multicloud

November 1, 2017

CLOUD

Introducing Cisco Multicloud Portfolio

In the last year or so I had more than a hundred meetings with our customers and partners and experienced a very diverse spectrum of cloud needs and readiness. Nearly everybody understood how Cisco could help with their private cloud and data center needs, but few appreciated how Cisco could solve t…

November 1, 2017

CLOUD

Cisco Live Cancun: Only For The Mature

Cisco Live is a great platform to learn new technologies, trends, talk to experts about several topics from a technical or business perspective and leverage some of the greatest minds in the IT Industry. You’ll have the opportunity to meet peers from several industries that somehow, share similar ch…

October 24, 2017

CLOUD

Three Reasons to Attend Cloud Day at Cisco Live Cancun

Welcome to Cisco Live Cancun 2017! If this is your first time at Cisco Live; fasten your seat belt and be prepared for an information overload. You’ll be able to meet with friends and peers, have fun, and learn from some of the brightest minds in the IT industry. You may be having a hard time schedu…

October 17, 2017

CLOUD

Adding Governance and Controls to Multicloud

Believe it or not, there are some interesting books about IT governance and controls. Before you doze off, let me oversimplify. IT Governance is all about having a system that determines who gets to make decisions. IT Controls provide a framework to make sure things are done a certain way. This is i…

October 5, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Consumption Models Helping to Enable Business Transformation

Co-Author: Larry Scherzer, Director, Financial Product Development Digital transformation is really about business transformation and is driving the need for new consumption models. Gartner reports that 47 percent of CEOs are being challenged by their board of directors to make progress in digital b…

October 2, 2017

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Think Fast: The Impact of Automation in Today’s Hybrid World

Customers want it fast. They don’t want to wait for human intervention to get what they want, when they want it. They want resolution at the click of a button. The pace of change is increasing and customer behavior is pushing significant transformation in business models. 10 years ago, who would hav…

August 11, 2017

CLOUD

The Growing Complexity with IoT, Cloud, and the Edge

The convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), edge, and cloud has changed how enterprises balance core applications and processing capabilities between public clouds and the edge. Remote branch offices, manufacturing sites, and retail stores are no longer just connecting through a centralized WAN…

June 30, 2017

CLOUD

Cisco Live Las Vegas 2017 Recap: There is No “I” in Cloud

Reflecting on  Cisco Live Las Vegas 2017, I’m even more excited about Cisco’s role in shaping the digital business of the future. Customers are also excited and want to know what that means for cloud. From the keynote, to the World of Solutions show floor, even at the coffee carts —“digital business…

June 29, 2017

CLOUD

Ten Things I Learned About the Cloud from Cisco Live

When I think about my old days at school, I remember my enthusiasm of learning new “cool” things such as thermodynamics, electronics devices and circuits and digital signal processing. Then, during my first 2 years working as an engineer, it was awesome to learn about ATM, Frame Relay, ISDN and the…