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May 22, 2014

SECURITY

Control Without Compromise Through Superior Data Center Protection

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The news of high-profile targeted data center attacks has dominated security news recently. But data center attacks are even more prevalent than those headlines suggest. In fact, a survey conducted...

Cisco Spring ’14 Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) – The Secret Sauce

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By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions Once again, network operators converged on the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose last week (May 13-15) to collaborate with their colleagues and Cisco around the packet and optical convergence evolution.  On behalf of Cisco’s engineering groups, marketing and events planning teams, we extend our […]

May 20, 2014

NETWORKING

How To Fast Track to Fast IT – The ACI Keynote

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On Wednesday May 20, at 8:30am join us for Fast Track to Fast IT: Cisco’s Application

The Beauty of Remote PHY (And Other Infrastructure Trends at ANGA 2014)

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Written By Daniel Etman, Director, Product Management, Cable Access at Cisco One of the taller trends protruding from the cable infrastructure side of life these days, along with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), is the fiber optimization and convergence strategy known as “Remote PHY.” And if you’re into infrastructure trends, know […]

Hitchhiker’s Guide for Service Providers at Cisco Live, San Francisco

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Written By Amrit Hanspal, Senior Manager, Service Provider Lead, Network OS Tech Group Cisco Live in San Francisco (next week!) offers a host of learning opportunities if you are part of a Service Provider, or a large Enterprise that offers services to internal groups. Let my blog be your guide to help you chart out […]

May 16, 2014

DATA CENTER

The Countdown Begins! Cisco customers and partners prepare to roll out ACI

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As spring turns to summer, just 6 months from when Cisco announced its vision of Application Centric Infrastructure, the momentum has started to pick up on all fronts – solution...

May 14, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

Summary – Network Design for Automation

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There has been a lot of recent online discussion about automation of the datacenter network, how we all may (or may not) need to learn programming, the value of a...

May 14, 2014

DATA CENTER

Thoughts on #OpenStack and Software-Defined Storage

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This week has been the semi-annual OpenStack Summit in Atlanta, GA. In a rare occurrence I’ve been able to be here as an attendee, which has given me wide insight into a world of Open Source development I rarely get to see outside of some interpersonal conversations with DevOps people. (If you’re not sure what […]