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July 3, 2017

CLOUD

Cloud: The Truth is Out There

Unidentified Flying Objects, or unexplained aerial observations, have been reported throughout history. The term ‘flying saucer’ wasn’t coined until 1947, when an amateur pilot in the US was misquoted in the press when he claimed he saw nine crescent-shaped objects flying through the air like “sauce…

4 Ways to Maximize Your Advanced Services Experience at Cisco Live Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas! The excitement is building around top transformation topics: cloud, security, optimization, analytics, and more. Be sure you’re in the know with industry-leading solutions demos and informative sessions from the Advanced Services experts at Cisco Live from…

June 23, 2017

CLOUD

The Superheroes of Cisco Live and Why it’s Good to Have Your Head in The Clouds

TGIF!  Cisco Live US 2017 is finally just a weekend away and I couldn’t be more excited to head to my first ever #CLUS! With about 27K+ people expected to attend in-person, over 170K attending virtually, and over 750 sessions across 10 different technology tracks, there’s so much to see and do and s…

June 15, 2017

NETWORKING

Building a Strategic Roadmap for Networking?

Take A Few Tips From Gartner… Analyst reports are a valuable tool I often use to help me better gauge the market and plan out my team’s strategy and goals. I relish taking a deep dive into industry intelligence and insights to help shape my approach to enterprise networking – and at times chal…

June 12, 2017

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

DevNet Uncensored @Cisco Live! What happens in Vegas Goes on #CiscoChat

DevNet Zone Cisco Live US 2017 is right around the corner and there is SO much we have planned for the DevNet community, and not just those able to make it in person to Vegas.  Nope… One of the things I’m most proud of about working at Cisco and in DevNet, is the large, global community…

June 2, 2017

CLOUD

DevNet Create – Just Like Christmas!

So, It’s Thursday May 25th, the day after DevNet Create, Cisco DevNet’s very first developer conference. It’s kind of like the day after Christmas. What I mean by that is, that there is a tiny feeling of melancholy. You know what I mean? All the work and anticipation and then it…

May 30, 2017

DATA CENTER

5 things you need to know about HyperFlex with CloudCenter

I’ve been working on a new bundle of Cisco HyperFlex offered with Cisco CloudCenter. And I’m excited to share some details — because I’ve got that “Wow, this is a really great opportunity for Cisco customers” feeling, that I only sometimes get while working for a large tech vendor. Together, t…

May 25, 2017

CLOUD

Hybrid Cloud, Brownfield, and You

IDC tells us that 68% of organizations have adopted cloud for enterprise apps and that most companies are using multiple clouds in a hybrid strategy.  But once you’ve made the decision to go with a hybrid cloud strategy, among the challenges early on is, what to do with the hundreds if not thousands…

Transformation and the New Role of Managed Services

If you are a part of or even peripherally connected to an IT organization or managed services provider, you probably hear the word “transformation” daily, perhaps even more frequently.  Like other well-worn terms such as “Digitization,” “DevOps,” or “Agile,” transformation can mean a lot of differen…