OpFlex

May 13, 2014

DATA CENTER

Delivering Policy in the Age of Open Source

3 min read

This is an exciting time in the history of datacenter infrastructure.  We are witnessing the collision of two major trends: the maturation of open source software and the redefinition of...

May 5, 2014

DATA CENTER

Acxiom uses ACI to transform their private cloud

3 min read

Acxiom is a well-known Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company providing data analytics and data processing solutions to Fortune 100 companies for running and analyzing their marketing campaigns.  Recently Cisco spoke to Acxiom’s...

April 14, 2014

DATA CENTER

Interop Redux: Focus on Virtual L4-7 Services with Embrane

1 min read

Our recap of Interop 2014 continues with a focus on Cisco technology partner Embrane, who focuses on integration of layer 4-7 virtual services into cloud and data center...

April 10, 2014

DATA CENTER

The Napkin Dialogues: “Open”-ing up to SDN

17 min read

I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent individual. Well, perhaps “reasonably” is a debatable term; just ask my friends. Or my wife. (Then again, don’t ask my wife.) Reasonable or not, though, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around what all this “software defined” stuff is supposed to mean, and I have to […]

April 3, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco Global Intercloud : Open and Interoperable

2 min read

Enterprises have taken on many cloud computing opportunities but for the most part the adoption of applications on the cloud is very early and mostly for new applications and for...

April 2, 2014

DATA CENTER

Introducing OpFlex – A new standards-based protocol for Application Centric Infrastructure

2 min read

Continuing on its tradition of contributing and committing to open source and open standards over the last 25 years, today Cisco announced “OpFlex” – a new open standards-based protocol for Application Centric Infrastructure that has been submitted into the IETF standardization process. We believe this will accelerate multi-vendor innovation in data center and cloud networks […]