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October 3, 2017

CLOUD

Cloud Unfiltered Podcast, Episode 21: Women in Tech, with Anne McCormick

Has anything really changed for women in tech over the past 20 years? It’s definitely a question worth asking if you’re a woman, and hopefully one you’re at least mildly interested in if you’re a man. We did not initially ask Anne to be on the show so she could cover that topic—we asked her on…

September 20, 2017

CLOUD

From Hyper-Converged to Hybrid Cloud – Four Key Success Factors

I’ve been learning about customers who have kicked off their hybrid cloud efforts by using HyperFlex with CloudCenter—which is the Cisco UCS based hyper-converged solution that includes Cisco CloudCenter. Register for this Sept 26 webcast to find out what other customers are doing with HyperFlex wit…

September 7, 2017

NETWORKING

How to Automate Your Network (and More)

A network powered by intent. Informed by context. Growing more intuitive every day. The Network. Intuitive. This is Cisco’s vision, built on intent-based networking technologies that can turn days of work into hours, and hours into seconds. One way for you to get started is with centralized manageme…

August 1, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Accelerating our vision with Viptela

Today, Cisco completed the acquisition of Viptela, which further accelerates our Network Intuitive vision we launched in June. Viptela provides a world-class, cloud-first SD-WAN solution with advanced routing, segmentation, and security capabilities for interconnecting complex enterprise networks. I…

July 27, 2017

CLOUD

Protecting Your Border or Offering a Service to Others? – Part 2

The IT admin standpoint: What’s in it for me? In the first part of this post we have seen that you can build a service catalog with all the enterprise features you need: multitenancy, role based access control, reporting, chargeback, approvals, etc. But you can also offer (secured) access to t…

July 19, 2017

DATA CENTER

Introducing the redesigned, reinvigorated Unleashing IT

Seven years ago, the team behind Unleashing IT started with a question: “What do IT and LoB professionals really need to know to help their organizations succeed?” The answer today is the same as it was then: Less hype. More insight. That’s why we’re committed to bringing you the latest perspectives…

July 13, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Observable Networks, Inc.

UPDATE — July 31, 2017:  I am pleased to announce we have completed the acquisition of Observable Networks today. A hearty welcome to the Observable Networks team members! The ability to dramatically improve visibility, security and response capabilities across an entire IT surface, including…

July 11, 2017

PARTNER

Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack

Are you ready for new cloud revenue streams? As a Microsoft Azure Stack integrated system supported infrastructure supplier and partner, Cisco is excited to be part of the Microsoft Azure Stack milestone announcement at the Inspire conference and the opportunity this exciting solution presents to ch…

July 6, 2017

CLOUD

The Best OpenSource Solution for Microservices Networking – Part 2

In my previous post, we talked about the complexity that Containers can bring to the network and what that means to different roles within an organisation. We also introduced Contiv in this context and touched on its high-level architecture. In this post, we aim to get a big more into detail……