design

August 1, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco MDS for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers

7 min read

Superior Platforms, Scale, and Operational Simplicity  Data Center trends like  Virtualization, Solid State Drives, DC consolidation and Data Explosion are putting a tremendous amount of strain on the infrastructure. These challenges need targeted and multifaceted approach. It has to be holistic solution to the problems rather than point products for each unique problem. Data Centers […]

July 25, 2014

NETWORKING

Not All 802.11ac AP’s are Created Equal: Demand the Full Story

2 min read

It’s always interesting and often entertaining to observe how competitors promote their products and what they choose to focus on—and more importantly, what they choose not to focus on and...

July 4, 2014

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

You Can Observe A Lot By Watching.

2 min read

Recently at CiscoLive!, we spent a full week with customers and partners doing in-detail usability tests of Cisco.com and some of our mobile sites and apps. This is one of the main methods we use to make our web and mobile easier. What’s a usability test? Something different than you might think. While you’ve probably heard […]

May 23, 2014

DATA CENTER

Next Generation Data Center Design With MDS 9710 – Part II

3 min read

Note: This is the second of a three-part series on Next Generation Data Center Design with MDS 9700; learn how customers can deploy scalable SAN networks that allow them to Scale Up or Scale Out in a non disruptive way.  Part 1 | Part 3 ] EMC World was wonderful. It was gratifying to meet industry professionals,  […]

Cisco.com Search Tune-up: The little things count

1 min read

There’s a nice article by Web analysts SiteIQ this month about Cisco.com search, with the flattering headline “Cisco aces search again…” The post points out how we do little things like how we: 1. Link to Google for more search, in case you didn’t find what you were looking for, or if you want a […]

April 24, 2014

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Cisco.com #tbt #throwbackthursday

1 min read

Cisco.com circa 1996. (I will brace myself for the “bring it back!” comments. 🙂 )