By now you've probably heard quite a bit about the newest generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ac. I'll save you the gory details, just know it's about 3x faster than 802.11n and will help to improve the capacity of your network. Jame...
Welcome back to the latest episode of Engineers Unplugged, featuring the inimitable dynamic duo of storage,Vaughn Stewart(@vStewed) andChad Sakac(@sakacc). They discuss three key trends in storage today: flash, distributed DAS, an...
Stop-think-connect is not only for kids. Everyone, including nerds like me and network and security professionals, should pay more attention before connecting any device to the Internet. Routers (wireless and wired), industrial co...
If you're in an SMB company you might think of telepresence as a tool built for enterprise, something that would be nice to have for your small business but just out of reach. You'd be wrong. Video conferencing solutions like Tele...
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If you missed SCTE Cable-Tec Expo at Atlanta last week., check out the following three videos on what Cisco took away from the show. Cisco's Joe Cozzolino, SVP &GM, Cisco SP Video Infrastructure, shares his thoughts on ...
I have the privilege of attending the Internet of Things (IoT) World Forum in Barcelona. The event brought in global executives across multiple industries, all with the common goal of using the netwo...
Back on September 10th,Cisco announced the intent to acquire WHIPTAIL and today I'm excited to report to our Data Center blog readers that the acquisition has been completed! Paul Perez has laid out Cisco's vision for this ...
We're here at the Internet of Things World Forum with over 800 delegates in a very wet Barcelona. This morning, Chris Yapp eloquently introduced the uses and potential uses for IoT in education and Jane Alexander blew us away with...
In order to provide important services and innovations that better align to business, data centers must deploy advancecd IT architectures. Who says? IDC. In fact, this month they reported that adoption of integrated systems has mo...
This marks the 32nd year I've worked in healthcare. It doesn't seem like very long ago that I worked as a registered nurse, caring for critically ill patients. Although I'm no longer working at a patient's bedside, today's healthc...
A Short Trip Down Memory Lane... On the quest of becoming a truly social-minded culture, about a year and a half ago, we rolled up our sleeves and created a multi-level, multi-track social media training program that used game pri...