Big Data

The comic strips of our childhood fascinate us. A once prosperous city falls under the shroud of crime. Enemies of various origins and shapes attack it from all sides. The horizons darken and all seems to be lost. Then magically, the superheroes arrive. Armed with x-ray vision, mighty punches, or ab…

When developing applications in a microservices architecture, one of the first obstacles a developer faces is determining the state of the underlying orchestration and container services. The developer has no real insight into how the underlying services and orchestration system(s) are performing. A…

Cisco UCS benchmarking success in the Big Data space continues. We invest and lead in Big Data workload benchmark tests as these workloads are commonly found in UCS-oriented Data Centers around the world. The guiding principles our Cisco UCS teams follow for benchmarking in the Big Data arena are:…

According to IDC, The Big Data technology and services market will grow from $16.55 billion in 2014 to $41.52 billion in 2018. 
Big data will continue to transform businesses everywhere. Together, Cisco and MapR enable customers to take full advantage of structured and unstructured data throughout y…

Just under two weeks since the event and I keep having flashbacks of what an great week it was for all.. With 10,000 people on-site this was a larger event than my previous experiences at Cisco Live Milan providing even more opportunities for customers, partners and Cisco employees. My time on the C…

Last week, in part 1 of this 3 part series, we discussed how Digitization* is driving change. We also covered how Changes (cue** David Bowie) are manifesting themselves in the shifting shape of Applications, which are the raison d’etre for the Data Center. Deconstructing Apps: Scale  As traditional…

Since it’s inception five years ago Cisco’s Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) offerings have consistently driven positive technical and business value for our customers at many levels, some examples: • Cisco UCS regularly delivers top-level performance as showcased via our leading benchmarking re…

I’m so looking forward to the year ahead in the world of big data and analytics, because the opportunities appear to have no limits. Big Data and Analytics has been growing for quite some time. IDC expects the Big Data Technology and Services market to grow at a 26.24% compound annual growth rate th…

Throughout the year, our customers and partners provide feedback to us about their experience doing business with Cisco. We take that feedback very seriously, and are constantly making improvements to address the most common themes we hear and improve the overall experience. In the We’re Liste…