VMware

Most of my days are spent talking to customers about network automation, application segmentation, and how to transition to a multicloud world. The vast majority of those customers have both Cisco and VMware products and solutions in their environments. Recently, we’ve seen an uptick in confusing in…

This year, Cisco is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Cisco UCS. With the launch of UCS in 2009, we saw another significant milestone: the first time that VMware chose to have the data center for their signature tradeshow, VMworld, run exclusively on UCS blades. The partnership of VMware and Ci…

Have you ever been to a fast-moving square dance? Partners dance together, spin around a time or two, and then move onto new partners. As the dance progresses, some people return to their original partners, while others will dance once and leave the floor. If you pay attention, this resembles a fast…

As per the recent announcement, IBM is acquiring Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion. This is another one in a row of deals I did not expect to happen: – Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems – Microsoft acquired GitHub – Dell acquired VMware This deal is still subject to shareholder…

VMware Workspace ONE (previously known as AirWatch) has been the driving force within the mobile device management space. Their technology has changed the way businesses mobilize their workforce by providing greater management and control capabilities. As an industry leader who understands the secur…

Remember when I mentioned that Cisco Security Connector has plans to expand their MDM/EMM integration capabilities? Well, I’m happy to report that we are doing just that. Last week, we announced that the Cisco Security Connector is now publicly available. This week, we are incredibly excited to shar…

OK, I’ll cop to this right up front: I called my most recent guest “Vekler.” On tape. The problem with that is that his name is not Vekler. It’s Voelker. Sounds like “Velker.” With the L before the K. He patiently explained this to me prior to the recording, when I asked him how to pronounce his nam…

Enterprise software licensing is complex, costly and easy to lose track of, especially in these days of servers on demand via infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and rapid setup and movement of virtual machines.  Many organizations are finding that vendor software audits uncover under-licensing resul…

Digital transformation is everywhere.  Read any technical site, blog or conference agenda.  You get can’t away from it.  But all the discussion has lead to one simple fact. Organizations that start their journey to digital position themselves to not only capture the benefits but regularly outpace in…