cloud

March 4, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Mardi Gras 2020: How the IoT is keeping it safe

It’s Mardi Gras week in New Orleans and this year’s celebration promises almost constant parades, unending music, and streets filled with costumes beyond imagination. During a recent visit, we saw first hand just how exciting the party can get. But we also caught a glimpse at just how ef…

February 28, 2019

CLOUD

Why Your Business Needs a New and Simpler Multicloud Network

Businesses rely on IT to differentiate in any industry by providing better services and user experiences in today’s Digital World. The network has evolved, and it plays a key role in this journey. I often get asked about my top recommendations when building Enterprise Data Center Networks and I want…

February 26, 2019

CLOUD

Cloud Unfiltered, Ep72: AI-driven Decentralized IaaS is Here

First off, there are two things you need to know about this week’s guest on the Cloud Unfiltered podcast: 1) Barack Obama follows her on Twitter, and 2) She and her husband modified a Hummer to run on vegetable oil. Those two things alone make her interesting enough (and cool enough) that I would be…

February 22, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Connected Car – All That Data – Cost and Impact on the Network

In the previous blog, we looked at the Connected vehicle of tomorrow, at the services that are coming and their data volumes. In this final post, we’re going to take a look at the cost of data and how the financial model will affect manufacturer’s thinking. It will also consider what the impact of c…

February 21, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Connected Car – the Vehicle of Tomorrow

In the previous blog, we looked at Connected vehicle services and telemetry, digging into the current data volumes. In this blog, we’re going to take a look at the Connected vehicle of tomorrow. How do the vehicle services change and what data volume might it represent? What will the data consist of…

February 20, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Connected Car – What is Your Vehicle Reporting?

In the previous blog, we looked at In-Vehicle Infotainment, focusing on streamed media and navigation services. In this blog, we’ll look at Connected vehicle services and telemetry. What is this and what data volume does it represent? Vehicle services Some vehicle manufacturers such as Jaguar, provi…

February 18, 2019

CLOUD

20 Billion Edge Devices?!

Were you aware that there are projected to be 20 Billion (with a B) edge devices in use by 2020 (next year)?! I wasn’t either. It’s just not the kind of thing that keeps me awake at night. But apparently it is exactly the kind of thing that keeps some people up. They worry about how edge application…

February 18, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Connected Car – The Driven Hour

It’s time to get real about Connected Cars and the volume of data that they will generate. Connected vehicles are often mentioned as being a major driver for 5G, especially with respect to the provision of low-latency communications for safety-related use-cases. With the 5G capability to provide ‘ne…

February 11, 2019

CLOUD

Exploring the Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS

I’m not an IT leader, but if I were, I have to say that I’d find the whole concept of hybrid cloud exhausting. Not so much because it’s inherently hard to comprehend, but because the definition of it seems slippery at best—varying greatly over time and by whom you’re talking to. At various points I’…