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Ravi Balakrishnan

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Datacenter Solutions

Ravi Balakrishnan holds a MS in Computer engineering and MBA in Marketing from USA

Ravi has more than 20 years of server hardware and software middleware experience at Sun, HP and Oracle and 5 years of server, virtualization and networking hardware experience at Cisco where he is employed currently – Ravi has acquired rich experience in datacenter infrastructure solutions encompassing Unified Computing Systems, Unified fabric, Energy Efficient Datacenters, and other emerging datacenter topics such as Cloud computing, dynamic provisioning, and the like.

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December 1, 2021

DATA CENTER

NCR accelerates towards zero-trust with Cisco ACI and AlgoSec

2 min read

The AlgoSec Security Policy Management Suite and Cisco ACI enable NCR to manage application connectivity end-to-end across their network -- including public cloud, Cisco ACI and physical firewalls -- achieving zero-trust security and a reduced attack surface.

September 8, 2021

DATA CENTER

Multi-tier automation and orchestration with Cisco ACI, F5 BIG-IP and Red Hat Ansible

4 min read

With applications transitioning into the cloud, businesses need to automate infrastructure and application deployment in order to stay ahead of the game. F5 and Cisco make programmability and automation inherent parts of operational IT processes, and Ansible provides BIG-IP and ACI users a simple, yet powerful, multi-tier automation and orchestration platform.

July 29, 2021

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Avoid sinkholes with F5 Simulators: Evolution of the F5 – Cisco ACI joint solution

3 min read

Getting the best understanding possible of deployment options is certainly the key to successful technology deployments. So spending the time and visualizing, in advance, the benefits of our rich integration between BIG-IP and ACI collaboration is the latest positive evolution we can bring you.

June 28, 2021

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F5 & Cisco ACI Essentials: ServiceCenter — One stop shop for IP address facts

1 min read

Debugging a network issue can be daunting, involving 100's of IP addresses spread across your entire deployment. Imagine having a tool that can get all the information you want from an IP address with a click of a button. The F5 ACI ServiceCenter is designed to do exactly that, and more.

June 17, 2021

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Enable faster, more secure application deployments with Network Infrastructure Automation by Cisco and HashiCorp

2 min read

HashiCorp and Cisco are lighting the way to Network Infrastructure Automation (NIA) with Cisco ACI and Consul-Terraform-Sync (CTS), accelerating application delivery by automating networking related tasks.

May 25, 2021

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F5 and Cisco ACI Essentials: Automate, automate, automate!

4 min read

This blog will focus on automation support by BIG-IP and Cisco ACI and how automation tools, specifically Ansible, can be used to automate different use cases

April 26, 2021

DATA CENTER

F5 & Cisco ACI Essentials – Dynamic pool sizing using the F5 ACI ServiceCenter

5 min read

When dealing with the Cisco ACI environment you may have wondered about using an Application-Centric Design or a Network-Centric Design. Both are valid designs, and you can read more on this topic in this blog.

April 14, 2021

DATA CENTER

Cisco Innovations Showcase at F5 Agility 2021

2 min read

Cisco and F5 collaborated and successfully announced the F5 ACI ServiceCenter App, a multi-function and operations focused solution, covering its key L2-L7 operational use-cases.

March 3, 2021

DATA CENTER

Enable Consistent Application Services for Containers

4 min read

F5 CIS and Cisco ACI together offer unified control, visibility, security, and application services, for both container and non-container workload. The solution offers a seamless developer experience intended to maintain the simplicity of Kubernetes while still enabling advanced capabilities within the Cisco ACI fabric, and maintaining application availability, security, and visibility across the infrastructure.

February 17, 2021

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Win with Cisco ACI and F5 BIG-IP – Deployment Best Practices

4 min read

Use PBR functionality on the Cisco ACI fabric to direct return traffic from the application servers back to the BIG-IP. This will help in having to avoid to re-write your application or to make changes to your BIG-IP configuration and still achieve a symmetry traffic flow with minimal changes.

February 11, 2021

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Building self-healing networks with Cisco Network Assurance Innovations and ServiceNow ITSM

2 min read

Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE), a key pillar in Cisco’s Intent based networking, is built on a strong foundation of open APIs that has enabled a broad ecosystem of partner-integrated solutions for automated, closed-loop incident resolution use cases. One such marquee solution features Cisco NAE with ITSM leader ServiceNow that boasts hundreds of customer deployments across the globe. Cisco IT on its own is a stellar example of such deployments.

February 3, 2021

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First Multi-vendor NETCONF/YANG inter-operability testing: Proven Openness

4 min read

With the growing complexity of the modern network, automation is becoming more important. NETCONF is one of the widely adopted protocols by networking vendors and customers among all programming interfaces. Alongside NETCONF, YANG provides a powerful, standardized modeling language to complement the NETCONF protocol. In practice, interoperability between service orchestrator and network devices provides flexible mix-and-match solutions based on customer's deployment choice.

