open source

November 3, 2016

CLOUD

The Journey to Digital Transformation

4 min read

Companies are being disrupted by smaller, more agile companies that are able to leverage software and better react to the needs of their customers. Some recent examples include Amazon, Uber, Netflix, and AirBnB. To survive, your company must put software at the center of its business strategy. At the core of this software strategy are […]

November 1, 2016

CLOUD

Your Partner for Software Acceleration

2 min read

Every year as QCon San Francisco approaches, I get excited to look at new innovations and learn from bleeding-edge enterprises that are using new technologies to give their companies a competitive advantage. It’s hard for me to believe that 2016 marks the 10th year of this event. And this year’s QCon is shaping up to […]

October 13, 2016

THREAT RESEARCH

LockyDump – All Your Configs Are Belong To Us

1 min read

      Locky has continued to evolve since its inception in February 2016. This has made it difficult to track at times due to changes in the way in which it’s distributed as well as various characteristics of the malware itself. The actors responsible for Locky have continuously attempted to improve operational security (OpSec) […]

September 28, 2016

CLOUD

Containerized Cloud Foundry is Key Element for Cloud Native

6 min read

As founding members of the Cloud Native Container Foundation and Open Container Initiative. We believe cloud Foundry is a key element in cloud native platform strategy. We are also committed to contributions in the open source Cloud Foundry community. Many readers will be familiar with Cisco’s partnership with Pivotal; providing a fully assured, high performance, […]

September 22, 2016

CLOUD

Go to Barcelona. Learn stuff. Come back with a clear conscience.

2 min read

First off I’ll say this: Kudos to you if you’ve managed to convince your boss that you need to go to Barcelona for the upcoming OpenStack Summit. You’re a better negotiator than I. I’ve gone to the past four consecutive Summits, but this one does not look like it’s going to happen. And honestly I […]

August 24, 2016

CLOUD

Open Source is at the Core of Your Digital Transformation

4 min read

Over the last few years, companies are disrupting established businesses from a software centric model. Some examples are Amazon, Netflix, Uber, and AirBnB. These companies were able to disrupt these industries by leveraging the agility and speed of changes that software can deliver. The largest companies are trying to become software companies. This is why […]

Upskill U on Open Source for Virtualized Networks

2 min read

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading Open source software plays a key role in developing an efficient and agile virtualized network architecture at a reduced cost. Interest from operators in building their own open source services is on the rise, but this shift means service providers must re-think […]

July 13, 2016

CLOUD

Introducing Metapod 4.0 Now Powered by Red Hat

3 min read

In September of 2014, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Metacloud. For those of us working at Metacloud, it was an exciting day. There were so many things we wanted to do to create the ultimate Private Cloud as a Service offer that would delight our customers by removing the complexities of deploying, managing, operating, […]

July 8, 2016

CLOUD

Containers and Container Networking are the Hot Topics at Red Hat Summit and Cisco Live

1 min read

Last week was a busy week in San Francisco, and thanks to our good friends at Red Hat for an awesome Red Hat Summit! We kicked off the event after the first keynote with a packed crowd for the session Hot Topics in Containers, OpenStack and Hadoop. Containers, OpenStack, and Hadoop are three of the most […]