As urban growth accelerates and resources are stretched thin in cities around the globe, the concept of "Smart Cities" is more important than ever before. That's one reason I'm excited to be in Nice, France, this week to help laun...
Over a decade ago, I started thinking about what life would be like with connected cars. Erratic drivers, speeding tickets and unfavorable weather could be avoided while driving. I read an article recently that takes a more in-dep...
In an ongoing blog series on Cisco Application Visibility and Control and our outstanding partners, we learned how to maximize service provider revenues by detecting and applying QoS to over 1400 applications, cure Grumpy old...
Hi All! This is the second of what I'm hoping will be a weekly recap for Enterprise Networks.I say "hoping" because we're just testing it out for now to see if people like it and if it adds value. In this video I give a shor...
Long after she made it cool to be a woman in high tech, Sheryl Sandberg is now making it popular to talk about gender in the workplace. The Facebook COO is sparking wide discussion about female ambition with her blockbuster book ...
Back in the old days, when security was much more of an afterthought, it was obvious that miscreants were familiar with the principle of least effort. Information security was still in its Wild West days. Managed disclosure and pa...
The city of Nice and Cisco, working with Think Global, showcased today the first Internet of Everything proof-of-concept (PoC) for a smart city. The project, called "Connected Boulevard,"builds on Connected Mobile Experiences to c...
Hi all, As we continue to expand on the conversation of the Cisco Open Network Environment (Cisco ONE), this week provides yet another educational opportunity (Register here) to discuss a topic that has become some what top of min...
Virtualizing Oracle Databases -The Time Has Come! Overall, virtualization of IT applications and databases is quite pervasive. Estimates from industry analysts show that some applications and databases have virtualization pe...
If you're heading to Cisco Live! Orlando next week, you've probably signed up for a few sessions after running your eyes through the hefty spread of sessions and talks in the events catalogue. Here's a cut of the mobility-centric ...
While the topic of Open Source is not new, the topic of using open source in today's networks has gained momentum in recent times, which, not surprisingly, coincides with the broader conversation of open networking...
The open source community converged in Boston this week for the Red Hat Summit. A key theme for this year's event was OpenStack. Cisco presence included an executive keynote, speaking session, and demonstrations of our product and...