I've previously posted on "Why MPI is Good for You" (blog tag: why-mpi-is-good-for-you). The short version is that it hides the typical application programmer from lots and lots of underlying network stuff; stuff that they r...
When you think about the technology transitions that have happened in just the past 20 years and the number of connections that have been enabled, it's truly mind boggling. The world wide web was just in its infancy in 1993. The f...
We're moving quickly into the next phase of the Internet, and that space is being created by the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Open and broadly inclusive, the GENI...
Last week I went to one of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco.... Swan Oyster. It's an old school "dive" with the authentic rustic ambience you would expect from a 100 year old SF oyster bar. I waited in line for...
We're excited to showcase Unified Management solutions in the Data Center and Cloud booth at Cisco Live Orlando this week! There are a wide variety of opportunities to meet and engage with Data Center and Cloud Management experts ...
Over the past 18 months, I've had the privilege to assist the City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability in developing a city-wide Climate Action Plan (CAP). This scope of this plan is not limited to the city's own operation...
Cisco live is here and the news and awards around the Nexus 1000V cloud networking and services platform just keep rolling in. Last week we announced the Citrix NetScaler 1000V virtual application delivery controller, which will b...
Last Friday, Cisco welcomed the announcement by the Australian Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Hon. Bill Shorten that The University of Melbourne was selected to establish the inaugural Australian Centre f...
If you're at CiscoLive Orlando, and you didn't catch the Mobility Guides Part 1 and Part 2, you're going to want two things: have the Cisco Ent Networks app downloaded onto your smartphone or tablet an you're going to want to...
If you are following the industry debates around Software Defined Networking (SDN), and are wondering "What really is SDN?", "How the concepts of network virtualization and network programmability relate to SDN?" and perhap...
Have you caught the new "Star Trek" summer blockbuster yet? If you're a Trekkie, you know that one of the spin-offs of the original series was "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and the Star Trek universe just continues to evolve. ...
We're just a few days away from joining the record-breaking attendance at Cisco Live! in Orlando! It's been a busy week with the Internet of Everything and Connected Mobile Experiences project launch in Nice, the SITA Air Transpor...