What You Missed at OpenStack Summit, Paris

Global Participation. A few weeks ago, the OpenStack community gathered came in Paris for the Juno release of the OpenStack platform.  The Foundation reported record attendance of 4600, many attending a Summit for the first time.  Of those visiting Cisco’s booth: 68% came from Europe/Middle East/Africa/Russia; 18% from the Americas, 12% from Asia Pacific/Japan and […]

How Cisco uses Open Source Cloud to transform Telcos (Part 2 of 2)

In my first blog, I discussed telco customer challenges and the new architectures they are considering.  On my way back from Johannesburg, South Africa, I am writing this companion blog discussing how we’re helping telco customers these days. The Cisco Approach Greek philosopher, Heraclitus said “change is the only constant in life.” And without question, change […]

What you’ll find in the #DevNet Zone at Cisco Live (#CLUS)

Today the DevNet Developer Conference kicked off in Moscone West.  DevNet is a mini-conference you can attend within the larger Cisco Live that gives hands-on experience with the many APIs Cisco is developing. The DevNet Zone includes the following activities: Theater Sessions: API technical sessions, executive spotlights, and thought leadership sessions Hands-on learnings labs that let […]

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 turns and if you’re not careful it can be […]