January 12, 2021

DATA CENTER

Streamline your Infrastructure Automation Workflows by going beyond Infrastructure-as-Code?

4 min read

Infrastructure-as-data guarantees that your automation process is easily repeatable and will likely provide consistent results in terms of performance and reliability.

December 4, 2020

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Redefining the Intelligent Network with Cisco ACI and HashiCorp Consul

2 min read

From definition to deployment, application services could define networking and security requirements at the infrastructure layer, in an automated and fully synchronized way. Learn about the Consul App for Cisco ACI and join us on December 9 for our webinar, Redefining the Intelligent Network with Cisco ACI and HashiCorp Consul.

October 12, 2020

DATA CENTER

Cisco at ONUG Fall 2020: 5 Must-See Sessions

3 min read

Cisco is a Digital Innovator sponsor this year at ONUG Fall 2020 virtual event. Prepare to connect, ask questions and gain a better understanding of how to successfully deploy, connect, secure, and operate the Cloud Native Enterprise.

October 9, 2020

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Cisco Data Center Networking makes a stellar debut at HashiConf Digital 2020

4 min read

Don't miss the Cisco Innovations showcase at the HashiConf Digital 2020 conference, a series of lightening talks where Cisco SMEs discuss innovative joint solutions brought to you by Cisco and HashiCorp.

June 26, 2020

DATA CENTER

All things Data Center Networking at Cisco Live and DevNet Day 2020

3 min read

Cisco Live US 2020, Cisco’s first-ever and largest digital event, was a super success, with over 124,000 viewers from across the globe. Take a quick tour of key Data Center Networking highlights from the Cisco Live broadcast and DevNet Day.

May 18, 2020

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Dell EMC PowerStore and Cisco MDS for SAN – A win-win pair to transform IT

4 min read

The combination of Dell EMC PowerStore systems and Cisco MDS 9000 enables the scale, performance, visibility and operational excellence needed for efficient deployment of all your next-generation workloads.

May 11, 2020

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Navigating the evolving landscape? Cisco DC Networking Free Trials and Promotions can help!

3 min read

Cisco is continuing its global commitment to help customers and partners navigate an evolving landscape with the introduction of a new Business Resiliency Program.

May 5, 2020

DATA CENTER

What’s new and exciting on Cisco ACI with Red Hat Ansible Collections

4 min read

Learn how Cisco ACI and Red Hat Ansible can help you embrace the DevOps model and accelerate ACI Deployment.

April 22, 2020

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Why Cisco ACI with HashiCorp Terraform really matters

2 min read

Learn how Cisco ACI and Hashicorp Terraform can help you increase productivity while reducing risks for your organization by managing infrastructure as code.

January 22, 2020

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Cisco Live EMEA 2020 – Barcelona gears up to host industry’s premier tech event, third year in a row

8 min read

A week from now, Cisco Live EMEA 2020 will be ready to sizzle at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via. From a Cisco Data Center standpoint, Cisco ACI, NX-OS, and NAE technologies and DevNet continue to grab the headlines.

November 13, 2019

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ACI Takeover session Sizzles in DevNet Zone, Cisco Live, Cancun 2019

4 min read

Cisco DevNet was the talk of the town in Cancun during Oct 26-31, the week of Cisco Live LATAM. What drives this excitement with DevNet? Find out...

October 17, 2019

DATA CENTER

Cisco and Splunk Technology Innovations Showcase at Splunk .Conf19, Vegas, 2019

4 min read

Cisco-Splunk partnership is growing at a terrific pace. Recently, Splunk showcased Cisco as one of its top 4 partners. As a testimony to our growing momentum, Cisco is a Peta sponsor this year at Splunk .conf19, Venetian sands, Las Vegas, Oct 21-25.

June 3, 2019

DEVELOPER

See Cisco ACI in Action in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live

4 min read

Cisco ACI and its object model enables customers to integrate network deployment into management and monitoring tools, and deploy new workloads programmatically.

June 5, 2019

DATA CENTER

Cisco Live San Diego 2019 – Data Center Networking Sneak Peak

7 min read

Join Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, and Engineering leaders David Goeckeler and Amy Chang as they share Cisco’s vision for the future and how innovation will transform our industry and businesses.

May 15, 2019

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Atlanta Buzzing with Tech Talk as Citrix Synergy 2019 Moves In

3 min read

See what Cisco has planned for Citrix Synergy 2019. Highlights include demos featuring HyperFlex for Citrix Cloud,  Cisco ACI and Citrix ADC for Multi Cloud, and Workspace of the future.