Cisco IT

April 4, 2014

DATA CENTER

Enterprise Mobility and the Award-Winning Cisco Prime Service Catalog

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We are proud to announce that the Cisco IT internal implementation of Cisco Prime Service Catalog, dubbed the Cisco IT “eStore”, was honored (and ranked #25) in the InformationWeek Elite 100 awards this week – as one of the most innovative uses of business technology in 2014. You can read more about the awards here. […]

February 19, 2014

DATA CENTER

The Cisco IT Story: ITaaS with Cisco Prime Service Catalog

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We had some exciting sessions featuring Cisco Prime Service Catalog at Cisco Live Milan a few weeks ago. In case you missed it, we featured two great customer case studies. One of them was Steria, a multinational service provider headquartered in France who has deployed Cisco Prime Service Catalog and FlexPod for their cloud services […]

February 10, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco @StrataConf : Best Practices for Hadoop In Production-Panel Discussion

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Hey data heads! O’Reilly Strata Conference kicks off tomorrow at the Santa Clara Convention Center. If you plan to go you better have tickets because the event is sold out. If you are attending the three days of sessions, keynotes, receptions and exhibits, please stop by the MapR booth for some face time with one […]

January 24, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cloud-based ITaaS: Transforming IT from Support to Service Brokerage

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Cloud computing is more mainstream today than ever before, but it’s important to note that there are still significant opportunities for IT leaders to innovate and leverage cloud delivery options to capture new business opportunities and implement new IT models. The Evolution of ITaaS: The Convergence of Two Roads On one hand, traditional private cloud […]

November 12, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco IT Streamlines Big Data Operations with Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler

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Like many IT organizations, Cisco’s internal IT department is deploying Big Data solutions to mine the ever-increasing data in-flow from a wide range of sources – and thus gain competitive advantage and insights. The typical environment includes an ecosystem of different tools and data sources that looks something like this (image courtesy of @TorstenVolk): Source: […]

July 23, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Cisco IT University Program Innovation: Leveraging Social Media to Attract Top Talent

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Are you an ambitious tech-savvy college student looking for an internship or full time career? Do you want to work for a company that has been ranked as one of the happiest places for young professionals? Then, Cisco IT is the place for you! The Cisco IT University Program recruits college students from all over […]

March 20, 2013

DATA CENTER

What Does a Successful Private Cloud Look Like 18 months After Turn On?

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In this great article on Cisco’s Private Cloud: Pain and Profit we learn some of the real life lessons of one of the most successful private cloud deployments in the industry.  The detail of how Cisco IT increased agility, lowered costs, and enhanced security with the use of Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud for this […]

December 3, 2012

DATA CENTER

Living with the Programmable Cloud

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Private cloud is surrounded by its own mythos–some folks believe it doesn’t exist and some folks believe its something that will only be enjoyed by future generations.  So, Cisco IT is living proof that private cloud is something that is very real.  This week, tomorrow in fact, John Manville SVP for Cisco IT, will be […]