Cisco ACI

February 15, 2016

DATA CENTER

Enabling DevOps Approach with Cisco NX-OS and Ansible

2 min read

I blogged back in November 2015 when Cisco participated at the AnsibleFest in San Francisco and the response from the attendees has ranged from “wow you support Ansible”...

February 12, 2016

DATA CENTER

The Business Value of Cisco Big Data Solutions

1 min read

Since it’s inception five years ago Cisco’s Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) offerings have consistently driven positive technical and business value for our customers at many levels, some examples: • Cisco UCS regularly delivers top-level performance as showcased via our leading benchmarking results. • In their datacenters our customers have recognized material gains in operational […]

February 8, 2016

DATA CENTER

How Open APIs Enable Multi-Vendor Integration Bringing Greater Customer Value

2 min read

Cloud architects and IT operations need a consistent policy model for all applications and for the virtual and physical infrastructure hosting it. A policy model for control, monitoring, and enforcement contributes to bringing today’s siloed operational teams together, with the ability to integrate their workflows using automation tools. Today server virtualization is largely based on […]

February 8, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco Live Berlin 2016, just a week away – A preview

4 min read

Making a trip to Berlin is always worthwhile. And February is especially notable, as this is when famous movie stars make their way down the red carpet for the international...

February 4, 2016

DATA CENTER

Enabling DevOps to Succeed: Go Beyond APIs

3 min read

Bio: Lori MacVittie is responsible for education and evangelism of application services available across F5's entire software suite with an emphasis on...

January 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco ACI: Overcoming the ‘Stack Fallacy’

2 min read

There’s a new buzz phrase making the rounds recently around the concept of the “stack fallacy,” with the premise being that market leaders in any industry are well adept...

January 13, 2016

NETWORKING

Step into the IT Fast Lane with Automated Integration

3 min read

Last month, Japan’s Kenichi Ito broke the world record for the 100 meter dash – running on all fours – with a time of 15.71 seconds. Known as...

January 13, 2016

DATA CENTER

Network Automation and Programmability for Application deployments using Cisco Nexus 9000 and F5 BIG IP

2 min read

One of the major burdens in today’s Data Center is the management of complex IT environments. It requires considerable staff time to configure, deploy, and manage application infrastructure. Increasingly Automation...

January 12, 2016

DATA CENTER

Your New Year’s Resolution for 2016: Start with a Cisco Domain Ten Workshop

2 min read

A few years ago, I wrote a series of blogs on Cisco’s Domain Ten(SM)  framework.  Since then, we’ve used this simple yet powerful analysis tool to help guide many customers on data center and IT transformation projects.  I personally found it quite notable that leading market analyst firm IDC, recognizing Cisco as the worldwide leader […]