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June 15, 2017

CLOUD

A Rich Partner Ecosystem for a Successful Cloud Strategy

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I continue to bet on Cloud Computing (I am not referring to the horse that won the Preakness Stakes ahead of ‘Classic Empire’) but as I place that bet … my assumption … is that the various major industry players will continue to work together in a meaningful way toward the progressive standardization of cloud technologies.

June 5, 2017

DATA CENTER

Ansible and UCS Management Integration

3 min read

You can now use Ansible for configuration management, deployment, and orchestration of Cisco UCS servers, storage, fabric, hyperconverged infrastructure and converged infrastructure as well as Nexus switches.

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 […]

July 7, 2016

CLOUD

Red Hat Summit 2016 – A Review of key moments

2 min read

Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco is an ideal setting to experience the power of open source in enterprise, for customers, partners and community enthusiasts. For me personally, this...

July 6, 2016

CLOUD

Red Hat Summit 2016: What You May Have Missed

2 min read

In case you missed the Red Hat Summit in San Francisco, it was most certainly an event well-worth attending …. there was even a wedding! Yes, that is not a typo. During the second day general session, Red Hat held an actual wedding ceremony. If you needed any tangible sign to convince yourself of the […]

June 30, 2016

CLOUD

Red Hat Keynote Open Source: the Forefront of Innovation

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Though a long time IT guy and Cisco veteran, when it comes to Open Source, containers, really the future of data centers – I’m a newbie!  However, this has got to be one of the coolest times to enter this field. In the Red Hat Summit keynote session, Open Source: The Forefront of Innovation, I […]

June 24, 2016

CLOUD

Red Hat Summit and Cisco OpenStack-Based On-Premises Clouds

2 min read

Next week I will be attending the Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco, along with a number of my Cisco colleagues. I am looking forward to discussing with attendees and Cisco partners the latest cloud trends and specifically their interest in OpenStack, associated use cases and their thoughts about Open Source development in general. The […]

June 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

Big Data is a Big Deal for Your Infrastructure (and it is Cool!)

2 min read

As I author this, I am in my hotel room in Chicago and its Thursday evening. Our core Cisco Big Data...