June 6, 2017

DATA CENTER

Why 50% Lower Cost and 50% Improved Application Performance with a Cisco IP Storage Fabric Matters for the Real World

3 min read

Discussions of enterprise storage networking often focus too much on the speeds-and-feeds of a given technology or system and very little on the use case. Is Fibre Channel faster than...

June 5, 2017

DATA CENTER

Ansible and UCS Management Integration

3 min read

You can now use Ansible for configuration management, deployment, and orchestration of Cisco UCS servers, storage, fabric, hyperconverged infrastructure and converged infrastructure as well as Nexus switches.

June 1, 2017

DATA CENTER

Is Your Data Center Self-Managing?

2 min read

It’s all about customer experience in the digital world and that experience depends on the performance of your applications and their supporting infrastructure.  At a time when applications and technologies continue to increase in volume and density, how can you be sure your applications are running at their best? IT teams are faced with a […]

May 31, 2017

DATA CENTER

Real-Time Data Warehouse with MemSQL on Cisco UCS

2 min read

We are at an inflection point where we are moving to a world where everything is connected to everything else. That’s what the Internet of Things (IoT) means. The IoT links objects to the internet creating the always-on economy by enabling data and insights never available before. By definition, the always-on economy requires real-time analytics. With analytics […]

May 30, 2017

DATA CENTER

How to Secure Your Data Centre: The Importance of Whitelist Policies

8 min read

Growing up in Britain, a fair share of our history lessons covered the black death. It was a truly horrible plague that affected all without prejudice, ravaging the young and old throughout towns, cities, countries and the continent with seemingly no end. Surprisingly, it’s hard to remember everything from that class (hey, it was quite […]

May 30, 2017

DATA CENTER

Big Data Analytics Helps India Nonprofit Prevent Human Trafficking

3 min read

Human Trafficking is one of the largest problems the world faces today. But My Choices Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in India, is using big data analytics to help fight it. How are they doing it? With technology partners, effective education and outreach. While many organizations work to rescue girls and prosecute the traffickers, Operation Red […]

May 30, 2017

DATA CENTER

5 things you need to know about HyperFlex with CloudCenter

4 min read

I’ve been working on a new bundle of Cisco HyperFlex offered with Cisco CloudCenter. And I’m excited to share some details — because I’ve got that “Wow, this is a really great opportunity for Cisco customers” feeling, that I only sometimes get while working for a large tech vendor. Together, these two powerful solutions help you […]

May 25, 2017

DATA CENTER

Cisco ACI and Citrix NetScaler win Best of Citrix Synergy 2017 Award

1 min read

The Best of Citrix Synergy 2017 award was announced today at Citrix synergy, Orlando. Read awards related Blog here. Check winner’s slideshow here. Winner: Storage, Networking and Infrastructure—Cisco Network Automation Solution with Cisco ACI and Citrix NetScaler from Cisco I want to extend my congratulations to the entire team at Cisco Insieme Business Unit and recognize […]

May 24, 2017

DATA CENTER

Cisco ACI and Vnomic bring Agility and Simplicity to Lumen’s Cloud Managed Services

4 min read

Traditional infrastructure, even in managed private hosting environments, doesn’t provide the speed and agility that a cloud hosted solution provides. Vnomic, and Cisco ACI powered FlexPod joint solution provides speed, agility and scale that a demanding Centurylink operating environment requires.