At VMWorld in August, Savvis unveiled its not-so-secret Project Spirit, the company’s platform for enterprise-class Infrastructure-as-a-Service virtual computing services. In December, they announced Cisco’s UCS (Unified Computing System) as the platform for Spirit, and introduced Symphony – the range of …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on January 28, 2010 at 04:58PM
Manjula Talreja, is the new Cisco Vice –President for the Virtual Computing Environment coalition created 2 months ago by Cisco and EMC together with VMware. She will be next week in Barcelona, Spain, for Networkers at Cisco Live 2010. (January 25-28) …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on January 20, 2010 at 08:17AM
One of the more fun aspects of working at Cisco is an oppty to see all the cool things our customers are working on. Every once in a while, our customers are kind enough to let us write about what …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on December 21, 2009 at 12:19PM
Before we dig into this, let me say up front, I am looking for a little reader participation on this one. I know what the clouderati think about this topic, but I really want to hear from regular folks—the ones …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on December 16, 2009 at 09:58AM
The term “cloud computing” covers many topics. One hot area is infrastructure as a service (IaaS), where servers and other data center resources are provided on-demand over the web and through a programming interface. The classic example is Amazon’s Elastic …Read more.
Posted by Ken Novak on November 30, 2009 at 11:06AM
Hello again – I thought it’s a good time for another post on the SP data-center. You might have already seen the announcement regarding the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE). We believe this is wonderful news for our customers and partners; …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on November 18, 2009 at 11:55AM
Most enterprises have been exploring cloud computing to see how it might work for them. Cloud computing offers the ability to run servers on the Internet on demand. The storage, compute, and network functions are positioned and ready for use, …Read more.
Posted by Ken Novak on November 06, 2009 at 02:12PM
Yes indeed, we had an awesome panel that I moderated at the MPLS Conference 2009 held in Washington D.C. on October 26 2009. The panel entitled, “Emerging Technologies and Business Architectural Impact: Cloud Computing, P2P applications, Social Networking and Infrastructure …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on October 30, 2009 at 09:49AM
I’m an unabashed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) believer. I spent the first 10 years of my career defining and building traditional enterprise software and the past 11+ years building SaaS solutions (the last 7 with WebEx (now Cisco)) and from where I …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on October 28, 2009 at 09:28AM
The Microsoft Sidekick data loss was a pretty big story over the last week or two; for a while, Microsoft was predicting a total loss of all data, although by October 15, things seemed to start looking better in that …Read more.
Posted by Seth Hanford on October 21, 2009 at 01:54PM
One of the hidden gems at Cisco is the Internet Protocol Journal. The IPJ describes itself as “... intended to serve as an informational and educational resource for engineering professionals involved in the design, development, and operation of public …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on October 14, 2009 at 01:19PM
I had quite a few engagements at the ITU Telecom World 2009 Conference held in Geneva last week. One panel I had participated in was the Cloud Computing panel. We had an awesome and engaging discussion! The session was NOT …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on October 13, 2009 at 02:18PM
There still continues to be an immense amount of confusion around what exactly constitutes cloud computing. As an example, over the last few days, there has been a spirited debate whether the Sidekick service Microsoft/Danger offered was a cloud-based service …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on October 13, 2009 at 10:49AM
“Whether we like it or not, we live in interesting times!” That quote from Robert Kennedy seems to resonate more than ever, especially in the world of government technology. For government IT teams, this is a time of significant opportunity …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on September 24, 2009 at 12:49PM
Update: The Amazon VPC example I originally gave in this post was confusing and in fact possibly incorrect in some ways. I have removed it. Recently I posted a video explaining how we at Cisco look at the differences between …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on September 22, 2009 at 10:03PM
Many companies are rapidly evolving toward cloud computing, though from different starting points and not without debate as to the best direction or computing model. For example, advocates of public cloud computing sometimes advise not owning any software or hardware …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on September 14, 2009 at 12:54PM
Recently VMWare announced its intent to acquire the privately-held Java tools vendor SpringSource. Perhaps it’s one more indication that applications and workloads will increasingly rely on a virtualized (and eventually a cloud-based) infrastructure. For service providers, this represents yet another …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on August 28, 2009 at 05:00AM
Since my last blog post on Intercloud, I have been rather busy working on related topics such as SLA instantiation, registry functions, security, and resiliency. However, I did attend the IETF 75 meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden. The Internet Society’s …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on August 25, 2009 at 12:21PM
I came across this article published by CIOZone on July 20, 2009 - “IT Spending Forecasts Improve, Cisco Popular”; and obviously, am pleased by the positive results around Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). An impressive number - “77 percent of …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on July 24, 2009 at 10:40AM
Apparently attorneys, corporate security consultants and numerous other industry pundits have discovered the cloud services phenomenon. Some are actively promoting fear, uncertainty and doubt about the “potential” for growing security, transparency and data portability concerns. However, there’s a compelling precedent …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on July 15, 2009 at 10:44AM
The rapid adoption of Web 2.0 technologies such as blogging, online media sharing, social networking, and web-based collaboration has pushed huge quantities of data onto Internet servers. Along with this migration to web services has come a push for companies …Read more.
