data center

July 1, 2016

CLOUD

Abstract Away NFV Complexity – Collaboration with Intel and Radware to simplify NFV deployments for Service Providers …

3 min read

We got together with Intel and Radware over 6 months ago with the idea of not only simplifying NFV deployments, but also pushing the envelope on NFV performance and cloud computing.  The end result was spinning-up a 225 Gbps Radware Alteon ADC within minutes using a GUI, CLI, or REST API. Cisco’s Data Center NFV […]

June 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

New! Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera and Apache Spark

2 min read

Well, we do not stand still for long…at least our R&D teams don’t! The breadth of our solutions for Big Data and Analytics continues to grow, as we are pleased to introduce Cisco’s UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera and Apache Spark.  Working with one of our key Big Data ISV […]

June 24, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cloud is King

2 min read

I live in the Hill Country outside Austin where one of our local storytellers, Shake Russell, wrote a song for the Texas sesquicentennial in which he proclaims, “Cotton is King.” He subsequently amends it to say, “Cattle is King,” followed by “Oil is King,” before finally settling on “Willie is King.” I cannot dispute his […]

June 21, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Customer Spotlight: Orlando Utilities Commission

1 min read

As the second largest municipality in Florida, Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is responsible for providing its 310,000 customers across Orlando, St. Cloud, and Orange counties water and electricity 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because the utility serves such a large number of customers across a wide range of cities, OUC management found […]

June 21, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

Cisco Tetration Analytics – #CiscoChampion Roundup #KnowTheNow

1 min read

Cisco Tetration Analytics “Cisco Tetration Analytics provides pervasive and unprecedented visibility across the data center, via a mix of network/hardware sensors that monitor every single packet at line rate and server/software sensors with very low overhead (<1% CPU).” Cisco Tetration Analytics: Data Center Visibility on a Whole New Scale by Chuck Robbins Tetration Analytics: A […]

June 17, 2016

DATA CENTER

Visibility Into Tetration Analytics, Part 2

4 min read

These 5 key use cases illustrate how Tetration Analytics provides pervasive visibility in your data center -- and demonstrate why we call it a Data Center Time Machine.

June 16, 2016

PARTNER

Partner Connections Put You at the Center of Digital Transformation

2 min read

According to IDC, 41% of executives say digital disruption increases risk of being put out of business. In this context, it is not surprising that every business, country and city is on a journey to become digital. But, no one company can deliver these digital solutions alone. That’s why Cisco takes an ecosystem approach and […]

June 16, 2016

DATA CENTER

Visibility Into Tetration Analytics, Part 1

4 min read

What is Tetration Analytics, what problems will it solve, and how does it work? This is the first of a two part series.

June 15, 2016

DATA CENTER

Tetration Analytics: A Limitless Time Machine For Your Data Center

1 min read

No pill or product can make you Limitless. However, Cisco Tetration Analytics comes closer than anything in the industry to delivering Limitless capabilities!