SDN

The Digital Transformation Comes With A New Approach to Service Assurance

3 min read

NFV and SDN are past their hype cycle and way into gaining significant traction since their initial introductions into the market. Many of our customers who have deployed or plan to deploy our solutions based on these technologies understand that an important factor for realizing the full benefits of NFV and SDN is service assurance. […]

December 8, 2015

DATA CENTER

Part 2: Ten Learnings and Observations from the 2015 London Gartner Data Center Conference

2 min read

Last week I attended the 2015 London Gartner Data Center conference. In my first blog (part 1) on this event,  I covered some of my main learnings and...

December 4, 2015

DATA CENTER

Top 3 Ways New ACI Innovations Improve Your Data Center

3 min read

Yesterday, Cisco announced a new software release for ACI. If you are looking to automate IT, or build out your cloud environment, and want to do so in an open fashion...

December 4, 2015

DATA CENTER

Ten Learnings and Observations from the 2015 London Gartner Data Center Conference (Part 1)

3 min read

This past week I attended the 2015 Gartner Data Center Conference in London.  This is always a great conference to learn from, although it always pays to look out...

December 3, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Executing on Our Vision and Strategy: The Future of Networking for an Application Centric World

3 min read

We shared our vision for the future of networking over a year and a half ago. Today, we continue to execute on our vision and strategy. Our customers and partners continue to...

November 24, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Telemetry & Gaining Web Scale Operational Efficiency – Is it a Myth or Reality?

2 min read

We can’t express how excited we were when Cisco was asked to sponsor and participate in an independent event, hosted by Tech Field Day, which invited experts from NetFlix, Google, eBay, and SignalFX to discuss the technical challenges some of these web scale providers face and the innovations they have helped drive in the industry […]

November 19, 2015

PARTNER

Cisco ACI Awarded InfoWorld Editor’s Choice

1 min read

Recently, InfoWorld, a top IT publication, recognized Cisco’s powerful SDN solution, ACI, with the Editor’s Choice award based on an impressive overall review score of 9.6 out of 10. We’ve...

November 19, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Software Innovations for Cloud Scale Networking

4 min read

Back in 2011, web pioneer Marc Andreessen wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Why software is eating the world”. I couldn’t agree more! First, let’s have a look at what’s going on in the industry at large. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competitive pressure from new players making […]