Cisco Intercloud Fabric

March 10, 2016

CLOUD

Leading Edge Technology – Not Just For the Enterprise

2 min read

Hybrid Cloud.  These two words are individually or collectively on the minds of just about every business today, regardless of size.  Why?   If you’re implementing a private cloud, you will inevitably ask yourself if you should be leveraging public cloud for dev/test or an alternative place to deploy workloads. Traditional people think of hybrid cloud […]

January 11, 2016

CLOUD

Beginning Your Hybrid Cloud Digital Transformation

2 min read

Moving to cloud has compelling value to organizations of all types and sizes. With benefits such as lower CAPEX, flexible scalability, and global access to enterprise-class IT resources, many businesses are able to increase their agility with public cloud services. As a consequence, they can act upon market opportunities faster and with great efficiency. The […]

September 11, 2015

CLOUD

Shadow IT and Breaking a Rule or Two

5 min read

During my college years, I worked for a major US airline. It was a great job but could get a little rough when faced with cancellations, overbookings, missed connections, etc. However, when faced with challenging situations I was always very calm. I recognized the passengers emotions associated with the situation were mostly because they had somewhere […]

June 12, 2015

CLOUD

Cisco Intercloud Fabric Release 2.2.1 is Feature Packed!!!

8 min read

I bought a used car this past weekend for my two teenagers to share, for school, work, getting around town, etc. It is a sensible car, four-wheel drive, high safety rating, decent gas mileage, few options and fewer distractions, a big difference from the ’72 TransAm I had as a teenager. Like the car I […]

June 10, 2015

CLOUD

Clouds, Things and Developers: The Next Wave of Intercloud Innovation

4 min read

It’s been just over 15 months since Cisco set out to build the Intercloud, a globally connected network of clouds. This massive effort brings together partners from across...

June 10, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

50 Billion Things, Coming to a Cloud Near You

5 min read

Today at Cisco Live we announced an expansion of our Intercloud strategy. We added new features and capabilities for our hybrid cloud software, Cisco Intercloud Fabric, along with the addition of 35 independent software vendors committed to developing Intercloud-enabled services for customers.  Together these developments will give customers more choice, compliance and control in the […]

April 6, 2015

CLOUD

Building a Private Cloud: Considerations to Maximize Success

2 min read

Many enterprises today want to build a private cloud to gain efficiencies such as on-demand service delivery and pay-as-you-go use of IT infrastructure services, all while...

February 6, 2015

DATA CENTER

Getting Started with Cisco Intercloud Fabric and Hybrid Cloud

4 min read

When I hear “hybrid” I think about cars. Those gas and electric cars that can switch to whichever power source is needed when it is needed the most or makes the most economical sense. The switch is, or at least should not be noticeable. Having been in a hybrid car I’ve experienced the switchover, the […]

August 25, 2014

DATA CENTER

Hybrid Cloud meets Cisco Intercloud Fabric

3 min read

If you are like the many IT managers we talk to every day, you prefer to have options whenever you tackle a project or formulate your IT strategy. Perhaps, you do not like the idea of feeling limited, constrained or unable to leverage a viable contingency plan. Architecting your cloud strategy should be no exception […]