OpenStack
Red Hat and Cisco bring Application Policy to OpenStack environments
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On January 13, 2015, Cisco will celebrate a year of industry adoption of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), a ground breaking SDN architecture. It will include a public webcast with...
Cisco Virtualized Video Processing makes it easy to whip up a full menu of multiscreen services
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What if cooking worked like video processing? By that I mean, what if every dish you made required separate, dedicated tools and processes just for that dish? So if you’re making a main course for a dinner party, you break out your Main Course knives and kitchen utensils, your Main Course pots and pans, and […]
Under the Hood: Cisco Collaboration Cloud
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It’s been two weeks since the launch of Project Squared and the Cisco Collaboration Cloud. We’ve received fantastic feedback and great uptake. And we’re really happy that so many people are using Project Squared – and liking the experience. I’d like to take you on a little behind-the-scenes tour and shed some light on the […]
Part 2 – SDN Questions to Ask at the Gartner Data Center Conference
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As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, last week I attended the Gartner Data Center Conference in London. I came out of the conference with some questions...
Going Native with OpenStack Centric Applications: Murano
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Following on our previous discussion surveying the projects supporting applications within OpenStack, let’s continue our review with an in-depth look at the OpenStack-native Application Catalog: Murano, currently an incubation status project, having seen its functionality and core services integration advanced over the past few OpenStack releases. What is it? An application catalog developed by Mirantis, HP […]
Going Native with OpenStack Centric Applications: Overview
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Cloud infrastructure is useless without applications running atop, providing business services and solving customer needs. So, as applications ascend to the throne as the rightful king of cloud, focus sharpens on their support within OpenStack-based Cisco Intercloud. With this focus, let’s walk through a survey of components and projects supporting applications in OpenStack, understanding what a day in […]
How Cisco uses Open Source Cloud to transform Telcos (Part 1 of 2)
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Here is my first blog, which I am writing to you from Johannesburg, South Africa where I am on an assignment with a customer engagement. Based in Dubai, I’m the part of the Cloud and IT Transformation Practice in Cisco Advanced Services, and I’d like to share some of my day-to-day consulting experience with you with […]
Cisco and Red Hat – All In with OpenStack for the Enterprise
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When it comes to driving innovation in next generation data center architectures, open source is clearly at the forefront. A perfect example is OpenStack, which is defining the future of cloud computing across private, public and hybrid clouds. This innovation is being driven by a strong and vibrant community that is taking place in Paris […]
The Top 5 OpenStack Adoption Challenges – View from Cisco Services’ Experts
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OpenStack is gaining increasing industry attention and, while it can deliver huge...