Mastering the Interview: How I Transformed My Approach
There are few things in life as awkward or intimidating as being interviewed. A few years ago, I went through a career transition. The details aren’t important. What’s important is that I wasn’t prepared. Continue readingPress Release: Intersight Workload Engine
June 2, 2021
Intersight Workload Engine A powerful platform for modern, cloud native workloads. Built on an open-source Kubernetes and Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) foundation using container-native virtualization, Intersight Workload Engine is a Cisco operating system for HyperFlex™ featuring consistent SaaS management.
Blog: Cisco And Hashicorp Join Forces
March 24, 2021
Blog: Cisco and HashiCorp Join Forces to Deliver Infrastructure as Code Automation Across Hybrid Cloud. Announcing the Cisco Intersight Service for HashiCorp Terraform, a new integrated SaaS service and commercial offer, that is built on our ongoing partnership with HashiCorp.
Press Release: Intersight Kubernetes and Optimizer Services
October 28, 2020
Intersight Kubernetes Service, infrastructure teams can now automate the lifecycle management of Kubernetes and containerized applications across any environment. Intersight Workload Optimizer significantly simplifies application resources management. With a single tool that provides real-time, full-stack visibility and insights, customers can balance application performance and cost.
CiscoLive Interview: Talking about multcloud operations
This video features an interview with Kostas Roungeris, Product Marketing, Cloud Computing, Cisco, and Matt Ferguson, Director of Product Development, Cisco, at Cisco Live EU Barcelona 2020. They discuss Cisco’s software journey and its positioning in the cloud space, particularly concerning multi-cloud environments and the company’s relationship with its customers. Here’s a summary of the key discussion points: Multi-Cloud Dynamics and Organizational Impact: Roungeris and Ferguson explain how the transition to multi-cloud impacts various organizational functions, including infrastructure operations, application operations, development, and security operations. Continue readingtheCube Interview: Talking about Cisco CloudCenter Suite
Cisco’s Matt Ferguson and Ali Ghorbani Moghadam discuss CloudCenter Suite, a cloud management platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments (0:20-0:27). The suite aims to provide tools for IT to enable speed and agility for developers (18:28-18:34). CloudCenter Suite consists of three main modules (0:56): Workload Manager: This module allows users to model workloads into blueprints and deploy them to specific infrastructures, whether on-premise or in a public cloud. Action Orchestrator: An orchestration platform that applies code, scripts, and functions to set up infrastructure or perform other capabilities. Continue readingCiscoLive Interview: Talking about Containers and Kubernetes
Matt Ferguson and Barbara Hoefle of Cisco discuss the challenges and solutions for businesses operating in a hybrid cloud world at Cisco Live US 2019. They highlight the increasing complexity of IT landscapes due to the explosion of devices, IoT, and the need for secure, fast innovation. Key takeaways from their discussion include: Customer Challenges: Businesses are looking to Cisco for help in navigating the hybrid cloud world, ensuring security, and speeding up innovation. Continue readingCloud Unfiltered Podcast: My career journey, Kubernetest and AWS Partnership
This video discusses the Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS, a collaboration between Cisco and Amazon to create a seamless hybrid cloud environment for developers and operators. Matt Ferguson, Director of Product Management for Multi-cloud Integrations and Solutions at Cisco, explains the solution’s purpose, features, and benefits. Key aspects of the solution include: Motivation for Collaboration Cisco’s Multi-cloud Integrations and Solutions group aims to integrate Cisco products into cloud environments through collaboration with cloud providers. Continue readingPress Release: AWS Hybrid Cloud
Novmber 8, 2018
The Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS makes it easy for customers to run production-grade Kubernetes on-premises. This is achieved by configuring on-premises Kubernetes environments to be consistent with Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) and by combining Cisco’s networking, security, management and monitoring software with AWS’ world-class cloud services.