Posted by Seth Hanford on June 25, 2009 at 09:44AM
One of Cisco’s internal mantras of late is the need to balance innovation with operational excellence. Our corporate CTO, Padmasree Warrior, laid out this argument as a part of a recent series predicting the future of collaboration. Essentially, a critical …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on June 09, 2009 at 10:36AM
I was privileged to be a part of the Enterprise Cloud Summit that took place at the beginning of Interop in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. The program was excellent, with an all-star list of cloud computing experts and …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on June 08, 2009 at 09:16AM
Following my presentation at the Futurenet Conference in Boston on May 6, 2009 entitled, “Disruption: Emerging Technologies and Business Models,” I flew to India to meet with customers and colleagues in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. The atmosphere was rather …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on June 05, 2009 at 09:34AM
I met at EMC World in Orlando, Chuck Hollis, EMC’s VP Global Marketing CTO; Parag Patel, VMware’s VP of Alliances, and Ed Bugnion, Cisco’s CTO for the Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit. Ed shared some insights on two important …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on May 21, 2009 at 05:29AM
James Urquhart, Cisco cloud computing expert, and author of the CNET blog “the wisdom of clouds “ was a panelist at Interop’s Enterprise Cloud Summit, and will talk again on Thursday He shared with us some of the major points …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on May 19, 2009 at 09:26PM
Cisco will be present at EMC World 2009 and on the web at “Live at EMC World” Bill Marozas ,Cisco Director Storage Networking, took this opportunity to ask Chuck Hollis, Vice -President Global Marketing, and well known EMC blogger tough …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on May 15, 2009 at 12:40AM
Earlier this week Cisco announced a series of new security solutions designed specifically to secure web-based collaboration and a new application delivery cloud that combines the reach, scale, costs and control benefits of both on-demand and on-premises solutions. The new …Read more.
