Traffic (redux)
I’ve written about network traffic before (see this post and this post). It’s the subject of endless blog posts, help forums, and instructional guides across the internet. In a High Performance Computing (HPC) context, there are some
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Three Steps for IT to Deliver Better Business Results
The situation that many IT people find themselves in today is dripping with irony. They’ve deployed so many innovations over the years to address so many business challenges, that now most of their time is dedicated to simply keeping their systems
The Future of Cloud, Part 5: The Value of Integration to Cloud Services
(This is part 5 of a 7-part series sharing insights from Cisco partners about the Future of Cloud.) “A lot of things go into building out a cloud practice that most people don’t realize until they get into it. Because we have been a systems
Cisco Takes Holistic Approach to Reducing Energy Use and Costs
Cisco’s EnergyOps team is tasked with reducing energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency at our offices, labs, and data centers worldwide. Cisco’s labs are our largest consumer of energy and although we are putting a lot of effort into
Power of Open Choice in Hypervisor Virtual Switching
Customers gain great value from server virtualization in the form of virtual machines (VM) and more recently Linux Containers /Dockers in data centers, clouds and branches. By some estimates, more than 60 % of the workloads are virtualized although
IBM builds High-Performance SAN to Deliver Managed Backup Services
IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services (BCRS) team helps clients protect their mission-critical information and maintain continuous business operations, with help from Cisco MDS solutions and Cisco Services. Business Continuance describes the
Western Power Distribution creating the Blueprint for Grid Modernization with Cisco
I’ve been to the UK twice this year. The traffic is terrible! Worse than I ever remember! Commentators that’s a good sign – a sign of economic prosperity. That certainly seems to be the case in the UK. My last European-related blog
IT Transformation: Avoiding Pitfalls
In the last two blogs, I talked about the reasons for IT Transformation, understanding
Social Selling in Action—Part 2: Attribution for Accurate Metrics
As the number of users of social media continues to grow, the boundary between our personal and professional lives begins to overlap. Unsurprisngly, the customer buying cycle is also beginning to change. By the time a prospect has reached out to a