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The Prophecy of Meraki

The Prophecy of Meraki

By Dave Michels on June 12, 2013

I like to prognosticate around the end of the year, but sometimes the signs (omens) just can’t wait. I am referring of course to the Prophecy of Meraki, or Cisco’s Wi-Fi from the clouds. I’ve always liked Meraki, I think the concept makes a lot of sense. But it’s over. Meraki is unlikely to see 2015. […]

Posted in Enterprise, Infrastructure | Tagged cisco, meraki, wi-fi

Voice in the Clouds

Voice in the Clouds

By Dave Michels on November 25, 2012

The voice in the cloud is not the creator of the universe, but rather some 800 service providers after your wallet. And they are getting it. Hosted voice and UCaaS is growing at an impressive clip. The premise vendors can’t ignore it any more. While Avaya, for example, touts that it grew IP office sales 46 percent […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged avaya, BroadSoft, cisco, lifesize, mitel, shoretel

A Preview of VMworld–On VMware’s Cunning Plans

A Preview of VMworld–On VMware’s Cunning Plans

By Ben Kepes on August 16, 2012

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in San Francisco for VMware annual conference, VMworld. This will actually be my first time attending the even in person and I suspect I’ve chosen the best year to be there – there are some seismic shifts occurring in VMware’s business and I

Posted in Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged aws, cisco, CloudComputing, emc, Nicira, simon wardley, vcloud, vmware, vmworld | 1 Response

Cloud Migration – The Pain And The Opportunity

Cloud Migration – The Pain And The Opportunity

By Ben Kepes on May 29, 2012

Running a number of businesses, some using the cloud and some not, I’ve seen firsthand the reality of what it takes to move systems from traditional on-premise delivery to the cloud. Whether it’s because of push-back from users, IT department concerns, functional gaps or differences in the way applications are written, the migration is hard. […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Australasia, cisco, cloud computing, e-commerce, ProQuest, survey, vendor lock-in | 3 Responses

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Cisco Calls the Skype Kettle Black

By Dave Michels on February 22, 2012

I didn’t see this one coming – but it makes perfect sense. Cisco communicates to the EU that Microsoft and Skype together may not be such a good thing for the industry, and thus appealed the approval of the merger to the EU. That isn’t in itself too surprising until you consider that the EU […]

Posted in Application Software, Business, Featured Posts | Tagged avaya, cisco, interoperability, microsoft, nojitter, skype, telecom, UCIF, video, webm | 1 Response

10 Reasons Why RIM Won’t Die

10 Reasons Why RIM Won’t Die

By Dave Michels on January 23, 2012

It has been fun to kick RIM. Text book example of why incumbents get disrupted – they owned/invented email on a mobile phone. They invented the smartphone. We used to call their addicts ’”Crackberries.” But they (along with everyone else) underestimated Apple. Blackberry had a huge market share – relationships with every major cellular carrier, a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, avaya, Blackberry, cisco, cius, flare, mitel, mobile phones, RIM, telecom | 1 Response

Cloupia Gets Flexpod Validation As They Push Hard Into Converged Infrastructure Space

Cloupia Gets Flexpod Validation As They Push Hard Into Converged Infrastructure Space

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 11, 2012

Cloupia (previous CloudAve coverage), the Santa Clara based startup offering automation and orchestration solutions, today announced that their FlexPod Management and Automation solution is validated by Cisco and NetApp. This is a big boost for the startup taking a different route compared to the other cloud management players. Unlike companies like Rightscale which are solely […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cisco, cloud management, cloupia, converged infrastructure, iaas, infrastructure, Infrastructure services, insights, netapp

Will You Pay 15% More For Converged Infrastructure?

Will You Pay 15% More For Converged Infrastructure?

