Cisco Domain Ten

September 26, 2013

DATA CENTER

SDN: Cisco Domain Ten tells us it’s not (just) about the Network

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In my first SDN blog, I asserted that "Services" - that is technical support, professional and consultancy services - are the missing "S" in the SDN debate.  I'd...

August 1, 2013

DATA CENTER

Learn More About Data Center and Cloud Adoption Challenges With Cisco Services Magazines

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Since around the turn of the year, specific to each region of the world, we in Cisco Services have established magazines (available in both printed and online formats)...

July 15, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 10: Process and Governance – Part (b)

3 min read

Operational process and governance, as I discussed last month, is “Domain 10” in the Cisco Domain Ten(SM) model for data center transformation.  It’s so important in my opinion, and so often disregarded or de-prioritised when planning and executing data center transformation, that I’ll cover it twice! Last time, I discussed some of the “Process and Governance” […]

June 26, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco Professional Services for Cloud Ranked #1 in IDC Survey – Announced at CiscoLive!

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Having been part of the team who developed the Cisco Cloud Enablement Services, our professional services to help customers enable and adopt cloud computing, I was absolutely delighted watching the CiscoLive! keynote yesterday to hear Padmasree Warrior announce the results of the March 2013 IDC market research study that showed Cisco come out on top for […]

June 25, 2013

DATA CENTER

Meet our Experts @ CiscoLive!

2 min read

Some of our Cisco Services strategy and design consultants and leaders are at CiscoLive in Orlando this week.  If you are around, please take some time to learn from their...

June 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 10: Process and Governance – Part (a)

4 min read

So, with this blog, the end of my Cisco Domain Ten(SM) journey approaches.  Starting back in December, I’ve now covered each of the ten domains in our Cisco Services’ framework for data center transformation. A few weeks back, I discussed some of the challenges you may face in Domain 9: Security and Compliance, and it’s […]

May 23, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 9: Security and Compliance

3 min read

Security and Compliance is the next domain in our Cisco Domain TenSM model that I will cover, following on from my previous post on Applications.  And following on from my previous posts around Cisco Domain Ten, I’ll give you a brief overview of the questions that come up when we discuss data center security and compliance […]

May 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

More on Management and Orchestration – Part 1 – Desktop Virtualization Automation

2 min read

Over the past year or so, from time to time, I’ve blogged about what we in Cisco Services have been doing with our Management and Orchestration solutions – for example Cisco Intelligent Automation for cloud – which I discussed in the Automation domain in my Cisco Domain Ten series, and also here, when we introduced […]

March 29, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 8: Applications

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“Applications?”  I hear you say.  “Why are Cisco talking about application?  They’re a networking company!?”  If this is what you are thinking, I’m glad you are reading this blog.  As we’ve broadened to be an IT company, we in Cisco Services have been quietly building our application migration capability for the past 2 years.  And with cloud, […]