Big Data

June 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

New! Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera and Apache Spark

Well, we do not stand still for long…at least our R&D teams don’t! The breadth of our solutions for Big Data and Analytics continues to grow, as we are pleased to introduce Cisco’s UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera and Apache Spark.  Working with one of…

June 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

Big Data is a Big Deal for Your Infrastructure (and it is Cool!)

As I author this, I am in my hotel room in Chicago and its Thursday evening. Our core Cisco Big Data team has been here for the past two days focused on planning our worldwide 2017 activities. One thing that is stuck in my mind now after our meetings is the phrase “Infrastructure is Cool!” – it’s a…

June 17, 2016

DATA CENTER

Visibility Into Tetration Analytics, Part 2

This is the second of a two part series on Tetration Analytics, a platform designed to help customers gain complete visibility across their data centers in real time. Part 1 covered challenges, an overview of the solution, and components. Today, I’ll cover use cases, benefits and additional resource…

June 16, 2016

DATA CENTER

Visibility Into Tetration Analytics, Part 1

Yesterday Cisco announced Tetration Analytics, a platform designed to help customers gain complete visibility across their data centers in real time. These posts, Data Center Visibility on a Whole New Scale and A Limitless Time Machine For Your Data Center, provide context and a high level overview…

June 15, 2016

DATA CENTER

Tetration Analytics: A Limitless Time Machine For Your Data Center

In the film Limitless, the main character Eddie finds himself able to learn and analyze information at a superhuman rate. He temporarily has the ability to instantly and meaningfully cross-correlate all of the previously forgotten experiences from his past (1) and assess multiple scenarios in the fu…

Re-Focus on the Fundamentals of Big Data Analytics With Upskill U & Cisco

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading. In order to reap the full benefits that virtualization provides in greater network flexibility and reduced opex, service providers need a strong strategy for developing their big data and advanced analytics capabilities. T…

Need Help Putting your Data and Analytics Puzzle Together?

We all know data and analytics are important. Once something used only by a handful of large, data-intensive organizations, it has now evolved to be a factor critical to success in every organization today. But are you on top of your game when it comes to how data and analytics really work? Do you…

May 20, 2016

INNOVATION

Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence Accelerates its Momentum and Extends Corporate Venturing into New Technology Areas with …

Three-and-a-half years ago, an informal brainstorming session among a few of us started a broader discussion on how we should co-innovate with the startup ecosystem, which eventually led to the creation of a new corporate venturing program for startups and scaleups – Cisco Entrepreneurs in Res…

May 18, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hey Big Data, what’s your problem?!

Guest blog by Wendi O’Neill, Splunk Platform Leader, Sirius Computer Solutions.  Follow Wendi on: Twitter  @WendiONeill9; or Linked in:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendioneill.   Do you ever wish you could gather up ALL your machine data, lock it in a room, and grill it for answers until you fin…