By Krishnan Subramanian on December 20, 2011

As tech media goes in an overdrive highlighting the game changing nature of cloud computing, enterprises are embracing converged infrastructure at an increasing rate. Some predictions that came out at the end of 2010 claimed that 30% of the data centers will use converged infrastructure in the next 2-3 years. I am not sure how […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged briefs, cisco, ciscoucs, converged infrastructure, infrastructure, ucs | 7 Responses

Cisco Snags AXIOSS

Cisco Snags AXIOSS

By Dave Michels on August 22, 2011

Cisco intends to acquire AXIOSS from the UK subsidiary (formerly Axiom Systems) of parent company Comptel Corporation of Helsinki. Why? Because it will enable Cisco to extend network and service management across its platforms and enable service providers to launch new video, mobility, data, and cloud services faster. In other words, Cisco bought this technology to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged cisco

THE SOCIAL PHD: 9 Sure Fire Ways to Become a Social Business (Video)

THE SOCIAL PHD: 9 Sure Fire Ways to Become a Social Business (Video)

By Mark Fidelman on August 12, 2011

We were able to assemble a powerful cast of experts to give the rest of us advice on becoming a Social Business. But we did it with one catch.  We asked these 9 experts to do it in under 60 seconds. Thank you Robert Lavigne for essentially doing all of the video, post production and […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged adobe, ben watson, cisco, david sachs, enterprise 2.0, IBM, intel, Laura Buczek, sandy carter, sheila johnson, Social PHD, video, yammer

Enterprise Tablets: Hurry and Get One Before They Are Gone

Enterprise Tablets: Hurry and Get One Before They Are Gone

By Dave Michels on July 19, 2011

The Cius is here. That makes two enterprise UC tablets: Cisco Cius and Avaya Desktop Video Device with the Flare Experience. First some clarifications and differences, then a few conclusions. These devices do not compete with each other. The Cisco Cius is for Cisco UC customers and the Avaya Desktop Video Device is for Avaya […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged android, avaya, cisco, CiscoCius, ipad, iphone, tablets, video

Skype For Asterisk Was Already Dead!

Skype For Asterisk Was Already Dead!

By Dave Michels on May 25, 2011

The big story this week (so far), Skype for Asterisk (SFA) comes to its end. The official notification reads: Skype for Asterisk will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011. Skype for Asterisk was developed by Digium in cooperation with Skype. It includes proprietary software from Skype that allows Asterisk to […]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged asterisk, avaya, cisco, digium, microsoft, shoretel, sip, skype, voip

Google's Disruption Of Enterprise Email Market And Their "Social Challenges"

Google’s Disruption Of Enterprise Email Market And Their “Social Challenges”

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 24, 2011

Ever since Gmail captured the imagination of consumers, Google has been trying to push Google Apps to enterprise customers. In spite of some news about problems in their implementation for big customers, it has been gaining traction steadily. The biggest attraction towards Google Apps Email over other systems is the cost. Even though other players […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged chatter, cisco, email, google, google apps, IBM, insights, saas, salesforce, salesforce chatter, salesforce.com, social, Social Business, tibbr, webex email | 8 Responses

Cisco UMI: A Non Starter?

Cisco UMI: A Non Starter?

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 7, 2010

After a long wait, Cisco unveiled their personal telepresence offering, Cisco UMI, targeting consumers and small businesses. For the past few years, Cisco has been pitching their video vision to anyone who is willing to listen. In fact, they are right about the importance of video in the future and a perfect strategy for them. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged cisco, cisco umi, telepresence, video, video conference, video conferencing | 5 Responses

Cisco Planning To Acquire Skype To Target Consumer Market?

Cisco Planning To Acquire Skype To Target Consumer Market?

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 30, 2010

Mike Arrington has made a post talking about a possible acquisition of Skype by Cisco. According to him there are talks to acquire Skype at a price near $5 Billion before they complete the IPO process. Cisco has made an offer to acquire Skype before they complete their IPO process, says one of our more […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged android, cisco, skype, tablet, telepresence, voip

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