data center

December 6, 2013

DATA CENTER

Summary : Sourcefire in our Data Center by Cisco Chief Security Officer

1 min read

            Last October , Cisco confirmed that Sourcefire was now part of our family of security...

November 20, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S4|Ep5: Secure the Infrastructure!

1 min read

We all know we need it, but no one wants to talk about. Today, we break through that taboo. Secure the Infrastructure! This bold declaration brought to you courtesy of Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) and Mike Foley (@mikefoley) as they talk about how to use a hardening guide, and how to execute security in the real […]

November 19, 2013

DATA CENTER

The Quickest Way To Get Started with ACI

3 min read

By now, given all the launch and blogging activity activity over the past week or so, I am sure your understanding of and interest in

November 10, 2013

DATA CENTER

Building a Trusted SAP HANA Data Center

1 min read

SAP®HANATM is a next-generation database platform for real-time analytics and applications. Although the in-memory, columnar relational database debuted only recently (in June 2011), it has quickly become the fastest growing product in the history of SAP AG. Already proven enormously successful for analytics, SAP HANA now supports SAP Business Suite, SAP’s flagship enterprise resource planning […]

November 8, 2013

DATA CENTER

Ecosystem for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Tackles Application Agility

3 min read

Yesterday, Nov 6, Cisco unveiled details of the Application Centric Infrastructure with an ecosystem of partners that share our common view - IT is in need of a transformation to...

November 6, 2013

DATA CENTER

Is Your Data Center Ready for ACI Transformation?

2 min read

Disruptive technologies have become more frequent than ever before, making business agility and the ability to adapt key competitive differentiators.  Every day I speak with IT executives who are asking...

November 6, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Transforming I.T. for the Application Economy

3 min read

Applications have become the lifeblood of our economy. They are how business is done; how partners and suppliers interact; how employees connect; how consumers share, learn and buy. Every business...

November 5, 2013

DATA CENTER

Navigating Your OpenStack Roadmap: Why You Should Run a “Pilot”

3 min read

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 […]