Cisco SDN

April 29, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

SDN – A Cisco Champion’s perspective

2 min read

Software defined networking (SDN for short) is going to be an important technology that will change the way we do networking. But what is SDN today and even more important, what is it going to be? When you start reading about SDN as a network engineer, you ask yourself what your future job will look […]

April 24, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S2|Ep 15. Attack of the DevNet featuring SDN and DevOps

1 min read

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’ll be talking about DevNet, SDN, DevOps and ACI with Cisco Custom Application Engineer, Brett Tiller. Listen to the Podcast. Learn about the Cisco Champions Program HERE. See a list of all #CiscoChampion Radio podcasts HERE. Ask about the next round of Cisco […]

March 10, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

Why Network Design in the Modern Era Has Kept Me from Retirement

4 min read

In youth-oriented Silicon Valley, it’s risky to mention this, but I’ve been around for a long time. In fact, in theory I could retire! I already moved to a small town in the Pacific Northwest where the cost of living is low, and I could spend my days hiking in the mountains. But actually I […]

February 20, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

Software Defined Contact Center

4 min read

If you are a technology professional, then chances are that you are aware (maybe to the point of annoyance) that everything is getting defined in software these days. We have Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), Software-Defined Storage (SDS), and the list goes on and on. Software defining anything has become such a powerful […]

August 19, 2014

NETWORKING

Networking: Moving From Open to Closed (Part 2 of 2)

3 min read

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”  — William Faulkner In the first half of this blog, I explained how MSDCs are like mainframes and super computers. In this half I develop on my thesis that the networks connecting compute and storage resources within the MSDC are becoming proprietary just like they are […]

April 11, 2014

GOVERNMENT

Software Defined Networking and Network Programmability

1 min read

Discover Cisco’s approach to software defined networking and how Federal Agencies can use network programmability and onePK to enhance their business and mission: Software Defined Networking and Network Programmability: Use Cases for Defense and Intelligence Communities

February 25, 2014

NETWORKING

Looking Beyond Cost Savings with SDN and NFV

2 min read

A few weeks ago when we announced the Cisco APIC Enterprise Module, in response to a