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June 11, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco DevNet Hits 500,000 Members, Gaining Critical Mass for the “DevNet Effect”

Back in 2014, we started DevNet, Cisco’s developer program. We knew that software, APIs, and programmability would become core to the network, and we knew that we were going to drive programmability into our products in the years ahead.  There was buzz around SDN in the research community, but we kn…

June 11, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Power a Multicloud World – Enabling Next-Generation Hybrid Cloud with Google Cloud

To better compete in a rapidly evolving marketplace, companies are turning to the cloud and making applications the lifeblood of their business. The pressure to innovate has never been greater. This is one of the biggest IT transformations of our generation. New and emerging technologies are changin…

June 11, 2018

SECURITY

Data Privacy Makes Its Presence Known at Cisco Live 2018

I’m excited to be attending Cisco Live US in Orlando this week. We have a strong lineup of speakers and sessions, and lots of cool extras like hands-on labs, meet-the-expert conversations and social events. Of course, I’m most excited about engaging with customers who are interested in data privacy.…

June 11, 2018

DATA CENTER

HyperFlex 3.5 Takes the Stage at Cisco Live 2018 – Make Your Data Center Rock!

Hi there! This is Vijay Venugopal from the HyperFlex Product Management team at Cisco. I’ve been with Cisco for over 12 years and my current role leading product management for HyperFlex has been the most exciting and rewarding part of my career so far. Cisco HyperFlex continues to see great adoptio…

June 7, 2018

CLOUD

Unlocking the Power of Enterprise Applications

Cisco is doing a lot to unlock the power of enterprise applications, not only through our own development activities but also with important technology partners. I had the opportunity to sit down with SAP’s Dr. Franz Faerber in a fireside chat at this week’s SAP Sapphire NOW event, to talk about our…

June 6, 2018

CLOUD

Top 7 Multicloud Initiatives – Delivering on the Multicloud Promise

According to IDC, by 2021, enterprises’ spending on cloud services and cloud-enabling hardware, software, and services will more than double to over $530 billion, leveraging a diversifying cloud environment that is 20% at the edge, more than 15% specialized (non-x86) compute, and more than 90%…

June 6, 2018

COLLABORATION

Do Your Best Teamwork with Webex Teams

I recently led a project to develop a hands-on product demonstration for customers.  A group of us across the United States and India worked together to create demos. I started the project by creating a space in Webex Teams. We sent messages, shared a few files, posted some images. A picture was com…

Helping to See Through the CCAP Clouds

Based on the number of “virtualized” CCAP systems announcements, one could make the assumption that all software-based CCAP systems will offer similar benefits. But nothing can be further from the truth. It’s important to recognize that there are two very different approaches that vendors are taking…

June 4, 2018

DEVELOPER

Try Using Webex Teams APIs with AppDynamics to Create a Triage Webex Teams Space

Try this AppDynamics/Webex Teams Mashup What is great about Cisco Webex Teams is that I can start working on the desktop client and pick up where I left off when I go mobile via my iOS or Android client. Since both the desktop and mobile clients support notifications, I never have to worry about re…