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“Wow” Moments take the stage at Cisco Live Berlin One of the key themes at Cisco Live Berlin last week, as well as across the tech industry, is “disrupt or be disrupted”. One of the most exciting aspects of my role at Cisco is working with customers and hearing how Cisco’s ACI and SDN technology com…
Excitement in the air! More customers are embracing Cisco ACI
Live from Cisco Live Berlin… Eight customers joined @SoniJiandani on stage in telling their stories on why Cisco SDN makes sense for their business. …
Being Social at Cisco Live Berlin
There is excitement building in the Data Center team for Cisco Live Berlin next week! Our friend Ravi wrote an excellent blog about some of the sessions and demos you should put on your list if you are live in Berlin – but what if you aren’t able to be there? I will be joining Lauren Fri…
#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 4. Insight Into New UCS Innovations
#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Insight Into New UCS Innovations with Cisco Subject Matter Expert Dan Hanson. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View this ep…
Cisco ACI: Overcoming the ‘Stack Fallacy’
There’s a new buzz phrase making the rounds recently around the concept of the “stack fallacy,” with the premise being that market leaders in any industry are well adept at going “down the stack” in terms of innovation but constantly struggle to stave off more nimble upstarts who are creating disrup…
Part 2: Ten Learnings and Observations from the 2015 London Gartner Data Center Conference
Last week I attended the 2015 London Gartner Data Center conference. In my first blog (part 1) on this event, I covered some of my main learnings and observations, #1 .. #5: Bi-modal IT, Anti-fragility, Shadow IT (and how Cisco Cloud Consumption Services can help you here, SDN, and Software asset…
ACI Applications Spotlight: Microsegmentation and New Application Partners
At Gartner’s Data Center Conference this year, everyone is talking about how Data Centers are evolving to meet the needs of mobile, social, Big Data, and cloud native applications. The Data Center, People, and Processes are the focus as IT organizations look at supporting their traditional cor…
Top 3 Ways New ACI Innovations Improve Your Data Center
Yesterday, Cisco announced a new software release for ACI. If you are looking to automate IT, or build out your cloud environment, and want to do so in an open fashion that provides a lot of flexibility – then you’ll probably be interested. Why? The new ACI release: Makes managing and securin…
Ten Learnings and Observations from the 2015 London Gartner Data Center Conference (Part 1)
This past week I attended the 2015 Gartner Data Center Conference in London. This is always a great conference to learn from, although it always pays to look out for some of the hype too. There were key note presentations from the sprinter Michael Johnson and from previous UK government Vince Cable…
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