API

April 5, 2016

CLOUD

Guest Blog: Never Over or Underestimate Cloud Security, Integration or APIs

3 min read

Today’s Guest Blog comes to us courtesy of Dante Orsini, SVP of Business Development at iland. Taking advantage of all that the cloud has to offer is no small order. That’s because extending your on-premise data center resources into the cloud completely changes how you scale performance, assure reliability, secure data and applications, and manage […]

March 8, 2016

COLLABORATION

Enterprise Connect, Day 2 Wrap-Up

3 min read

Apparently Monday was just a warm-up. Tuesday started with several announcements before sunrise and just kept going past sundown with the Cisco Reception. The energy level throughout the day? A strong buzzing. And there was a lot to buzz about, starting with the morning press release kicking off the day with announcements tied to Cisco […]

March 8, 2016

COLLABORATION

Cisco Acquires Synata to Solve a Tricky Problem: How Do You Search What You Can’t See?

2 min read

I recently bought a new home and even before I’d signed the papers I was mentally making a punch-list of things I wanted to change and improve. The Cisco Spark team loves punch lists, too. From the beginning, two things have been at the top of our list: world-class security and incredible search. Just like […]

February 22, 2016

NETWORKING

Smart Services Build a Better Business Model

5 min read

Cisco Software-Enabled Services Help Transform Network Operations Imagine that you’re a network operations director for a large company. You’re pleased that your management has invested millions of dollars in Cisco equipment to provide a world-class network on which to drive the company’s business. Now, your company is counting on you to keep it running smoothly […]

Learn, Code, and Collaborate at Cisco Live Berlin!

3 min read

Cisco Live Berlin! February 15-19, 2016 Calling all developers, architects, and solution providers—Cisco Live Berlin features the DevNet Zone designed to help you navigate today’s changing application and architecture landscape. Of particular interest will be the focus on analytics and automation software. As organizations struggle with digital disruption, attention will be drawn to how developers […]

December 14, 2015

SECURITY

Introducing the Cisco PSIRT openVuln API

1 min read

In October, we announced details about Cisco PSIRT’s new and improved security vulnerability disclosure format. Our Chief Security and Trust Officer, John Stewart, also revealed that Cisco will launch an application programming interface (API) that empowers customers to customize Cisco vulnerability information and publications. Today, we have officially launched the Cisco PSIRT openVuln API and it is available […]

December 4, 2015

DATA CENTER

Top 3 Ways New ACI Innovations Improve Your Data Center

3 min read

Yesterday, Cisco announced a new software release for ACI. If you are looking to automate IT, or build out your cloud environment, and want to do so in an open fashion...

November 17, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Introducing Cloud Scale Solutions

2 min read

If you’ve been to an industry event over the past five years and heard a service provider speak, it’s pretty apparent that our industry can no longer continue with business as usual. Cost and agility are critical business needs driving major industry transformation. But, things are a bit different this time around, since they are […]

November 2, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

Getting Started in Cisco’s DevNet

7 min read

Mark Watney is “The Martian”, in case you haven’t heard. In the movie, he’s a Botanist stranded on Mars. But in the book, he’s first a mechanical engineer, and a botanist as his second skillset. It’s hard to if he’s an engineer-botanist or a botanist-engineer, but he’s a pretty cool guy. Think McGuyver with better […]