in! If you would like to become Internet Famous, and strut your…

Fresh Perspectives on Monetization in Programmable Service Provider Networks

Written By Wayne Cullen, Senior Manager, Service Provider Architectures Agility. Scalability. Automation. Orchestration. Programmability. Service providers are exploring such an array of new and exciting capabilities these days! You hear a lot about lowering costs by increasing efficiency and decre…

May 18, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco’s Data Center and Cloud Management Software at Cisco Live San Francisco #CLUS

We’re excited to showcase new innovations in our data center infrastructure automation and cloud management software at Cisco Live San Francisco this week! This past Friday, Cisco announced the new Cisco UCS Director version 5.0 – including Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) support and integ…

May 16, 2014

DATA CENTER

Announcing Cisco UCS Director 5.0 – with Support for Application Centric Infrastructure

It’s that time of year again. Next week in San Francisco, an estimated 22,000 customers and partners will convene for our annual Cisco Live user conference in the U.S. It’s also when we make big announcements … and this year is no different. The event hasn’t even started and we just made our first m…

May 14, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

Summary – Network Design for Automation

There has been a lot of recent online discussion about automation of the datacenter network, how we all may (or may not) need to learn programming, the value of a CCIE, and similar topics. This blog tries to look beyond all that. Assume network configuration has been automated. How does that affect…

May 13, 2014

DATA CENTER

Network Design for Automation

There has been a lot of recent online discussion about automation of the datacenter network, how we all may (or may not) need to learn programming, the value of a CCIE, and similar topics. This blog tries to look beyond all that. Assume network configuration has been automated. How does that affect…

May 7, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S5|Ep10: Automation Demystified!

Welcome back to an amazing episode of Engineers Unplugged, featuring Alan Renouf (@alanrenouf) and Patrick Carmichael (@vmcarmichael) demystify automation in the modern data center in less than 10 minutes: built-in, scripts, workflow, and policy-based. Answers to your most answered questions about h…

March 13, 2014

MANUFACTURING

Attending The Automation Conference Should be an Automatic Decision

Last week, I got a great response to a blog on ‘Making Smarter Manufacturing and IoT a Reality Today’, where I illustrated some use-case business scenarios and strategies to leverage the IoT industry trends now. One way savvy manufacturers, industrial companies and supply chain and operations teams…

March 4, 2014

DATA CENTER

Move Past Survival and Thrive

Every area of your business has a stake in the way IT delivers services. Each one needs speed, agility, efficiency, and a clear definition of its relationship with all of the other areas and the business as a whole. In order to get there and create an agile and efficient organization that flows, you…