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Interop Redux: Focus on Virtual L4-7 Services with Embrane
Our recap of Interop 2014 continues with a focus on Cisco technology partner Embrane, who focuses on integration of layer 4-7 virtual services into cloud and data center networks, including its own virtual load balancer, firewall and VPN. Embrane describes its heleos platform and heleos Elastic Serv…
Cisco Intercloud Provides a Platform for Application Enablement and Innovation
Over the past weeks, Cisco Cloud Services introduce a global Intercloud . Today I’d like to explain how Cisco Intercloud provides a platform for Cisco, ISVs, and partners application enablement and innovation. Infrastructure as service (IaaS) is a very small part of the overall cloud…
The “Next Gen” Network Engineer
A subject very close to my heart at the moment is what skills I will need to have in order to support the Next Generation of Software Defined and Application Centric networks. It is of no surprise that Networking like most other towers in IT has embraced abstraction as the way forward to provide lev…
Cisco’s Commitment to Openness and Interoperability will be on Display at Red Hat Summit 2014
Change is good. After a successful run of four years in Boston, Red Hat Summit moves to San Francisco this year from April 14-17. Red Hat Summit has become one of the premier open source events for the enterprise IT industry with tracks for both developers and business executives. &nb…
Are You Ready for Dev Ops and SDN Software Development with Cisco ONE?
One of the great challenges of SDN – that many in my view underplay – is the change in paradigm from having a vendor deliver your network (hardware + software), to having (potentially) an ecosystem deliver your network – and this ecosystem may require you to develop software to perform network tasks…
Cisco Global Intercloud : Open and Interoperable
Enterprises have taken on many cloud computing opportunities but for the most part the adoption of applications on the cloud is very early and mostly for new applications and for development and test use cases. Many enterprise applications have not been considered for cloud due to their legacy dep…
Cisco Nexus 9516 wins best of Interop award
The Best of Interop Awards for 2014 were announced today at 5.30 PM, at the Interop Theater. Cisco Nexus 9516 switch won the Best of Interop award in the Data Center category. Check out http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/expo/best-of-interop-awards.php for details To learn more about this unique produc…
Achieving Data Center Agility in the World of Many Clouds
Here’s an amazing fact I heard the other day: global network traffic has grown 16-fold since 2005 – 16-fold! Largely due to the booming popularity of on-demand video, and the explosion of mobile computing including smart phones, tablets, and the Internet of Things, this juggernaut is not going to s…
New Applications are Knocking! Is your data center OPEN for business?
Mark your calendars. On April 2nd at Interop this week we will be bringing you an exciting new webcast – “New Applications are Knocking! Is your Data Center OPEN for business?” Register Here! Cisco will be sharing new announcements led by Soni Jiandani, SVP at Cisco. Joining us…
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