Earlier today, the White House cybersecurity office and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) rolled out the first version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Congratulations to all in the public and private...
Whether working with bare-metal servers or virtual machines; provisioning applications and infrastructure traditionally are independent tasks that are completed by different data center teams. Infrastructure is usually provisioned...
2014seems to be flying by. I cannot seem to keep up. The blur started with, well, Thanksgiving, the Holiday Season, New Years, Chinese New Year, and now Valentine's Day is on Friday. You made that dinner reservation right? We ofte...
In his recent blog (Unleash the Promise of Cloud), Enrico Fuiano reports how a Cisco Intel study clearly indicates that Line of Business (LoB) leaders have been playing a more important role in driving requirements for...
This post was co-authored by Andrew Tsonchev. Two weeks ago we briefly discussed the role of dynamic DNS (DDNS) in a Fiesta exploit pack campaign. Today we further analyze and explore the role of DDNS in the context of...
"Cyber threats. Security breaches. Hacking." As mobility becomes more pervasive, these words have become engrained in our work/life culture. The issue of cyber crime has earned national news headlines as governments across the glo...
Up in the mornin' and out to schoolThe teacher is teachin' the Golden RuleAmerican history and practical mathYou study' em hard and hopin' to pass Chuck Berry's old hit "School Days" sums up an educational model that has persisted...
One of the fascinating aspects of being an IT manager of a distributed company is discovering the office personalities. Not people personalities like "the office joker", but how each office itself has a personality of its own. The...
Hey data heads! O'Reilly Strata Conference kicks off tomorrow at the Santa Clara Convention Center. If you plan to go you better have tickets because the event is sold out. If you are attending the three days of sessions, keynote...
Aside from an ill-timed Milanese taxi strike and a lot of rain and snow, the first CiscoLive of 2014 was a fascinating week.Cisco EVP Rob Lloyd announced our latest Cisco ONE capabilities with a new APIC Enterprise module and the ...
We live in a world of many clouds, clouds that are as unique as we are. Today's IT leaders are helping organizations manage the new demands of rapidly changing business requirements and the delivery of innovative services, all due...
In the world of IT, we drive toward operational consistency for greater efficiency and improved security. If everything runs the same across all our locations, it's much easier to train staff and manage the network. However, opera...