openstack summit

May 19, 2015

CLOUD

Three Things I Learned on Day 1 of the OpenStack Summit

3 min read

Defcore is Totally Vanilla and it’s about to get REAL Defcore is indeed Vanilla OpenStack. That is what panel participants conceded when asked about it in the Defcore session I attended yesterday. They don’t necessarily love the characterization (apparently they’re asked it on a regular basis), but bottom line: that’s what it is. It’s a […]

May 12, 2015

CLOUD

OpenStack and Containers

2 min read

Containers just might be the hottest technology in the business and quickly becoming a focal point within the OpenStack community and several members of the OpenStack team here at Cisco have been very involved. Daneyon Hansen and Steven Dake have helped me give a quick look at how Containers and OpenStack are coming together. Two […]

May 5, 2015

CLOUD

A Kilo of Cisco Contributions

3 min read

“Voices of Cisco” is a short-term blog series that will feature insight from Cisco OpenStack experts in the lead-up to the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. The intent is to shine light on our involvement in the project, explain some of the newest features that are coming out, and explain how our own products are engineered […]

February 18, 2015

OPEN AT CISCO

OpenStack Summit Vancouver: Cast Your Votes Today!

3 min read

The OpenStack Summit is happening from May 18-22nd in Vancouver, with sessions submitted and chosen for the community, by the community! What interests you when it comes to OpenStack? Do you need a deep dive in a particular project? Are you wondering if the economics make sense? Are you trying to figure out how to […]

November 4, 2014

DATA CENTER

How Cisco uses Open Source Cloud to transform Telcos (Part 1 of 2)

3 min read

Here is my first blog, which I am writing to you from Johannesburg, South Africa where I am on an assignment with a customer engagement.  Based in Dubai, I’m the part of the Cloud and IT Transformation Practice in Cisco Advanced Services, and I’d like to share some of my day-to-day consulting experience with you with […]

October 31, 2014

OPEN AT CISCO

Summary: Users to Take Center Stage at the Paris OpenStack Summit

1 min read

On Monday the OpenStack® Summit kicks off in Paris, and estimates are that nearly 4000 people from around the world will be attending what I believe will be the best summit yet. It will also be my ninth summit, so to say that I’ve had an opportunity to see the project, community, and user base […]

October 30, 2014

DATA CENTER

Users to Take Center Stage at the Paris OpenStack Summit

1 min read

On Monday the OpenStack® Summit kicks off in Paris, and estimates are that nearly 4000 people from around the world will be attending what I believe will be the best summit yet. It will also be my ninth summit, so to say that I’ve had an opportunity to see the project, community, and user base […]

October 22, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S6|Ep13: #OpenStack and Cinder

1 min read

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, John Griffith (@jdg_8) and Kenneth Hui (@hui_kenneth) discuss Cinder–a way to abstract and give you block storage services inside of OpenStack. Great info with practical applications in this second of our series on OpenStack leading up to OpenStack Summit in Paris. And let there be whiteboards and unicorns! […]