CliQr

May 25, 2016

CLOUD

And The Winner Is…….

2 min read

Customers are gaining market power and they want to interact with your organization using digital technologies.   As a result there is a plethora of automation solutions on the market.   Did you ever wish for guidance on these solutions from industry peers? Since 1986, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has recognized software and digital […]

May 23, 2016

DATA CENTER

Industry Recognition for Cisco Hybrid Cloud Solutions

1 min read

It is nearly impossible to miss the business transformation taking place in every organization.  As consumers, our smart devices have trained us to expect delivery of information or services at near instant speed.  But when we move from our consumer to business roles, we find service delivery anything BUT instant. Cisco has two solutions that […]

May 9, 2016

DATA CENTER

Building an Agile ITSM with Cisco ACI/CliQr and ServiceNow

3 min read

Part 2 of 2 In the first part of my IT Service Management (ITSM) blog, I summarized how digital transformation is profoundly changing IT service delivery operational...

May 6, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hybrid Cloud Power Trio

2 min read

When I hear the term "power trio", I think of Geddy, Neil and Alex.  A band, where there’s just a bass, drums and guitar, with one of  'em singing.  By the way,...

May 2, 2016

DATA CENTER

How Digital Transformation is Disrupting IT Service Management

3 min read

Part 1 of 2 Tackling the planet’s largest, most fearsome waves motivates surfing pros to take terrifying risks.   Take Carlos Burle, a Brazilian big wave surfer, who unofficially...

April 27, 2016

CLOUD

Hybrid Cloud: It’s Here!

2 min read

We are living in the digital age and the effect it is having on the way we work and live are continuing to grow. IT professionals have never felt as much pressure to help their organization to move with speed and agility than today.  In response, large number of organizations are implementing private cloud.  But […]

April 27, 2016

DATA CENTER

Interop and EMC World – A double header in Vegas next week

2 min read

If it is May, it must be raining conventions in Las Vegas. I am heading for a double header the first week of May to be part of the excitement...

April 21, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hybrid IT: It’s a Strategy Not Something You Build

2 min read

What do you think when you hear Hybrid IT?   Does your mind go to a 3rd kind of not quite private, not quite public cloud that your team needs to build? Fear not.  Hybrid IT is not another type of cloud but rather a strategy for your organization to quickly and cost-effectively deploy technology across multiple […]

March 25, 2016

CLOUD

Hybrid Cloud Is Growing … But Requires Workload Portability, Security, and Policy Enablement

2 min read

The variety of interpretations about what hybrid cloud is, should be or could be continues to evolve …. This is why for quite some time whenever hybrid cloud comes up I have tried to discuss hybrid cloud in very practical terms. The most popular interpretations of hybrid cloud typically fall across the following main categories: Some organizations […]