cloud
Mantl Knows Secrets
You have secrets in your cluster. Everybody does, it’s a fact of life. Database passwords, API keys, deployment tokens, just to name a few. Secrets are hard to manage, even before you throw in the fact that most of us now are operating in a cloud environment. In software development, the commo…
OpenStack works here… and now, I do, too!
OpenStack works here. I intend to make you think about a double meaning: OpenStack is both people and platform. We work here, and the platform works great here at Cisco. At the OpenStack Summit in Austin this week, I see a compelling need for OpenStack and the many private clouds springing to life.…
The Power of Cooperation and Imagination
Lew Tucker delivered a keynote at the OpenStack Summit yesterday. Which isn’t actually all that unusual. He’s been up to his neck in OpenStack for quite some time, leading cloud efforts at Cisco, and serving as Vice Chairman of the OpenStack Foundation. Lew spoke yesterday, and for me, the two most…
Connecting VMs with Gluon
Today in OpenStack, if you’re thinking about networking, you’re almost certainly thinking about Neutron. Neutron provides you with networks to attach your VMs to, and you can attach one virtual machine to many networks via individual ports – letting you isolate your internal appli…
Power of platforms – IT superheroes’ secret weapon
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…
The Rounds: Industry Experts discuss Data Center, Cloud and Best Practices
There is something special about round tables. It gets people to open up, collaborate, and talk to everyone that sits at the table. Be it at home, in political discourse or in business, round tables help to solve problems, and foster the open exchange of ideas and thoughts. It eliminates side or si…
Synthetic Monitor for Cisco Shipped
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…
Q&A: 1 CTO sheds light on his battle with Shadow IT
Meet Derek: the man, the myth, the legend. As deputy CIO and the CTO, he is tasked with the overall technology strategy and oversees day-to-day operations for infrastructure, enterprise apps and research computing teams at the University of Arizona. By 5pm, he is enjoying the finer things in life li…
The Secret to Getting the Most Out of Your Network
Today’s Guest Blog comes to us courtesy of Adam Burke, Vice President of Partnerships at Quest. Technology is here to help you run your company. But as that technology becomes more complex, it’s easy to lose sight of what you’re trying to achieve as a business. So what’s the secret to getting the mo…