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A Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA) Use Case in How to Manage Threat Defense
This is part 4 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. Enabling & Delivering Cloud-based Security Services – Managed Threat Defense Many enterprises (30%) have been leveraging cloud services cautiously or only in an internal (private) clou…
Fast IT Top Insights Part 2: Accelerating Innovation through Analytics, Security, and Savings
In our previous blog, we began our exploration of how Fast IT will transform the role of the IT organization — enabling it to drive innovation in unprecedented ways for the business. And to do so amid the rapid disruption of the Internet of Everything (IoE) economy. Specifically, we examined the rol…
A Deep Dive in the Role of Each of the Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA) Layers
This is part 3 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. Physical Infrastructure Layer The physical infrastructure layer is where the physical resources reside. This includes equipment typically used in a data center such as network devices (switches,…
Cisco at the Fall ’14 PONC, Oct 28-30, Baveno Italy – Informative Workshops
By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions The Fall ’14 Cisco Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) is quickly approaching – October 28-30 in Baveno & Vimercate, Italy. Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in this highly compelling and informative ev…
What is the Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA) Layered Approach?
This is part 2 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. CSA Description The following figure shows a simplified view of the Cisco CSA. It has five horizontal layers: Physical Infrastructure layer, Virtualized Infrastructure layer, Services layer, Ser…
Big Data, Cloud and IoE Explored at Data Virtualization Day 2014
With nearly 500 attendees joining together at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, the fifth annual Data Virtualization Day on October 1st, 2014 was the largest ever, 50% bigger than 2013’s record setting event. From kickoff to closing reception, the vanguard of data virtualization gathered to exp…
Call for #CiscoChampion(s) Nominations 2015!
Perhaps you’ve seen the shirts. Maybe you’ve joined in or listened to an episode of Cisco Champion Radio. Or maybe you can not resist learning new things and having access to experts in your area of technical expertise. No matter the reason, if you are curious about the Cisco Cham…
Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA). What are Cisco CSA’s Benefits?
This is part 1 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. Many IT organizations are challenged to take advantage of the new technologies enabled by Virtualization, Cloud, Analytics and IoT. Applications enabled by these new technologies must be protec…
Reinventing Conferencing
What kind of a world will you live in three years from now? How about five? Will your personal robot pour you a drink after your self-driving car delivers you home? That’s where we’re headed, and it’s a pretty quick trip: self-driving cars are already on public roads and you’ll soon be able to…
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