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Gary Kinghorn

Sr Solution Marketing Manager

Network Virtualization and SDN

Gary is a senior solution marketing lead for Network Virtualization and SDN in the Data Center/Cloud marketing organization, including the Nexus 1000V virtual switch and the Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE). He joined Cisco in 2010 from HP, which he joined as part of the 3COM acquisition, where he was Sr. Product Marketing Manager for network security products. He has over twenty years experience in product marketing, product management and business development in the networking and network security arena. He has a Master’s in Computer Engineering from USC, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from UCLA.

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April 3, 2014

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Interview with Citrix on the Benefits of NetScaler Integration with Nexus 7000 and RISE

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It’s been a busy week at Interop in Las Vegas so far, and we’re getting a lot of interest in our new Remote Integrated Services Engine (RISE) technology for the Nexus 7000 Series switches, which Cisco unveiled earlier this week. RISE integrates service appliances attached to Nexus 7000 Series switches as if the appliance was directly connected […]

March 31, 2014

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New Remote Integrated Services Engine (RISE) Enhances L4-7 Appliance Integration with Nexus 7000 Series

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Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE) is a new protocol being added to the Nexus 7000 and 7700 platforms through NX-OS (software upgradeable to existing devices), that integrates service appliances to be attached to Nexus 7000 Series switches with the same benefits as if the appliance was directly connected to the switch backplane, as if it […]

March 7, 2014

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Improve Cloud Traffic Visibility with the New Cisco Prime Virtual NAM

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Earlier this year Cisco announced the Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM), an integral component of the Cisco Cloud Network Services portfolio. While a virtual NAM has been available on the Nexus 1100 Cloud Services Platform (a UCS appliance for virtual services), it has not been available in a generic VM form factor, which […]

February 7, 2014

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Availability of the Nexus 1000V Cloud Networking Platform for OpenStack Unveiled at Cisco live!

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Last week at Cisco live! Milan, we announced another milestone in our OpenStack strategy with the availability this quarter of the Nexus 1000V virtual networking platform for Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor and integration with the commercial OpenStack distribution from Canonical (Ubuntu Linux and OpenStack). I had a chance to sit down in Milan […]

January 21, 2014

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Rebuttal to VMware Comments on ACI and SDN Architectures

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In a January 13, 2014 NetworkWorld article, VMware executive, Steve Mullaney, compared VMware NSX to Cisco ACI and other SDN architectures. Cisco’s

February 3, 2014

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Cisco ACI adds New Security and Application Delivery Vendors to Ecosystem: A10 Networks and Catbird

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Cisco announced last week that its rapidly expanding ACI ecosystem now includes the A10 Networks aCloud Services Architecture...

January 22, 2014

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Is ACI Really SDN? One Point of View to Clarify the Conversation

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Perhaps I’m in the minority that is still frustrated by this, but as a marketing person who is tasked with explaining technology and solutions to customers and prospects, I...

November 15, 2013

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Follow-up Q&A on ACI Methodology and the Pursuit of an Application-Aware Architecture

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We've been getting a lot of great questions about ACI since our launch as people try and better understand the...

November 11, 2013

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Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and the Application Virtual Switch (AVS)

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Following our launch of the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), we continue with our series exploring in more detail key aspects of the ACI policy model and partner ecosystem....

November 7, 2013

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Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI): Application Network Profiles for Security and Network Services

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Now that we’ve announced the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), everyone is trying to come up to speed quickly on this new fabric architecture and the power that this...

October 21, 2013

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The Promise of an Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

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At Cisco live! Orlando in June, Cisco unveiled its vision for an Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), a next-generation, secure...

July 8, 2013

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Cisco live Redux: Nexus 1000V InterCloud, Now Available, is a Hit to Enable Hybrid Cloud

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If you live in the US, I hope you had a good 4th of July holiday last week. It’s already been over a week since a very exciting Cisco live! If you were there in person, or you caught much of it on video, I’m sure you know about the enthusiasm and excitement from an unexpectedly […]

June 24, 2013

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Nexus 1000V Winning Multiple Awards; VXLAN Scaling with BGP and More on Display at Cisco live!

