operations
Cisco Manufacturing Honored by Frost & Sullivan
I am happy to share the great news that the Cisco team received industry accolades last week when it was recognized by Frost & Sullivan for delivering a seamlessly connected enterprise collaboration solution across industry verticals. The award, based on Frost & Sullivan’s Vision of the Fut…
Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 10: Process and Governance – Part (b)
Operational process and governance, as I discussed last month, is “Domain 10” in the Cisco Domain Ten(SM) model for data center transformation. It’s so important in my opinion, and so often disregarded or de-prioritised when planning and executing data center transformation, that…
Swan & Dolphin Resort Showcases Connected Mobile Experiences at Cisco Live!
As part of Cisco Live! last week, Cisco hosted a Connected Mobile Experiences Dinner last night with senior executives of some of our customers and partners in Shula’s Steak house at the Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando. One of the key points of the night was the presentation by…
Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 10: Process and Governance – Part (a)
So, with this blog, the end of my Cisco Domain Ten(SM) journey approaches. Starting back in December, I’ve now covered each of the ten domains in our Cisco Services’ framework for data center transformation. A few weeks back, I discussed some of the challenges you may face in Domain 9: Security and…
Keeping the Momentum with Business-Relevant Wi-Fi Solutions
Can you remember life without Wi-Fi? Mobility is an integrated part of our daily lives – from how we operate as a mobile user or consumer to how we conduct business. And as Cisco continues to focus on architectures and solutions that transform our customers’ businesses, our Wi-Fi business soars: in…
Virtualization, SDN, and Radically Simplified Operations
Today many look to SDN as the next big revolution in Networking. But why is there such hype? What radical change in the economics of networking will shift the industry? The answer is Virtualization. Virtualization’s growth is still in its infancy, and many aspects remain unexplored. Still there…
The path to mature Infrastructure and Operations is through culture?
As the Gartner Data Center conference in Las Vegas, NV closes, I can’t help feeling a bit of irony in bearing witness to the contrast in culture and atmosphere that this city encompasses relative to the experience many of us have interacting with Information Technology organizations today. Moving an…
You Can’t Wait for Connected Mobile Experiences
Ten billion. That’s the estimated number of connected devices by 2016. That’s more than the whole world population today. According to data from the Cisco Visual Networking Index, mobile connection speeds and data use are anticipated to rise with this influx of smartphones, tablets and laptop comput…