With an eye towards the promising hyperconverged infrastructure market, NetApp Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are fine-tuning a joint project that boosts computing hardware with all-flash technologies. FlexPod, the next-generation converged infrastructure solution produced from a collaboration between NetApp and Cisco, has been gradually calibrated by both companies over the past eight years. The latest tweak ...

The information technology sales channel is changing, and Cisco Systems Inc. is adapting to a new world where sometimes the best approach is to bring in partners who don’t sell anything at all. The company’s Accelerating Cisco Ecosystem Sales program, or ACES, brings facilitators to the table with resellers to engage in dialogue over how ...

January was a busy month for Cisco Systems Inc. on the hyperconverged front. In addition to its continuing key partnership with Veeam Software Inc., Cisco announced that it would pursue the acquisition of Skyport Systems Inc. in a bid to strengthen its hybrid cloud offerings. Cisco also announced HyperFlex 3.0, a major product update that includes ...

When it comes to data privacy and preventing identity theft, there may be nothing more useless today than an individual’s Social Security number. The problem has gotten so bad that Adrian Lamo, threat analyst and former hacker, posted a video on YouTube in which he freely gives out his own Social Security number. Yet, the ...

It turns out there’s a lot that can be packed into a single, integrated all-flash architecture. Start with storage hardware, add compute and network, then throw in virtualization software and the complete package is ready to go. Cisco Systems Inc.’s partnership with Pure Storage Inc. to bring the power and efficiency of all-flash storage to ...

Among the many announcements from Veeam Software Inc. in 2017 was the news that it would be added to Cisco System Inc.’s Global Price List by the end of the year. The addition allowed networking hardware provider Cisco and its resellers to offer Veeam’s data backup and recovery solutions, a move that continues a partnership ...

With a mere 2 percent of the foundational infrastructure-as-a-service cloud market, Oracle Corp. has often been typed as a niche cloud player. The company can pursue enterprises, particularly those in its extensive customer base, that want a staged migration to the cloud. It can offer an extensive portfolio of software-as-a-service applications and position itself as ...

When SiliconANGLE Media Inc. was founded Dave Vellante and John Furrier set out to create a new kind of company, one that would combine research (Wikibon), real-time reporting (SilconANGLE.com), and live video event coverage (theCUBE). The result was a unique and highly targeted formula for delivering high-quality information in real-time using advanced technology tools combined ...

Cisco Systems Inc. has a plan to become the digital assistant for the company meeting room. By connecting its hardware and software to its collaboration suite, Cisco Spark, the company aims to position itself at the center of enterprise communication. “Spark is a digital assistant, just like Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri, but built for the enterprise ...

As customers ask pointed questions about how their data will be stored, accessed and managed, companies are increasingly having to come up with satisfactory answers. This dialogue is raising the distinct possibility that business may soon be declaring the value of data on company accounting statements, especially when high-profile breaches can have a significant monetary ...