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Cisco live is here and the news and awards around the Nexus 1000V cloud networking and services platform just keep rolling in. Last week we announced the Citrix NetScaler 1000V virtual application delivery controller, which will be sold by Cisco. The Microsoft Hyper-V version of Nexus 1000V was officially released this month, and just like […]

June 11, 2013

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Red Hat Summit, Nexus 1000V and All Things Open

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This week kicked off with a trip to Boston and Red Hat Summit where Cisco is talking about our partnership with Red Hat on open source projects including OpenStack, and the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. I’m here to highlight some of our Nexus 1000V virtual networking innovations that involve Red Hat open source distributions […]

May 31, 2013

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Lippis Podcast on All Things Great and New with VXLAN

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This week Nick Lippis from the Lippis Report sat down with Cisco Nexus 1000V Product Manager, Han Yang, to talk about the latest enhancements and trends with VXLAN, the primary virtual overlay tunneling technology in Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual networks. In this 15 minute podcast (registration required), Han touches on three key innovations in the VXLAN […]

May 23, 2013

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Cisco Ramps Up Microsoft Momentum at TechEd North America, June 3-6

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Cisco is making a big splash with our virtual networking portfolio at Microsoft TechEd North America 2013, running June 3-6 in New Orleans, Microsoft’s premier event for IT professionals and developers. There will be over 7,000 attendees and there is still time to make plans to get there yourself if you want to learn more […]

May 6, 2013

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Argentina’s IPLAN loves the Nexus 1000V virtual switch

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Nothing makes a product marketeer’s job easier than when customers send in their own video testimonials about how successful they have been using our products. Today’s video comes all the way from one of my favorite cities in the world, Buenos Aires. Martin Cabrera and Fernando Vicens, Data Center Managers from Argentina-based service provider IPLAN […]

April 9, 2013

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Vive la Nexus 1000V on Microsoft Hyper-V!

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At Microsoft Management Summit 2013 in Las Vegas this week, Cisco is showing a host of new technology innovations and integrated solutions for the virtualized data center. By bringing Cisco virtual networking and UCS solutions together with Microsoft cloud solutions, we are expanding the market for our technology, while providing more technology options and flexibility […]

March 20, 2013

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Luxembourg-based CETREL Uses Nexus 1000V to Ease Virtual Network Administration

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For today’s post, I’m very pleased to introduce our guest blogger, Vincent Rosolen, a Cisco Sales Engineer in Luxembourg, who developed a brief Nexus 1000V case study of his customer, CETREL, the largest PCI payment card services vendor in the country. CETREL speaks highly of the ability of the Nexus 1000V to return administrative controls […]

March 7, 2013

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Public Beta of Nexus 1000V virtual switch for Microsoft Hyper-V is Now Available

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If you missed our webcast on the upcoming Nexus 1000V release for Microsoft Hyper-V, you missed the announcement that we are now making available a beta version to the general public, as of March 6. (Note: Everyone asks, so, no, we haven’t announced the availability date for the GA version yet, but it’s coming soon). This […]

March 1, 2013

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Upcoming Webcast with Microsoft MVP Will Shed Light on Nexus 1000V for Hyper-V and SCVMM Integration

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[Register here for the webcast: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 9:00 AM Pacific Time] If you are running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 in your virtualized data center (or plan to), you’ll want to join us for a detailed webcast on Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch for Hyper-V and the integration with Microsoft’s System Center Virtual Machine […]

February 26, 2013

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Nexus 1000V InterCloud… And Now Here’s the Demo

There’s been a great deal of excitement, interest and certainly follow-on questions after we announced our new hybrid cloud integration solution, Nexus 1000V InterCloud. My earlier three-part blog consisted of Part 1 on the architecture and features, Part 2 on the hybrid cloud management specifics, and Part 3 a recap of the frequently asked questions. […]

February 5, 2013

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Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 2 (VNMC InterCloud)

This week, as part of a major cloud launch that also introduced the Nexus 6000 series and updates to our Cisco ONE portfolio, Cisco unveiled its Nexus 1000V InterCloud solution, which provides a seamless and secure extension of virtual networks from on-premises data centers to cloud service providers. In part 1 of our introductory blog […]

February 7, 2013

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Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 3

Today we wrap up our three part introduction of Cisco’s new hybrid cloud infrastructure, Nexus 1000V InterCloud. In Part 1, we provided an overview of the architecture and the components that make up Nexus 1000V InterCloud. In Part 2, we looked a bit more closely into the single pane management of the cloud network and […]