“This is the actual SINGLE PANE OF GLASS.” Those are the words of Cisco Principal Engineer Shawn Wargo during a training class on Software-Defined Access (SDA). A…

The world of information technology continues to expand. One technology that you may not have heard of is called Docker Swarm. Let’s have a closer look…

In our last post we dealt the complexities of a multicloud environment. Today we discuss Cisco’s multicloud strategy from a different angle by exploring The…

Take whatever you first thought the cloud was and multiply it. The learning curve of AWS, Azure, or OpenStack is compounded by the fact that…

The opening chord to the Star Wars theme composed by John Williams is a B-flat. The music starts with the flutes playing the root note…

    It had to happen. After many decades of filling their data centers with so many boxes with blinking lights, IT managers are replacing…

In a 2015 presentation introducing SD-WAN, Cisco’s head of Enterprise Networking, Jeff Reed, lamented the challenges of moving beyond traditional network technologies. He talked about…

A strategy is a plan of action. It helps to have one. But a study conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) for Cisco found that…

For years now, businesses have been moving to the cloud. The transition is not always easy. There are plenty of things to consider before taking…