Episode 35 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 35 Fascinating laser research projects you wish you thought of, with Juliet Gopinath.… Read more on Cisco Blogs ..read more

As of 2022, the average business deploys over 110 SaaS applications throughout its network, with that number being significantly higher for enterprise companies. The daily life of IT professionals… Read more on Cisco Blogs ..read more

It was exciting to be together again at NRF after a tumultuous few years! The conversations and face-to-face interactions I had with our customers, peers, and partners were nothing short of… Read more on Cisco Blogs ..read more

I grew up 228 miles northwest of New York City in a rural village dotted with small farms. It was in this environment that I felt closest to planet Earth. I spent summers barefoot, with my toes… Read more on Cisco Blogs ..read more

Co-authored by Debbie Clasen, Director of Partner Experience & Amplification   It seems like magic happens every time VST ECS, a Cisco distributor in the Philippines, and Cisco’s Black Belt Academy jo… Read more on Cisco Blogs ..read more

This is the final blog in a series on cloud optimization. Also see “Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload Optimizer” and “Getting to the cloud: How IWO can help you plan cloud migration.” In this interview I talk with Mike Isaia, technical solutions architect, about the trend toward the use of multiple public cloud providers and how Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer simplifies performance and cost optimization across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).   Q: Today, organizations are often using more than one public cloud provider. What’s driving multi-clou ..read more

In a December 2022 article in Data Center Dynamics, Luca Collacciani hits the nail on the head regarding public cloud spending when he says: “With increasing economic pressures and an uncertain forecast looking ahead to 2023, businesses of all sizes are looking to save costs wherever possible… This means it’s important to make your chosen [public cloud] platforms work smarter, not harder…” IT teams turn to cloud resource optimization solutions to make cloud platforms work smarter. According to GigaOm, “Cloud resource optimization deals with the measurement, optimization, and reconfiguration of ..read more

This blog is the second in a series on public cloud optimization. Also see “Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload Optimizer,” and stay tuned for the third blog in the series on how to simplify multi-cloud operations in AWS, Azure, and GCP. Recently I sat down with Mohit Vaswani, technical solutions architect for Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer (IWO), to talk about how organizations can achieve cost benefits offered by the public cloud through effective cloud migration planning. The following is a recap of our conversation.   Q: Why are organizations moving workloads to th ..read more

This blog is the first in a series on cloud optimization. Join us the next few weeks as we explore why moving applications to the cloud can result in higher than anticipated cost, how to plan ahead to avoid overspending before migrating to the cloud, and best practices in optimizing workloads and cost in multi-cloud environments. The following is an interview full of useful insights. In this interview, I talk with Adam Lubsen, Cisco worldwide business development manager for workload optimization products, about why IT leaders are finding their public cloud costs can be greater than what they ..read more

Four Ways Healthcare Providers Have Benefited from Intersight Workload Optimizer IT operations teams are like doctors. Doctors practice preventive medicine to help patients keep their health on track. When a patient’s health goes off track, the doctor minimizes symptoms through medication and rest, and they perform assessments to identify the root cause of the ailment. In a similar way, IT operations teams keep their organizations’ mission-critical applications on track by providing computing, networking, and storage resources. Sometimes an application demonstrates symptoms indicating there’s ..read more