In his paper "A Data Center Fabric is Critical to the Next Generation of Data Center "published on January 2014, Zeus Kerravala (@Zeeman) wrote " The data center has gone through many major ...
As an HPC old-timer, I'm used to thinking of HPC networks as large layer-2 (L2) subnets. All HPC traffic (e.g., MPI traffic) is therefore designed to stay within a single L2 subnet. The next layer up - L3 - is the "networkin...
The advent of themany cloudshas now become a reality. Enterprises of all sizes and segments are embracing cloud solutions, whether private internal cloud, Virtual Private Cloud, Public Cloud, or some Hybrid. The number of workload...
In my role as Cisco's Chief Futurist, I get many questions about what the future holds and how new technology and emerging solutions will change our lives. Given the positive feedback and the volume of questions being submitted fr...
First off, we'd like to thank everyone for their continued use of our projects and products here at Sourcefire, now a part of Cisco. We love making great software, and we love for you to use it and contribute back. It'...
Each year I pledge toteleworkalong with thousands of others for the annualTelework Week. Today, I worked from my rpodparked in front of my house. My rpod is my personalsmart work spaceand provides me everything I ...
Recently, Lopez Research published a white paper entitledBuilding Smarter Manufacturing with the Internet of Things (IoT). It is a worthwhile read especially for industrial and manufacturing companies as they wrestle with the impl...
Cisco is proud to announce it has received the 2014 Humanitarian Partnership Award from the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. The award recognizes the support Cisco has given to the American Red Cross' mission, and...
A recent article in theWall Street Journalfeatured a hotel that will soon be using mobile technology to bypass the check-in process. Guests will have the option to check-in through their smartphone and also use their smartphone as...
March is a rather event-laden month for Open Source and Open Standards in networking: the 89thIETF, EclipseCon 2014, RSA 2014, the Open Networking Summit, the IEEE International Conference on Cloud (where I'll be talking about the...
"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future" -Jedi Master Yoda.Yoda image credit: www.yodaquotes.net "Planning for the future can be challenging . To effectively prepare for the unknown it is best to design int...
Earlier this year Cisco announced the Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM), an integral component of the Cisco Cloud Network Services portfolio. While a virtual NAM has been available on the Nexus 1100 Cloud Services...