The New Bronze Age: SLA’s too high and they prevent innovation, too low and...
Where I grew up, you could buy individual cigarettes. While I played ball at the park, I’d see the young [...]
View ArticleThe Value of Orchestration: What Did Captain Kirk Know That Scotty Didn’t? &...
Recently, a customer asked me what was the value of using automation to operate a private cloud? It was a [...]
View ArticlePart 1: 10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service...
This part 1 of the series “10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service Catalogs and Lifecycle Management” that [...]
View ArticlePart 3: 10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service...
This is part 3 of the series “10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service Catalogs and Lifecycle Management” [...]
View ArticlePart 2: 10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service...
This is part 2 of the series “10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service Catalogs and Lifecycle Management” [...]
View ArticlePart 4: 10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service...
Part 4! of the series “10 Things Vmware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service Catalogs and Lifecycle Management” that I’ll [...]
View ArticlePart 5: A service catalog will help Vmware admins get ready for cloud...
Part 5 of the series “10 Things VMware Server Admins Should Know About Self-Service Catalogs and Lifecycle Management” that I’ll [...]
View ArticleThe Road to PaaS. What’s Post-IaaS – Network thoughts
Recently, I wrote an article on PaaS for IT BusinessEdge entitled the road PaaS, understanding your post IaaS options. Here’s an [...]
View ArticleGood post on cloud journeys: crawl, walk, run
Cloud is a journey. This post discusses our approach to crawl, walk and run. A cloud architecture has multiple facets [...]
View ArticleIntroducing Cisco Domain Ten(SM) – Cisco Services’ Blueprint for Simplifying...
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 [...]
View ArticleThe Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented...
Let’s talk about Cisco Process Orchestrator . We recently released version 3.0 — and there are a lot of exciting features that have been [...]
View ArticleJoin Cisco at the Light Reading Big Telecom Event in Chicago
Written by Sultan Dawood, Marketing Manager As SDN and NFV continue to be top of mind technologies for service providers, [...]
View ArticleCisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tail-f Systems
Every day our world becomes increasingly connected. And as the Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to develop, service providers who [...]
View ArticleOrchestrated Assurance – Ready for the World
Guest blog by Dr. Stefan Vallin, Principle Architect , Cisco and Mats Nordlund, CTO, Netrounds Over the recent years, network service orchestration has gained widespread traction from communication...
View ArticleGrowth or decline? Why there’s no middle ground in the new digital era
Making small changes to legacy systems isn’t enough – it’s time to leap into the virtual future Thanks to rapidly developing trends like the growth of the cloud, online video and the Internet of Things...
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