data center

December 21, 2012

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 3: Automation and Orchestration

3 min read

Continuing my tour of the Cisco Domain Ten (SM)  framework for simplifying data center transformation, with this blog, I’ll build upon my previous blogs and introduce Domain 3, which is concerned with “Automation and Orchestration“.     I’ve asserted previously that having an automated, virtualized data center is a necessary – but insufficient – basis for […]

December 19, 2012

DATA CENTER

From Hudson River to Data Center : When Teamwork, Process and Respect Save the Day .

1 min read

This is my first year as an attendee at the Gartner DC conference.  I’ve been here once before working demos on the tradeshow floor, but this year it’s purely about information gathering.  Tradeshows floors are great.  You get to wander around and chat with a captive audience of your industry peers, partners, and “frenemies” collecting […]

December 18, 2012

DATA CENTER

The path to mature Infrastructure and Operations is through culture?

3 min read

As the Gartner Data Center conference in Las Vegas, NV closes, I can’t help feeling a bit of irony in bearing witness to the contrast in culture and atmosphere that this city encompasses relative to the experience many of us have interacting with Information Technology organizations today. Moving any taboos about Vegas aside, the experience […]

December 18, 2012

DATA CENTER

The Evolving Data Center : Perspectives from the Gartner DC Conferences

3 min read

I have just come back from the Gartner Data Center conferences in London and Las Vegas where I got to witness the increasing relevance of Cisco in the data center. The critical role of the network to enable the world of many clouds has becomes evident, and Cisco continues to establish itself as an innovator […]

December 14, 2012

DATA CENTER

Cisco Validated Designs for Cloud -Part 4-Virtualized Multiservice Data Center 3.0

2 min read

Over the past weeks, Tom Nallen introduced the concept and benefits of the Cisco Validated Design , then Laszlo Bojtos,  illustrated this concept with the Cloud Service Assurance for Virtualized Multi-Services Data Center 2.2 Cisco Validated Design, with a specific emphasis on the integration with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud . Finally John Kennedy shared with us the latest news on Flexpod. […]

December 12, 2012

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 2: Virtualization and Abstraction

2 min read

Last week I introduced our new Cisco Services framework to help guide your data center and cloud transformation – Cisco Domain Ten (SM). I also described the types of challenges you should be thinking about in the Facilities and Infrastructure layer, Domain 1.  Now let’s discuss the type of challenges that Domain 2, Virtualization and Abstraction, could […]

December 11, 2012

TECHWISETV

Blink: You’re Too Slow

2 min read

When playing in the high speed switching game – timing is everything.  Timing ‘sets the pace’ for visibility to established the ‘where and when,’ correlation across a broad computing environment plus compliance and digital forensics with precision time stamps.  Every element of the data center requires accurate timing at a level that leaves no room […]

December 6, 2012

DATA CENTER

Cisco Domain Ten: Domain 1: Facilities and Infrastructure

3 min read

Yesterday I introduced you to the Cisco Domain TenSM, Cisco Services’ framework for simplifying data center transformation.  This model is applicable to both business  (enterprise), public sector (e.g. government, federal) and service provider (incl telco) organizations. Today I will summarize some key challenges that you should consider when planning a transition to cloud (as one example […]

December 5, 2012

DATA CENTER

Introducing Cisco Domain Ten(SM) – Cisco Services’ Blueprint for Simplifying Data Center and Cloud Transform …

4 min read

This week at the Gartner Data  Center Conference in Las Vegas, Cisco Services is unveiling Cisco Domain Ten(SM) – Cisco’s Framework for Simplifying Data Center and Cloud Transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnLFReBBV7c...