Posted by Colin Smith on April 24, 2009 at 10:32AM
Yesterday I shared my first prediction regarding the future of collaboration. Here’s my second prediction: Prediction #2: It is not about “on-premise” versus “on-demand”, it will be all about the User Experience In the technology industry we tend to focus …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on April 21, 2009 at 09:43AM
David M. Smith of Gartner spent some time with me a few weeks ago exploring Cisco’s cloud computing vision. I walked him through a variety of concepts, such as private clouds, virtual private clouds and open clouds. We also spoke …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on April 13, 2009 at 05:56AM
The Virtual Machine is like Neo in The Matrix. The IT world shapes itself around the VM. Remember the ‘Classic 3-Tier network architecture with Layer-2 and Layer-3 segmentation, a standard address hierarchy, and consistent policies????, Burn it. Throw it away. …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on March 14, 2009 at 12:59PM
So, I am a big picture kinda guy, for better or for worse, and, while there are a number of really smart folks working on the plumbing behind cloud computing, from a go-to-market perspective, I have been wondering about what …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on February 20, 2009 at 01:04PM
So, just coming from Paris, where I attended the MPLS and Ethernet World Congress 2009 last week. I heard familiar topics addressing service scaling properties, quality of service, application-awareness, CAPEX efficiencies, OPEX and reduction generating revenue. What was unique however, …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on February 17, 2009 at 04:54PM
Ever been put on hold while calling your bank, or another customer line? A mechanical or sweet voice comes on and says “your call is being monitored for compliance and/or training purposes”. Yeah, they do record our calls. Government and …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 11, 2009 at 12:00AM
I had an interesting Twitter conversation with Robert Scoble over the past week or so. Robert asserts that, “you must have missed the financial crisis. This is forcing TONS of companies to get rid of data centers or minimize them.” …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on February 03, 2009 at 02:10PM
Many publications listing the top technology trends in 2009 have cloud computing on their list. It’s not something new, but as buzzwords go, this one is gathering more momentum. The reasons aren’t hard to seek – services in the cloud …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 31, 2009 at 08:34PM
So, I have to admit, the combination of iTunes and Shazam is not all that good for my bank balance. But, outside of helping me fill out my iTunes library with songs I didn’t know I wanted, Shazam, along with …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on January 24, 2009 at 12:13PM
Recently I read a post about networking for the cloud, even listing a trademark on an associated term. I certainly am no IP lawyer, but it strikes me as not the most judicious use of time and funds to trademark …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on January 08, 2009 at 12:40PM
Had many investor meetings this week where we discussed ‘the numbers’. So we put these numbers together into one presentation to consistently discuss ‘the numbers’ and how they create the virtual envelope we operate within to create customer value in …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on December 16, 2008 at 05:17PM
I ran across an interesting article in the Dec 15 Wall Street Journal on Google’s attempts to negotiate a “fast lane” with service providers for its content. The same article also notes that both Microsoft and Yahoo have softened their …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on December 14, 2008 at 11:25PM
Alistair over at GigaOm penned an interesting piece on the role of security in the cloud. Alistair raises some interesting points- that since there are less humans involved in cloud architectures, that processes are more stringent, and that it is …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on December 12, 2008 at 01:31PM
Quick! When was the last time you thought “network” when you heard “cloud computing”? How often have you found yourself working out exactly how you can best utilize network resources in your cloud applications? Probably never, as to date the …Read more.
Posted by James Urquhart on December 07, 2008 at 10:53PM
Quite a few years ago, when we we positioning the concept of the intelligent network, we had a slide that showed how features moved from servers or dedicated hardware to the the network over time. The trigger was usually when …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on December 02, 2008 at 11:20PM
“Desperate times call for desperate measures”. —Not sure who said this originally, but some attribute it to Guy Fawkes in 1605. There was an article I was just reading on Data Center Knowledge that got me thinking a bit. In …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on October 11, 2008 at 01:08PM
In the last 24 hours I went to my car, went for a drive, and noticed that it was a bit breezy. I looked over the the right and noticed a good bit of glass all over the place, some …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on October 09, 2008 at 01:39PM
Ok, need some help here. I picked up some new job responsibilities in the cloud space this past week and thought I would ask for some help with two things- 1) Am looking for some good people with a background …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on September 16, 2008 at 03:09AM
Boy, who knew a simple open source Webkit based browser would cause so much angst. Google’s release of the beta of Chrome today caused all kinds of havoc in the blogosphere. The first article I happened to read was written …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on September 03, 2008 at 01:49AM
So last week a lil’ ol’ controversy cropped up regarding a video that LivePlace, owned by Brad Greenspan of MySpace fame, posted but says wasn’t supposed to be posted or made public…alas it got out there and the virtual community …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on August 21, 2008 at 02:18PM
I was chatting with a customer the other day who was struggling with some of the implications of “cloud computing”. The analogy that finally made sense to them is what I will call “cloud dining”. I am the cook …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on May 20, 2008 at 02:54PM
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