data center
Executing on Our Vision and Strategy: The Future of Networking for an Application Centric World
We shared our vision for the future of networking over a year and a half ago. Today, we continue to execute on our vision and strategy. Our customers and partners continue to derive the value of these innovations to the fullest potential. We are extending our leadership in SDN with the most complete…
CCIE : ITD and RISE in CCIE Data Center
ITD and RISE are now part of CCIE Data Center: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccie_data_center/written-exam-v2/exam-topics Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD) is a hardware based multi-terabit layer 4 load-balancing, traffic steering and services insertion solution on the…
Simple. Fast. Open. Cisco ACI shakes up SDN.
If you come to Cisco’s corporate headquarters, chances are good that (especially if you’re traveling internationally) you will fly into SFO, which is the airport code for San Francisco International Airport. This point has virtually nothing to do with the rest of what you’re about to read…other than…
The Internet of Everything and Big Data Analytics Can Re-Shape our Digital Lives
The release of the fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index highlights the potential impact that Internet of Everything (IoE) applications could have on data centers and cloud computing infrastructures. The growing digitization trend is creating massive volumes of new digital data that represent both c…
Server Load balancing with NAT, using Nexus switches: ITD
Server load balancer (SLB) has become very common in network deployments, as the data & video traffic are expanding at rapid rate. There are various modes of SLB deployments today. Application load balancing with network address translation (NAT) has become a necessity for various benefits. Cisc…
Halloween can be scary. Automating your network doesn’t need to be.
Some random, yet strangely connected, thoughts the night before Halloween… Zombies can be scary: Death Metal* can be scary: Click here to listen. Learning new skills and using new tools to automate your network can appear to be scary if you don’t have a coding background. But that doesn’t n…
Cisco at IBM Insight 2015: Showcasing Industry-leading Technology for Big Data and Analytics
Note: Cisco’s Mohammed Ahmed of the Cisco IBM Alliance team was the key contributor for this blog post In the IT industry we understand that customer confidence and respect is a leading reason that customers choose IBM and Cisco solutions and services. Cisco and IBM have earned this trust ov…
Join us in San Francisco or Online for Oracle OpenWorld 2015
The Golden Gate Bridge. Cable cars. These images immediately come to mind when we think of San Francisco. If you’re in the IT industry, however, San Francisco is all about Oracle OpenWorld (#OOW15) which kicks off on Oct 25th. Whether you’re attending #OOW15 in person or not, you’ll have plenty of o…
Bring the Industrial Revolution to your Oracle Workloads (Learn More by Stopping at Booth 801 at OOW 2015)
When I think of how technology has changed in the data center, I am always reminded of the history of the industrial revolution. Wikipedia begins its definition and description of the industrial revolution in these words: “The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing proc…
3