We're moving quickly into the next phase of the Internet, and that space is being created by the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Open and broadly inclusive, the GENI...
My previous blogs have turned into a "in a world" series introducing the reader to the versatility of the Cisco Unified Computing System. We are no strangers to the fact that data collection and data records are exploding.&n...
When you think about the technology transitions that have happened in just the past 20 years and the number of connections that have been enabled, it's truly mind boggling. The world wide web was just in its infancy in 1993. The f...
Cisco live is here and the news and awards around the Nexus 1000V cloud networking and services platform just keep rolling in. Last week we announced the Citrix NetScaler 1000V virtual application delivery controller, which will b...
Cisco partner Anittel has announced that it will be implementing a new communication system, based on Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution, for the Tasmanian Government. By hosting its communication and collaboration systems in the...
I've previously posted on "Why MPI is Good for You" (blog tag: why-mpi-is-good-for-you). The short version is that it hides the typical application programmer from lots and lots of underlying network stuff; stuff that they r...
Over the past 18 months, I've had the privilege to assist the City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability in developing a city-wide Climate Action Plan (CAP). This scope of this plan is not limited to the city's own operation...
The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, released January 2013, introduced some significant changes and updates. The 2012 HIPAA audits, performed by KPMG, concluded with some initial findings released by the Department of Health and Hu...
If you are following the industry debates around Software Defined Networking (SDN), and are wondering "What really is SDN?", "How the concepts of network virtualization and network programmability relate to SDN?" and perhap...
If you're at CiscoLive Orlando, and you didn't catch the Mobility Guides Part 1 and Part 2, you're going to want two things: have the Cisco Ent Networks app downloaded onto your smartphone or tablet an you're going to want to...
Last Friday, Cisco welcomed the announcement by the Australian Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Hon. Bill Shorten that The University of Melbourne was selected to establish the inaugural Australian Centre f...
Have you caught the new "Star Trek" summer blockbuster yet? If you're a Trekkie, you know that one of the spin-offs of the original series was "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and the Star Trek universe just continues to evolve. ...