We continue to see a growing number of customers migrating from RISC/UNIX platforms to Cisco UCS. Costs associated with purchasing, and maintaining RISC/UNIX servers continue to be a major customer pain point. The ability to scale...
Private cloud is surrounded by its own mythos-some folks believe it doesn't existand some folks believe its something that will only be enjoyed by future generations. So, Cisco IT is living proof that private cloud is someth...
As an early convert to the virtues of Cloud computing, it is fascinating to see the adoption of the ideas. Most organizations if not all, are figuring out how to harness cloud technologies to their advantage. It is in...
It's that time of year again - time to start preparing for Euro MPI 2013! Next year, we'll be heading to Madrid, Spain September 15-18. Here's a snipit from the call for papers: Topics of interest include, but are not lim...
Fellow Technologists, Why are standards so important in Information Technology? Standards enable interoperability between complex systems. Many enterprises look to products that use these standards for easy integr...
Once the exclusive domain of senior executives, mobile devices are now indispensable to most employees for conducting both their business and personal lives. The insatiable demand for smartphones, tablets, and other connected devi...
Over the last few months we've made some nice additions and improvements to Cisco.com. We'll be writing in more detail about these individually, but I'd thought I'd give a short recap. 1. Faster Downloads!We've had some big perfor...
Who doesn't know the Xerox company ? As long as I can remember, Xerox products have always been part of my professional life . In fact, even before working for a company, I used a Xerox machine. Originally known worldwide as a pri...
In this business, "monetization" is often a nice way to say "profits". And profits usually come at someone else's expense. But what if I told you you could be profitable giving away your product? Further, what if...
We just launched the Cisco at NRF 2013 website. Cisco will be at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and Expo 2013 in New York City from January 14-15, 2013. I'd like to invite you to come visit the Cisco boo...
It is important to understand that the real value of the Internet of Everything (IoE) lies in both the number and value of connections. To illustrate this point, consider the following scenario. When your car becomes connected to ...
Be it tax-credits/subsidies in different parts of the world or the recent news of California setting up a carbon trading exchange -no week passes by without the mention of "the importance of saving energy" or "reducing greenhouse ...