Is it the end of October already? As has been true for centuries, there is a tradition for children to wear costumes and disguise themselves while going door to door with a simple question: "Trick or treat?" While I am not sure th...
The inaugural IoT World Forum closed today in Barcelona with the overall sentiment being that it was a resounding success. One of the key messages that emerged was the need for everyone to work together and for the customer soluti...
Cisco Championsask Challenging Questions. This is the third and final blog in our series presented by Carlos Dominguez and Jimmy Ray Purser. You can read the first blog by Carlos addressing connectivity and the less tech-for...
For about 2 decades, Fibre Channel has been deployed to support the most rigorous and demanding applications, and is mainly because FC possesses certain characteristics that enterprise customers embrace, i.e -reliability, pe...
This month marks the three year anniversary of Cisco's partnership with NetApp and our development of FlexPod. Over the years, we've experienced some tremendous growth, more than doubling new installations year-over-year, an...
For me, Halloween, October 31st, marks the start of the joyful holiday season. Continuing onto Thanksgiving and Christmas, this time of year is full of family, friends and relaxation. For retailers on the other hand, today (...
This week I'm at the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum, hosted by Cisco. To give you a sense of what was discussed in just one day, I thought I'd capture some of the more interesting tweets and stats. ...
Today's events at the IoT World Forum included a very interesting keynote address by Cisco's CEO John Chambers, as well as some exciting breakout sessions. Leading business executives shared their ideas and visions, which in turn ...
Have you been thinking about becoming more active on Twitter and haven't gotten around to it yet? Often, it can be difficult to dive in. I've seen this often through planning a department wide social media plan, and I've go...
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...
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...
My last blog talked about the challenges of becoming an omnichannel retailer, and how stores are still learning how to make changes that cut across their entire business. We discussed how, appearances to the contrary, omnichannel ...