multicloud
Cloud Unfiltered Podcast, Episode 33: Shannon McFarland
Are we all comfortable with the term “multicloud” yet? Used to be that we just had “the cloud,” then “public and private clouds,” then “hybrid cloud,” and now it seems that most companies are running a little bit of everything, so we needed a new term, and just like that we’ve arrived at the doorste…
HyperFlex 3.0: Platform for the Multicloud Era
The most rewarding aspect of my job is spending time with our customers. Recently, I visited a large enterprise and spent time with their CIO, and the Infrastructure Leads who deployed HyperFlex across their data centers. They are one of 2000+ customers who love what Cisco has done with hyperconverg…
Why Our Partnership With Cisco is Crucial on the Road to Cloud
In Logicalis we see the cloud as the future. With our “Application Anywhere” vision we are following exactly what our customers require – putting more focus on the application, and providing the flexible infrastructure in accordance with cutting-edge hybrid cloud methodologies. We are able to build…
Cloud Unfiltered Episode 32: Steve Dake
If you’ve been involved with OpenStack for a while you probably know Steve Dake. He started early on, as the team lead of the Heat project. That’s right –Heat– the core orchestration project at the heart of OpenStack. Once Heat became mature, he moved on to work on Magnum, where he…
Unified Communications and Collaboration for 2018: The Race to the Cloud
The cloud revolution race is on! With Unified Cloud Hosted Solutions growing at an alarming rate of 33% each year, it has become close to a $28 billion a year business and continues to grow. The marketplace for communications is shifting to multi-modal interactions; with voice, video, messaging and…
Reaching for the Next Level Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud will be the way many companies, across industries, future-proof business and innovate faster than ever before. I recently shared my thoughts with Information Week about the evolution of customers’ hybrid cloud expectations and the new requirements that are impacting how customers think…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Cmpute.io
12/21/17 Update: Pleased to announce that we have completed the acquisition of Cmpute.io. Welcome to Cisco! More and more businesses are moving workloads to private and public clouds — and often to multiple public cloud providers — in order to gain more flexibility and agility. However,…
My Top Cloud Takeaways from Cisco Live Cancun
It was an amazing week. The vibe, the enthusiasm, lots of energy, smiling faces, nice and sunny days with the perfect scenario; the Mexican Caribbean. Those who have attended any Cisco Live can testify to the above statement, and after such a week with so many things happening at the same time, you…
Justify Multicloud Workload Automation – Doing the Maths
How many times have you wondered: Should I automate this task? What about the end-to-end process? How many times do I need to use the automation to justify the work needed to set it up and maintain it? As an engineer myself, I have asked these question many times. Can I write a script to do repeti…