We’ve been hearing a lot about NVMe Solid State Drives (SSD) and we’re just starting to see it introduced by many of the of server and storage vendors. NVMe which stands for Non-Volatile Memory express is a logical device interface specification for accessing non-volatile storage media attached via a PCI Express (PCIe) bus. You can think of NVMe as being the successor of SATA SSD. NVMe is a...

Software-Defined Access 

By now I’m sure you have heard the new product announcements from Cisco around Software Defined Access (SD-Access). This announcement is a departure from the typical “new box” announcements that we are familiar with from the networking behemoth. Yes, there are new boxes, but this announcement is much more than that - it is the beginning of a new era for networking. Cisco...

In this Fireside Chat CEO, Sean Barr, sits down with Tegile Co-Founder, Justin Cheen, to discuss Tegile Storage and the solutions it offers to customers. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this Fireside Chat.  

The two primary storage architectures in many companies today are a Storage Area Network (SAN) or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution. Traditionally a SAN provides Block storage while a NAS provides File level storage. It’s also worth noting that internal server storage is making a comeback with the advent of software-defined storage (SDS). I’ll save the software-defined storage (SDS),...

It's been 4 amazing days in Las Vegas at Cisco Live 2017. Day 4 may have been shorter than days 1-3, but that didn't stop Cisco from going out with a bang! Today didn't start off with a keynote - it started with some great showcase sessions:

Cisco Live day three started with a security keynote with Cisco Chief Security & Trust Officer, John N. Stewart. Stewart opened with bold statements about IoT and today's digital transformation. He dove into many of the dilemma's IT teams today:

Today’s keynote featured:

Only 46 days after the WannaCry ransomware attack began a new threat has emerged, and appears to be spreading quickly. "Researchers with multiple firms identified the ransomware as Petya, malware that makes computers inoperable by encrypting their hard drives and demands ransoms in exchange for a digital key to restore access." [Reuters] 

Day one of Cisco Live 2017 is in the books, and our team is having a great time so far.

Many refer to the digital revolution as the industrial revolution of the 21st century. Technology has become fundamentally integrated to all aspects of our society as it impacts all aspects of business and society today. The network is the foundation from which we have built our digital lives. As a business, you rely on your network to function securely and expediently, and in the age of digital...