In the three months that passed between this year's Cable Show, in Washington, D.C., and this week's IBC conference, in Amsterdam, one thing is certain: Cloud DVR. It's on. Comcast started the buzz, with its X2 platform. Ever sinc...
In this week's Engineers Unplugged, we are back to eavesdropping. This episode features Christopher Leigh-Currill (@ospero_chrisl) and Jonas Rosland (@virtualswede) talking Software Defined Storage at EMC World, including Vi...
Following my previous blog post about identity and device aware IT platforms making IT operations easier and more effective, I wanted to delve a little deeper into a specific element of the IT infrastructure: Security Event & ...
I'd like to welcome you to my new Global Partner Marketing (GPM) blog series. As vice president of Cisco's GPM organization, I'm excited about our broad partner ecosystem and the goals we can accomplish together. This new blog wil...
We all have things we love and hate about our job. Sometimes it's silly process stuff like TPS reports...but many times the good far out weight the bad. Just like picking out who to go out fishing with. Folks are gonna get on your...
Someday soon, personal sensors, wearable gadgets, and embedded devices and services may make today's PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones look quaint by comparison. But as the Internet of Everything- (IoE)
This is the fifth post in a blog series featuring Vine-format videos focusing on the"Six Essential Steps for Unleashing the Power of Enterprise Mobility".The first blog post discussing how to build a mobile structure can be foundh...
As you may have heard, Cisco is hosting the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum, October 29-31 in Barcelona. The goal of the IoT World Forum is to gather the bestandbrightest thinkers, doers, and innovators from busines...
In the previous article we looked at some of the physical characteristics of building a SAN extension. In other words, we looked at the different ways there are to "build the pipe." We didn't, however, get the chance to talk about...
I have heard this a lot over the years, in one way or another -"The only price that really counts is what I actually pay for my server." Alright, so why bother with a TCO analysis? The truth is that server acquisition c...
Microsensors in your shoes compile data on where you go and how much you walk or run. Your workout clothes track your daily progress at the gym and tell you when to slow down or speed up. The pill you swallow reports back on the s...
Ivy Bridge comes to UCS! As Paul Perez reminds us in his evolutionary metaphor for our industry, time marches on, and today brings another tick of the clock. Many of you may be familiar with the development cadence that Intel main...