When was the last time you turned on your new gadget, opened an app, or logged onto a website and found that you needed to attend a training course before you could use it effectively? At times, we in the IT industry fall into the...
Some of our Cisco Services strategy and design consultants and leaders are at CiscoLive in Orlando this week. If you are around, please take some time to learn from their hands on expertise. They are the leading expone...
Cisco partner Anittel has announced that it will be implementing a new communication system, based on Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution, for the Tasmanian Government. By hosting its communication and collaboration systems in the...
My previous blogs have turned into a "in a world" series introducing the reader to the versatility of the Cisco Unified Computing System. We are no strangers to the fact that data collection and data records are exploding.&n...
Today, I had the opportunity to speak with students of the Cisco Networking Academy. These students were selected to run the network at Cisco Live this year and run the Cisco Network Operations Center (NOC). An innovative informat...
It is not new that people are referring to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as Bring Your Own Malware (BYOM). In 2012 alone, Android malware encounters grew 2,577 percent (for details, see Cisco's Annual Security Report). Many organiz...
The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, released January 2013, introduced some significant changes and updates. The 2012 HIPAA audits, performed by KPMG, concluded with some initial findings released by the Department of Health and Hu...
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 ...