Tag: Cisco

MTI Secure Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Webinar

So last Thursday I was asked by the marketing peeps at my company, MTI Technology, to run a webinar with my colleague, Andrew Tang, around what Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is all about, why it's suddenly become so popular within the industry, and how best to secure a HCI solution. The webinar has now been uploaded for … Continue reading MTI Secure Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Webinar

Cisco Announces its Software Defined Network – Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

So when I did my VMworld 2013 Europe round up, I mentioned that it was strange to see that Cisco were not one of the supported partners for NSX and I hinted at the possibility of Cisco having something SDN up their sleeves (also from rumours heard from Cisco employees)..... And so at the beginning … Continue reading Cisco Announces its Software Defined Network – Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Cisco acquires Whiptail

Opened up my work email this morning to be inundated with mails about Cisco acquiring the flash-array startup - Whiptail - for $415m... What makes this interesting was several years ago when I attended the launch of UCS blades, someone in the audience questioned whether Cisco would enter the storage arena.... the answer at that … Continue reading Cisco acquires Whiptail

VMworld 2013 just round the corner!

So with VMworld 2013 kicking off in San Francisco on Sunday, the internet (or at least the VMware community) are awash with what could be announced..... With it being the 10th Anniversary of VMworld, you would expect some big announcements to go alongside a big shindig......! However, from what I've read we might be in … Continue reading VMworld 2013 just round the corner!

Troubleshooting a vCloud Director Installation

The problem about working full time is it's really hard to find time to blog, and also to find topics to blog about! =)One of the great things about my job is we have a solution centre in the office which allows me to play around with kit! =)Our solution centre is based around an … Continue reading Troubleshooting a vCloud Director Installation