The only constant is change -and companies that do not change get left behind. My perspective is that it's best to accept change as inevitable -to embrace it, lead it, and use it to shape desired outcomes. As I discussed previousl...
In a recent interview, the Director of IT Operations at a New York based Enterprise said that one of the biggest problems he was facing was maintaining customer satisfaction on performance as the data deluge grew unabated. A...
Fabric-Based Infrastructure and Cisco UCS A good segue to Fabric-Based Infrastructure is Gartner'sMagic Quadrant for Blade Servers(March 2012), by Andrew Butler and George Weiss. To fully understand the tie in with Fabric-Ba...
TCP? Who cares about TCP in HPC? More and more people, actually. With the commoditization of HPC, lots of newbie HPC users are intimidated by special, one-off, traditional HPC types of networks and opt for the simplici...
TechWiseTV Video Collaboration InfrasturctureWe do a lot of shows about video of course. It's always a challenge I think when it comes to defining what the unique value of a given story needs to be. In this case, we we...
Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos!Videos! Up first was Mark Denny and Brian Hart with an update on 802.11ac at Cisco. Next was Jeevan Patil on the Wireless Controller 5760 and Con...
Service Financial Management is the focus of Domain 6 in Cisco Services' DomainTenSMModel for Data Center and Cloud Transformation. Closely related to the User Portal (Domain 4) and Service Catalog and Management (Domain 5), ...
Unification is a big deal for Adena Health Systems, a medical center with multiple Ohio locations. The company's data center was running on disparate technology that was causing outages, neglecting incoming calls, and slowing busi...
Hills, hills and more hills but the view is amazing and does everyone here have a device tracking them? Stream of consciousness, yes, and my thoughts after participating in last weekend's Coastal Trail Run along with 599 other run...
Have a Great Valentine's Day!... From Peter Granger and your Blogging Team!...
As we quickly approach Telework Week 2013 in March, I've been hearing a lot of discussion around the benefits of telework and the level of growth we have seen over the last few years in the demand for mobility. Mobility is sometim...
Not One-size-fits-all In the world of fashion, one-size-fits all has very limited appeal. People come in all shapes and sizes, with tastes, preferences, and needs that are equally diverse. So too are the diverse approaches and use...