Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processor (SIP), based on the Cisco I-Flex design, combines shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), taking advantage of an extensible design that facilitates service prioritization for voice, video, and data (triple-play) services. Enterprise and service provider customers can take advantage of improved slot economics … Read more
When it comes to the bragging rights—or at least perceived bragging rights—of large data companies, they are matched only by quintessential 10-year-olds on the school playground with stories of how big their fathers are. In short, the rhetoric is high but the facts are questionable. Currently, the boasting about speed comes from several of the … Read more
Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Route Processors address the stringent route-processing requirements of carrier-grade IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet network infrastructures. They are the central control processors that run the network operating system, provide advanced routing capabilities, and also monitor and manage the other components of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation … Read more
To put it bluntly, I think IT departments are the lifeblood of an organization: their tremendous worth in many ways can’t be fairly calculated. After all, without IT in the modern age, there’s little a company can do—not just to compete, but to even exist. But even with all the worth an IT department brings, … Read more
When it comes to good habits, bad habits, no habits, and ignoring the fray, IT is so inundated with fads and follies that it’s easy to get lost in the nonsense while trying to keep the business running. It’s this constant barrage of IT needs versus wants where far too many become confused—or in some … Read more
Has it ever occurred to you the sheer magnitude of disposable goods we as human beings go through every day? It appears that everything we do in this day-and-age is literally built to throw away. For instance, let’s for a moment consider an average day in an average first-world life. We get up in the … Read more
As large-scale IT and business events go, VMworld is definitely on the heavy end of the scale. Boasting everything from the newest innovations, the latest of the “new cool,” and, of course, the best parties—it’s no wonder that VMworld is one of the “must visit” events of the year. So, what made this year different? … Read more
Welcome to the twenty-first century, a time in which the “do-it-yourself” mantra is both exhilarating and near impossible—at least when it comes to IT. Now, I’m sure we have all been down the DIY road before. In fact, in my personal life I’ve built more decks, furniture, completed home renos, and so on, more times … Read more