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Cisco reimagines the network: Information is in, systems are moving out
No one can call Cisco Systems Inc. shortsighted. The 33-year-old networking company waxed futuristic all the way to 2050 at the recent Cisco Live event in Barcelona, Spain. The company envisions an emerging data-oriented network infrastructure for software and developer-driven enterprises. “We kind of haven’t even really started with the internet yet. We just tried a few ...
When microservices aren’t so micro: How Istio whacks complexity
Cloud applications built with microservices and packaged in containers (a virtual method for running distributed applications) can get mighty busy as all the moving parts cling and clang against each other. Open-source platform Istio is a service mesh that connects, manages and secures microservices that a growing number of harried developers rely on to control ...
Cisco teams with Google, others to school developers with DevNet
Cisco Systems Inc. wants to school developers with special ed in such scary subjects as quality of service for applications and microservices management. Its DevNet strategic initiative co-creations taps partners to build the curriculum. The networking legacy is working closely with its top customers, developers and partners to help them leverage the DevNet developer community. “We ...
The hardware-software-data trifecta in Cisco’s enterprise AI
Artificial intelligence assistants like Amazon Echo combine a hardware device with software models trained on big data. But not many companies have the necessary chops in all key areas to build a highly intelligent device. Could Cisco Systems Inc.’s position as a legacy hardware provider transitioning to a software platform plant the company in the AI-assistant ...
Emotional rescue could refresh uncertain VR market
In 2017, a thousand variations on “Virtual reality is dead” stared coldly from the headlines of tech blogs. But despite lackluster content and sagging headset sales, some proponents say VR is still in the fight. Perhaps to enthrall viewers, VR just needs that old black magic Hollywood’s always counted on to sell tickets: Paleomammalian cortex arousal. That is ...
Is Cisco’s head start on IoT edge warming its seat at new-guard table?
“Internet of things” connected devices at the network edge are giving fresh pains to legacy technology companies and startups alike. It may at first seem that a younger, edgier (no pun intended) company is best equipped to tackle the challenge. But here comes the elder shaman of network ills Cisco Systems Inc. assuring, “I’ve got ...
Cisco twists network into pretzel so it can manage messy IoT
Linking a universe of “internet of things” connected devices into a manageable whole is a work in progress to put it optimistically. “An absolute disaster” — analyst Maribel Lopez’s description — would be a less cheerful diagnosis. Could networking legacy Cisco Systems Inc. furnish the missing pieces? Cisco began hammering away at the IoT concept, ...
NetDevOps whirls the network into agile spin cycle
Developer operations smooth an app’s path from the first line of code its maker writes to its clearing onto the network. New applications involving cloud and “internet of things” connected devices are so network-sensitive, they are shifting the network’s place in the DevOps chain. Welcome to NetDevOps. “These applications need the network more than ever before,” ...
Cisco lays claim to multicloud, IoT from new-guard clouds
Legacy tanker ship Cisco Systems Inc. is veering into multicloud and “internet of things” edge devices. But can the networking giant coast these high seas with new-guard software and cloud companies? “My question coming into this show is, how much is Cisco a software company?” said Stu Miniman (@stu, pictured, left), co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile ...
Getting real on VR’s consumer appeal at Sundance
These are curious times for virtual reality. Citing underwhelming content, some analysts are predicting that augmented reality will supplant VR as the interactive art form for the masses. On the flip side, an unprecedented seven-figure deal to buy a virtual reality movie just made waves at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Creative ...
