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 etc.,

Ravi Balakrishnan's Articles

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  Data Center

  Software Defined Networks with L4-L7 ADC Policy Automation

  January 9, 2015 - 0 Comments

  It appears only a short time ago we introduced Cisco ACI to the market, but it is already the one-year anniversary time. In this one-year period, we have seen…

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  Take One small step with the ACI Simulator, Make a giant leap in ACI Fabric deployments

  December 2, 2014 - 1 Comment

  Cisco ACI is gaining momentum and mindshare in the industry as testified by the 160 plus licensees for the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), and 900 plus customers for…

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  Transform DevOps with CA Release Automation and Cisco ACI

  November 11, 2014 - 0 Comments

  DevOps is gaining momentum in many enterprises today. Customers are increasingly realizing the benefits of DevOps and how it helps in breaking down barriers and helps application agility. DevOps enables…

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  Cisco Live Cancun – Hi-Tech visits Vacation Paradise

  October 30, 2014 - 0 Comments

  Cancun in November is not your ideal spring break destination, but it feels that way as many of us are heading there next week as part of a big contingent…

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  Cisco ACI Policy Model spans Physical, Virtual and Container based environments

  September 16, 2014 - 1 Comment

  I find Linux containers among the most fascinating technology trends of recent past. Containers couple lightweight, high performance isolation and security with the ability to easily package services and deploy…

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  Citrix NetScaler Device Package for Cisco ACI goes FCS

  September 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

  The Cisco-Citrix partnership has expanded significantly in recent years from UCS-XenDesktop based Desktop virtualization solutions to span Mobility, Desktop as A Service (DaaS) and most recently ACI-NetScaler joint solutions. I have been…

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  F5 device Package for Cisco APIC goes FCS

  August 19, 2014 - 0 Comments

  Recent few weeks should have been exciting if you are a customer of ACI.  First, we announced the shipment of ACI to Data Centers worldwide. Then, F5 announced that…

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  Cisco at F5 Agility – From Copenhagen to New York

  July 31, 2014 - 1 Comment

  You are probably thinking I have the most exciting job in Silicon Valley. In June 2014, I was leading Cisco ACI at the EMEA (Copenhagen) edition of F5 Agility….

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  Cisco ACI at F5 Agility 2014, Copenhagen

  June 13, 2014 - 0 Comments

  At F5 Agility 2014 Copenhagen this month, Applications take the central stage.  The key focus area is Application Delivery Controllers (ADC’s as Gartner calls them) and how they are…

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  Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 wins Best of Interop Japan, 2014

  June 12, 2014 - 0 Comments

  Success breeds success.  In April this year, Cisco Nexus 9516 won the Best of Interop at Las Vegas. Yesterday, Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 won the Best of Interop…

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