Spoke with a Cisco spokesperson regarding the ACE and what it’s future looks like. Here is the official statement:
Cisco ACE Is Not EOL or Dead ? Needs 40 Million Volts
25th September 2012 by 1 Comment
Steven Schuchart from Cisco Analyst Relations leaves a comment over at Nerd Twilight to let us know that the Cisco ACE isn’t dead. Presumably, it’s about to get “40 million volts through it” to prove it’s “not dead” Yup I understand that there has been a lot of confusion and difficulty regarding ACE in the [...]
Response: EIGRP vs OSPF – Take 2
20th September 2012 by 1 Comment
Over at the Cisco Blog in the Architect & DE discussions (where some serious content exists), Donne Savage writes about the perennial debate. “EIGRP vs OSPF” For example, most everyone would agree eigrp is “simple to deploy”, but detractors would argue that simplicity leads to sloppy designs and only though complexity can we force network [...]
Restrictions on Multi-Context Enhancements for Cisco ASA Software Release 9.0 – Updated
20th September 2012 by 4 Comments
Another sign that it’s time to stop buying service modules for Catalyst 6500. This is not the time for dedicated hardware appliances such as ACE or ASA Service Modules. Mulitcontext support for routing and VPN is not available on C6500 ASA Service Module. Multi-Context Enhancements Enhances the current ASA Multicontext capability to include support for [...]
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Q&a – Cisco Systems
18th September 2012 by 4 Comments
The Cisco ASA must have new product managers in place. Haven’t seen the Cisco ASA software gets a dedicated place on Cisco’s web site before. Usually I have to go rattling around the product support pages to find out information about the latest release. For what’s it’s worth, Cisco ASA 9.0 has following major features [...]
Musing: The Dim Future of Cisco ACE & WAAS
17th September 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tony Bourke draws attention to the Barrons report that Cisco is scaling the back the ACE : Though even if it were true, it wouldn’t necessarily mean Cisco has given up on ACE. It could signal that Cisco is no longer interested in selling the ACE30 service module, preferring instead the ACE 4710 appliance and/or gearing up [...]
Rant: Cisco Claims “We’re Listening” to Simplifying Cisco Software Licensing
4th September 2012 by 3 Comments
If this is the best that Cisco can manage when they are “listening” we have a huge problem with Cisco licensing strategy. Glam it up all you like, but this isn’t helping. It’s just ignoring us.
Basics: Three Types of Cisco UCS Network Adapters
13th August 2012 by 9 Comments
In the Cisco UCS servers, there are three classes or categories of Network Adapters for B-series and C-Server servers. I write this down because it’s pretty hard to find this summary anywhere is Cisco’s documentation and I keep having to tell people the difference. Now I can point them at this blog post.
Response: Distributed? Centralized? Both? – Cisco Blog on OnePK and SDN
29th July 2012 by 1 Comment
In this blog post, Frank Brockners ( part of the Get Your Build On team) gives a detailed and interesting look into Cisco’s SDN strategy and, specifically, how Cisco see OnePK as fitting into the market. At the moment, the future of SDN in the market is unclear. There are obviously point solutions in the data centre as Nicira showed recently but in terms of the overall network market outside of that market SDN is very unclear. I review this article and attempt to summarise Cisco’s SDN position.
Cisco Virtual Symposium – Network Programmability and SDN (Sponsored)
9th July 2012 by Leave a Comment
Virtual Symposium where you can join live on Webex to hear us discuss Network Programmability with Omar Sultan from Cisco.
