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Ken Spear

Sr. Marketing Manager, Automation

UCS Solution Marketing

Ken is responsible for marketing the Cisco UCS automation, operations and the IaaS software portfolio.

He has over 20 years experience in enterprise product management and marketing roles with software development and operations management software.

Articles

October 25, 2022

CLOUD

Hybrid Cloud Operations: Customer Priorities for SaaS

Cisco has been pursuing a strategy to make it easier for organizations to manage their hybrid cloud environments from SaaS platforms for 10 years. Our strategy is driven by customer requirements derived from (CABs), surveys, and other sources, now including results from our 2022 Global Hybrid Cloud Trends Report.

January 16, 2020

DATA CENTER

The Application Revolution

Modern IT leaders must now navigate changes in technology, organizational roles, and business processes. They need solutions that allow them to both tame the massive complexity inherent in a multi-domain environment.

July 17, 2019

DATA CENTER

Cisco and Google Cloud Create Framework for Innovation

Cisco and Google are collaborating to establish a hybrid cloud architecture that empowers customers to innovate. For the past two years, our engineering teams have been working together to deliver...

March 19, 2019

DATA CENTER

UCS Director and Cisco Intersight – Better Together

Cisco continues to invest and enhance our data center automation and private cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform, Cisco UCS Director. At the same time, we are leveraging the...

February 5, 2019

DATA CENTER

Introducing the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance

Cisco is transforming the way customers deploy and manage Cisco UCS and Cisco Hyperflex systems. Cisco's Intersight virtual appliance offers a fresh approach to delivering on-premise systems management services.

December 12, 2018

DATA CENTER

AI Ops Provides New Career Opportunities

AI-driven Operations (AI Ops) will drive significant changes as IT organizations leverage AI, machine learning, and automation. This transition will provide opportunities for individuals to develop new skills that can...

November 26, 2018

DATA CENTER

AI Ops and the Self-Optimization of Resources

Through a broad architectural vision, an open API framework and integrations with Cisco and partner platforms, Cisco delivers a multidimensional artificial intelligence operations strategy for an improved user experience.

October 16, 2018

DATA CENTER

Cisco Intersight: AI-Driven Proactive Support

The Cisco Customer Experience organization works closely with the Intersight engineering team to ensure customers have seamless access to Cisco’s unparalleled device knowledge.  This allows Cisco Intersight to deliver a...

October 9, 2018

DATA CENTER

Cisco Intersight: AI-Driven Proactive Maintenance

Intersight is a cloud-based systems management platform built on a platform that supports artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This allows Cisco Intersight to deliver a wide range of...