The new enterprise rock stars
“Our rock stars aren’t like your rock stars.” an Intel ad from 2009 concluded. Fast forward to today and in these times of change the choice for businesses (and IT) is to disrupt or get disrupted. The impact across teams within any organization in any industry has been and will be profound: 40% of market leaders are to be rocked by digital disruption (see the Digital Vortex report for more details). We recently published an article on Unleashing IT asking Cisco and Intel Executives, Roland Acra and Iddo Kadim, to weigh in and share their thoughts and insights on who are the new rock stars:
- The new enterprise rock stars
- With the rise of application development, infrastructure teams must find new ways to support and enable their software counterparts.
- With the rise of application development, infrastructure teams must find new ways to support and enable their software counterparts.
Technology that makes an impact
We also asked to hear from our customers, practitioners and analysts on the business impact of our ASAP Data Center Architecture solutions for their businesses, customers and communities. ASAP stands for analyze, simplify, automate and protect – four key design principles for a modern hybrid IT. Read their stories here:
- Process visibility informs business, technology decisions
- After years of dramatic growth, Molina Healthcare is leveraging big data to gain better visibility of its business processes and the technologies that support them.
- Business agility, beyond the hype
- With a flexible, powerful technology infrastructure and a willingness to evolve, Lifescript is finding success through adaptation.
- Nonprofit taps virtual desktops, mobile apps
- Hyperconverged systems and real-time data are helping City Harvest bring more food to New Yorkers in need.
- The business case for data center automation
- According to Forrester, the three-year, risk-adjusted value of Cisco UCS Director is $2.3 million.
- Infrastructure automation requires data visibility
- How Cisco IT is streamlining its transition to a software-defined, zero-trust application environment.
- Software-defined architecture supports multiple business entities
- Boys Town, a century-old nonprofit serving at-risk youth, has implemented a powerful core backbone to drive diverse, nationwide operations.
- Boys Town, a century-old nonprofit serving at-risk youth, has implemented a powerful core backbone to drive diverse, nationwide operations.
Cisco Live Las Vegas takes center stage June 25-29
To learn more about our latest innovations and how customers are using our solutions join us for the Data Center Innovation showcase talks with Cisco Data Center Executives.
- Monday, June 26, 3:00-3:30 pm
- Developer’s Delight: Cure your Hyperscale Envy
- Roland Acra, SVP & General Manager Data Center Business Group
- Tuesday, June 27, 1:00-1:30 pm
- Taking Advantage of Pervasive Data in Your Network
- Ish Limkakeng, VP Product Marketing INSBU
- Tuesday, June 27, 5:00-5.30 pm
- Hyperconvergence Infrastructure Redefined
- Liz Centoni, SVP & General Manager, Computing Systems Group
- Wednesday, June 28
- After the work you can rock out to Bruno Mars at the customer appreciation event
Stay connected and engaged
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Additional resources:
CNN Article: How humble USB turned engineer into tech ‘rock star’
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