Security for an Application-Centric World
Organizations are migrating to the cloud because it dramatically reduces IT costs as we make much more efficient use of resources (either ours or by leveraging some cloud provider’s resources...
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New Nexus 9300 Switches join the Nexus 9000 Series
It’s an exciting time in to be in our industry, especially as we witness how technology continues to reshape how we connect and communicate through a myriad of applications and devices...
Turbocharging new Hadoop workloads with Application Centric Infrastructure
At the June Hadoop Summit in San Jose, Hadoop was re-affirmed as the data center “killer app,” riding an avalanche of Enterprise Data, which is growing 50x annually through...
NetApp and Cisco Deliver Extreme Performance For Oracle Database
Guest post by Aaron Newcomb, Solutions Marketing Manager, NetApp No one wants the 2:00 am distressed phone call disturbing a good night’s sleep. For IT Managers and Database Administrators that 2:00 am call is typically bad news regarding the systems
Easing the Transition to the Cloud: Cisco Capital Earmarks $1 Billion in Financing
Guest Blog Post by Krisine A. Snow, President, Cisco Capital The pressure for businesses to quickly adapt and innovate—to capitalize on new market opportunities and stay ahead of the competition—is increasing to achieve their business goals. And it is
Enabling Data Center Services with RISE : Remote Integrated Services Engine
Data Centers are becoming increasingly smart, intelligent and elastic. With the advancement in cloud and virtualization technologies, customers demand dynamic workload management, efficient and optimal use of their resources. In addition the
Enterprise Value with a Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Guest Blog Post by Stephen Nola, Group Executive, IT-as-a-Service, Dimension Data At Dimension Data we are all about accelerating ambition and this includes enabling Cisco’s ambition to build the world’s largest global Intercloud, a network of clouds
The Role of Connectivity in Powering the Intercloud: Equinix
Today’s announcement expands the reach of the Intercloud by 250 additional data centers in 50 countries, and advances Cisco’s OpenStack based cloud strategy to address customer requirements for a globally distributed, highly secure cloud platform
Configuring Virtual Environments for Graphics-Intensive Applications (C240+XenDesktop+NVIDIA)
The Guild of St Luke in Florence, where Leonardo Da Vinci qualified as a master sculptor when he was only 20 years old, had in attendance both artists and doctors of medicine. While someone today might wonder what those two vocations have in common