OpenStack

January 29, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

Summary: Cisco is bringing together networking and programming

1 min read

With the announcements on NX-OS APIs, Application Centric infrastructure APIs, python scripting support, SDN, open source projects OpenStack, OpenDaylight, and Puppet, I have opened an account at codecademy.com...

January 28, 2014

DATA CENTER

IT’s New Role in Strategic Cloud Services

2 min read

As cloud-enabled services transform IT departments everywhere, your path to success as an IT professional was made easier today with Cisco’s announcement to expand its cloud portfolio. With...

January 22, 2014

DATA CENTER

Is ACI Really SDN? One Point of View to Clarify the Conversation

6 min read

Perhaps I’m in the minority that is still frustrated by this, but as a marketing person who is tasked with explaining technology and solutions to customers and prospects, I...

January 21, 2014

OPEN AT CISCO

My Top 7 Predictions for Open Source in 2014

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My 2014 predictions are finally complete.  If Open Source equals collaboration or credibility, 2013 has been nothing short of spectacular.  As an eternal optimist, I believe 2014 will be even better: Big data’s biggest play will be in meatspace, not cyberspace.  There is just so much data we produce and give away, great opportunity for […]

January 16, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco is bringing together networking and programming

1 min read

Well Cisco has done it. I have worked in IT since 1995 and never learned programming. Sure, I can do a little HTML, and years ago, I learned just enough...

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 […]

November 4, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco and Its Partners Drive OpenStack Innovation and Adoption

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OpenStack sure has come a long way since the first Design Summit in San Antonio back in November 2010.  As my team prepares to attend OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong this week, you’d never know that just three years ago there were just 250 people at the first public OpenStack Design Summit that kicked off […]

October 30, 2013

DATA CENTER

OpenStack@Cisco – Havana release and IceHouse Summit

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Earlier in this month the OpenStack community came out with the biannual OpenStack release – Havana. According to the OpenStack Foundation, not only did Havana add close to 400 new features across Compute (Nova), Storage (Swift), Networking (Neutron) and other core services, it also provided users with more application-driven capabilities and more enterprise features.  Two […]

October 23, 2013

DATA CENTER

See Cisco at Open Networking User Group

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Late October is the start of the colorful fall season in East Coast and taking a ferry ride up the Hudson river in Big Apple is a photographer’s delight. Not to mention the vibrant Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, with hundreds of people dressing up in outrageous costumes. While you are enjoying the scenery, come meet […]