If you've been following my past blogs and presentations, you've heard me talk about "Data in Motion." That's the catch-all term used to describe the swelling flood of data that is at maximum value while still in motion (and often...
"Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how." -Edward T. McMahon Does your housekeeping list look l...
Your Location Has Changed, Carry On! Solving the Network Location Problem with LISP (Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol) The first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions location is our GPS location. Our ability to roa...
With all of the focus on Software Defined Networking, open networking, API's, you name it, I do often wonder how, with all of this 'openness', does an Enterprise keep their network secure? After years of security teams working &nb...
The "We're Listening" blog keeps you in the loop about what Cisco is hearing from our customers and partners, and what we're doing to address your top pain points. Teams across Cisco work together to fix these areas of concerns, a...
As connections on the Internet of Everything (IoE) continue to grow, we've asked our employees to tell us how and what they're connecting. Cisco Fellow Flavio Bonomi describes how one team is helping to bring a collection of smart...
I used to not like the TV show; The Office. I could appear more cultured and say something like, "Oh the US version was not as good as the British version..." but who I'm I kidding! I grow up in a trailer park in the beautiful...
In our last blog on "Advanced Flow Control" we used the metaphor of a three-dimensional collection of intersecting highways of many different kinds with a wide array of vehicles carrying various types of passengers to represent th...
Are you familiar with the bank of yesterday? One where trying to meet with an expert can translate into being required to travel across town or deal with lengthy wait times and lines? Where it can take days and even weeks to recei...
I've previously written a bunch about the effects of location, Location, LOCATION! on MPI applications. Here's another subtle NUMA effect that a well-tuned MPI implementation can hide from you: intelligently distributing traffic b...
Guest post: Dan MunroFreelance writer & Forbes contributorFestivals come in all shapes and sizes. Some are cultural, some are religious and yes, some are entirely technical. At their core, however, they all share at least one ...
From wallets and hats to stadiums and ambulances, the Internet of Everything is connecting the unconnected. What would you like to like to see connected next? Cisco is hosting a Tweet Chat designed to answer that very question. Jo...