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December 13, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Boring is the New Awesome

2 min read

The core principle of model-driven telemetry is super simple:  as much usable data out of the network as fast as possible.  The implementation is also pretty subtle:  a push mechanism, data models, open-source encodings.  In fact, it’s all so simple and subtle that some folks look under the hood and say, “so what?”   To that, […]

March 15, 2016

MANUFACTURING

General Motors Prevents Factory Downtime with Connected Machines

1 min read

Factory workers often learn about issues with their production machinery too late - after the line shuts down. Real-time condition monitoring and diagnostics can prevent unplanned downtime.

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 […]

October 22, 2014

NETWORKING

7 Billion Reasons Why Your Company Needs Cisco ISE

3 min read

Seven billion.  That’s the number of mobile-connected devices that will be trying to get on networks this year.  Now you’re probably not going to be hosting all 7 billion of them, so let’s try this number – 4.  As in, “the average number of devices that enterprise users have” is roughly 4 devices*.  Go ahead […]

July 8, 2014

NETWORKING

Score for IT this World Cup

3 min read

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last two weeks, you know that the FIFA World Cup is in full swing. Stakes are higher than ever as we...