The relationship between compute infrastructure and application development used to be something like the unforgettable slogan from “Field of Dreams.”  It was a “build it and the apps will come” model with application architectures aligning to the specific intricacies of the compute platforms and their operating systems. Application developers and end-users were at the mercy of infrastructure teams and the quality of infrastructure and operations determined how quickly you could develop and deliver your apps….

The Big Data (Hadoop) ecosystem has evolved over the years from batch processing (Hadoop 1.0) to streaming and near real-time analytics (Hadoop 2.0) to Hadoop meets AI (Hadoop 3.0). These technical capabilities continue to evolve, delivering the data lake as a private cloud with separation of storage and compute. Future enhancements include support for a hybrid cloud (and multi-cloud) enablement. Cloudera and NVIDIA Partnerships Cloudera released the following two software platforms in the second half of…

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an annual competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems. Now in its fifth year, the competition awarded its largest prize pool ever, $1 million USD, to 20 winning teams from around the world. I…

In my first nearly 90 days since joining Cisco, I’ve spoken with customers from around the world. And one thing that I continue to hear? The shift to a more distributed workforce is driving the need for anywhere, anytime access to resources, wherever they exist. Prior to 2020, many treated “digital transformation” as merely a buzzword — a low priority, at best. Legacy networking and security had been sufficient. But a global pandemic has challenged the way companies of all shapes and…

You often hear that Cisco is more than just a workplace – for many here, co-workers have become a second family. While I didn’t necessarily believe that during my interview, figuring it was an exaggeration and an embellishment of the truth, I now find myself saying those same words as I interview candidates for our Webex team in Galway, Ireland. My recent experience – that had me leave Cisco, then return – only strengthened this…