theCube 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 reading

CiscoLive 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 reading

Cloud 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 reading