After years of discussion, the upcoming release of Open MPI 1.7.4 will change how processes are laid out ("mapped") and bound by default. Here's the specifics: If the number of processes is <= 2, processes will be mappe...
In this week's episode, everything you wanted to know about VSPEX but were afraid to ask. We're talking VSPEX 101 with Chris Romano and Chad Dunn. They why, the how, and the use cases to back it up. Complete with a VSPEX unicorn, ...
80% of survey respondents [administered by MIT/Sloan and Cap Gemini] believe that their companies need to go through a significant digital transformation.However, 63% of those respondents also believe that their current pace is to...
Executive sponsorship is one of the most important non-technical aspects of a project. Everyone knows about the technical: do we have rack space, is there enough power, did fibers get ordered, did the equipment ship, are the cut s...
Most recently ESG/Vormetric came out with a threat report that highlighted the increase in insider threats & the significance to augment perimeter and host-based security. The rationale behind the increase was that more people...
Are you passionate about Cisco's networking technology? You know, routing, switching, mobility and more? Run for routers? Swoon over 11ac? Named your turtle Captain Catalyst? Do you love sharing your knowledge? Do you w...
You heard it first here: "In 2014, the Internet of Everything (IoE) will accelerate the growth of manufacturing industries to outpace overall U.S. GDP growth by >3x." As my colleague Jim Grubb points out, the IoE itself is no l...
This post was written by Rohini Kamath, who works for Cisco's Community Relations team in Bangalore, India, helping employees give back to society. As we inch closer to the final week of Cisco's signature fundraising campaign, the...
A thief on the loose you say, at Cisco Systems, in San Jose? Turns out he was invited. Apollo Robbins was one of the headliners for Cisco SecCon in San Jose during the first week of December. Mr. Robbins taught us an important les...
The other week I attended the "Software Defined Networking 2013" conference in London. This is a UK-based event for the discussion of SDN, OpenFlow and Network Virtualisation Solutions from a strategic perspective. Th...
As the rapidly developing mobility and cloud markets transform the technology landscape, the population of mobile workers looking to extend the boundaries of their offices continues to grow. They want to connect, communicate and c...
In my role as leader of the Analytics Practice for Cisco?Consulting Services, I often meet with clients who remind me of how the nature of consulting is changing. Traditionally, a consultant's value and relevance to the customer h...