data center

November 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

AWS or Private Cloud or both, what’s your strategy?

7 min read

Well we just opened up a hornet’s nest didn’t we?! Our recent announcement of the new Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Server definitely caused a stir in the industry. We launched into the emerging scale out storage market with a broad ecosystem of solution partners backed by amazing customers like Cirrity and Green Cloud who use […]

November 18, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Cloud Journey: Moving from Adoption to Greater Optimization and Utilization

4 min read

Cloud computing has become the virtual bedrock for today’s business and consumer applications as well as future offerings on the service horizon. Cloud plays a pivotal role in digital transformation and has literally reshaped global data centers. While this is widely understood, I believe the real challenge for cloud providers, businesses and consumers in 2016 […]

November 11, 2016

PARTNER

Now what? 5 ways to capture momentum after the big event

1 min read

My notebook is filled with inspiration, actions, ideas, and scuttlebutt from Partner Summit. I bet yours is too! Here are five things to do next (and share with your team)....

November 10, 2016

DATA CENTER

Big Data is Big Business for Quantium

2 min read

According to IDC, the big data market, including services such as analytics, is expected to reach nearly $50 billion by 2019. Luckily for Quantium, data is in its...

November 10, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Discovering Data Centers: What’s Really Happening Behind Those Closed Doors?

3 min read

In the newly updated Cisco Global Cloud Index (GCI), we identify three of the seven key trends that help demystify the largely proprietary world of data centers and cloud computing.

November 8, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Is polling data big data? A back-of-the-envelope calculation

3 min read

For the past year Americans have read about polling data almost daily, so the casual observer may be forgiven for thinking there are mountains and mountains of data being collected to help make sense of this year’s unusual election. The truth is, though, that polling data is not big data, either in volume, velocity, or […]

November 3, 2016

DATA CENTER

Green Cloud bets on Cisco UCS S-Series to power new lines of business

2 min read

Size matters—especially as physical data center space becomes more coveted at premium prices. So why wouldn’t you pack more into less, for less, if you could? That’s the approach that Green Cloud Technologies is taking with its investment in Cisco UCS S-Series storage-optimized servers. Green Cloud sells infrastructure and disaster recovery as a service, and […]

November 1, 2016

NETWORKING

Simplifying Security for Cisco Customers with New Cisco ONE Advanced Security Suites

2 min read

Security is the single biggest concern for our customers, but cobbling together security products from dozens of vendors only makes security infrastructure complex and difficult to manage.

November 1, 2016

DATA CENTER

Introducing UCS S-Series: Data Unstored

3 min read

I frequently meet with customers who are trying to “unstore” more of their data, use it in real time, and unlock the latent value that’s contained there. In many ways this is the heart of digital transformation…but it’s also something that’s historically been a challenge to do in an economical and manageable way as data […]