intelligent automation
Journey to “Self-Healing” Enterprise Networks continued…
Last month in my blog Journey to “Self-Healing” Enterprise Networks, we discussed reasons why IT process automation solutions for network domain has not fulfilled its promise. Today we will first reason of the two – “Need for out-of-the-box workflow templates for rapid development of network operati…
Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 4: The User Portal
The New Year 2013 has well and truly arrived – Happy New Year to all – and it’s time for me to continue on the Cisco journey of data center and cloud transformation. Last month I introduced the Cisco Domain TenSM framework, the approach we in Cisco Services take to help customers…
Journey to “Self-Healing” Enterprise Networks
Within IT & Network Process Operations community, automation started with the big hype and promise for “self-healing” solutions for systems, network, and process automation. Remember the promise of “Robotics”!? Wouldn’t it be great to have our servers, systems, and networks solve their own prob…
Cloupia + Cisco Unified Management = Better Together
Yesterday, Cisco announced that we closed on the acquisition of Cloupia. Cloupia is now officially part of Cisco and a very exciting new addition to our Unified Management software portfolio. Ever since the news broke about Cisco’s intent to acquire Cloupia, I’ve been asked how this fits with our o…
Introducing Cisco Domain Ten(SM) – Cisco Services’ Blueprint for Simplifying Data Center and Cloud Transform …
This week at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, Cisco Services is unveiling Cisco Domain Ten(SM) – Cisco’s Framework for Simplifying Data Center and Cloud Transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnLFReBBV7c Cisco Domain Ten can be applied to a diverse range of data center proj…
Are You at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Vegas? Don’t Miss These Sessions
You’re probably double-checking your agenda to make sure you’ve booked the most interesting sessions at the Gartner Data Center Conference this week. Let me help you by sharing a few sessions that you don’t want to miss. And if you attend one of these sessions and fill out the questionnaire, you’l…
Cisco IAC Availability, Scalability, and Geographic Distribution
When building a cloud, scale it out. Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud architecture and topology options enable scalability, availability, and geographic distribution. This white paper discusses several options, their strengths and uses, and the technical details underlying these options.” Cisc…
Introducing the Solution Accelerator Community for Intelligent Automation for Cloud
We are excited by the demand for Cisco’s Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition designed for pilot cloud deployments. Just Recently we announced the new version of our stack, Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC) 3.1. The release of Cisco IAC 3.1 continues to demonstrate Cisco’s commit…
Superheroes of the Cloud Part Four: Every Cloud Service Provider needs a Cloud Cheerleader
I am of often surprised by how much interest Intelligent Automation for Cloud receives from Service Providers and enterprises that are building ITaaS. I come across another individual who fits the mantle of Cloud Hero, someone who really stands out in their drive and passion to transform their orga…