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Summary: Next Gen IT Predictions: 2014 and Beyond
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2014 will be a year that builds on the momentum of mobile, cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Internet of Everything (IoE). How can your organization realize value from today’s new model for IT? Here’s my take on the trends we will see over the next twelve months: Increasing urgency to manage our zettabyte-driven […]
Next Gen IT Predictions: 2014 and Beyond
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In my travels, I am fortunate to see new and interesting innovations, emerging technologies and trends. Of course, the growth of mobile and cloud technologies continues to shape our work and lives. 2014 will be a year that builds on the momentum of these trends, along with IoT, with more connected people, processes data and things […]
Is ACI Really SDN? One Point of View to Clarify the Conversation
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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...
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 […]
Rebuttal to VMware Comments on ACI and SDN Architectures
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In a January 13, 2014 NetworkWorld article, VMware executive, Steve Mullaney, compared VMware NSX to Cisco ACI and other SDN architectures. Cisco’s
Data Driven Platforms for IoT, SDN, and Cloud
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More and more enterprises are managing distributed infrastructures and applications that need to share data. This data sharing can be viewed as data flows that connect (and flow through) multiple applications. Applications are partly managed on-premise, and partly in (multiple) off-premise clouds. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) the need to share […]
Going to Cisco Live Milan? Two keynotes to check out!
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Tuesday of CiscoLive Milan (#CLEUR for the Twitter among you) the keynotes will be wall to wall Rob with Rob Lloyd at 9:30 followed by Rob Soderbery at 11:15. These should be pretty interesting and give you a good foundation to where Cisco is headed overall and specifically in our core networking. Opening Keynote with Rob Lloyd,President of […]
Cisco is bringing together networking and programming
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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...
What’s on Cisco’s Technology Radar? Predictions for 2014 and Beyond
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Will an ‘Internet of Everything’ shorten your commute in the morning? Are we at the beginning or the end of the SDN hype cycle? What exactly is ‘context aware’ computing? How will large format HDTV technology transform the way global teams work together? Just before the holidays, I had the pleasure of posing these and […]