Sergio Licea

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One more date, many new learnings from #AWSSummits. This time I’ll talk about AWS Summit in Anaheim.

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Some people may still think that Cisco competes with AWS. That is not the case. The reality is that Cisco can help customers with solutions that address challenges like connectivity, security, management and analytics when moving to AWS public cloud.

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Read my top cloud takeaways from Cisco Live Cancun.

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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 challenges as you with regards to IT […]

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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 […]

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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.

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Let’s be honest, when most IT people are questioned about cloud, immediately they would mention either Amazon (AWS) or Microsoft Azure; some may also mention Google Cloud Platform, IBM SoftLayer or even Rackspace. All of them are Public Cloud providers with their own expertise and offering as well as market share. According to a Forbes recent article, the more AWS and Azure compete to win customers, the greater the innovation and growth in Public Cloud adoption. The article has some interesting data points but, for the purpose of this blog,

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I recently wrote a previous blog about Starbucks Digital Transformation to highlight that, it is really happening and that there are actual business results out of their strategy. It is not only a marketing campaign nor a crazy idea but a vision and a strategy to drive business outcomes. As part of Digital Transformation, Cloud, permeates everything we do and powers digital transformation. Its impact on customer experiences, business processes and models, and workforce innovations, is undeniable.

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I am not a big Starbucks fan but let us face it, it’s nice to go there, sit down and have a coffee while you work. The sound, the ambiance or let us say the customer experience it’s good. When you are in a hurry and especially if you are in a business area, the lines get very long and on a Monday morning, you really need some caffeine to boost your Data Center brain. Not being an early adopter made me either spent more time in those long lines or missing my morning coffee until I downloaded the Starbucks app.