Automation and Application-Centric Infrastructure
If you have been following the news, I'm sure you saw that Cisco just introduced Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Combine ACI with Cisco UCS Director and you can...
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Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI): Application Network Profiles for Security and Network Services
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...
Is Your Data Center Ready for ACI Transformation?
Disruptive technologies have become more frequent than ever before, making business agility and the ability to adapt key competitive differentiators. Every day I speak with IT executives who are asking...
Redefining the Power of IT with Application Centric Infrastructure
After countless brainstorming sessions, code reviews, lab trials, scores of NDAs and nearly two years of intense speculation from media, analysts and the internet community – it is finally here!...
Navigating Your OpenStack Roadmap: Why You Should Run a “Pilot”
The road in my picture below – the A82 that winds through Glencoe in Scotland – was used in the James Bond “Skyfall” movie in one of the amazing car chase scenes. This road winds through sparsely inhabited territory, has lots of ups, downs, bumps and
#EngineersUnplugged S4|Ep3: Inside FlexPod Edition
Welcome to Engineers Unplugged, the crossover edition. That's right, this week, as we answer the question "I'm an Engineer, Why Would I Do That?" with TechWise TV's very own Jimmy...
Tackling Operational Complexity – Fresh perspectives on role of DataCenter Infrastructure
In less than 48 hours, on Nov 6th, Cisco will officially announce details of its approach to Application Centric Infrastructure based on innovations from Insieme networks. [To join...
Summary What Moving to the Cloud Means for Healthcare Organizations
A lot of our data center customers are in the healthcare industry – This topic is close to my heart, as I used to work in this field several years ago. Healthcare organization are facing specific challenges in moving to the cloud, that Cisco
16 Gb Fibre Channel Market adoptions: EMC 16Gb connectivity (VMAX) announcement
For about 2 decades, Fibre Channel has been deployed to support the most rigorous and demanding applications, and is mainly because FC possesses certain characteristics that enterprise customers embrace, i.e – reliability, performance and