Cisco Customer Case Study

“ By investing in the best tools, customers gain the flexibility to assemble complex environments.” – Mike McHenry, VP of Cloud and Product Architecture, Lightedge Solutions Lightedge was recently featured in a Cisco Customer Case Study highlighting our experience with Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite and Cisco UCS Director. We wanted to create consistent environments that customers…

What is happening to Windows Server 2003?

Microsoft support for all versions of Windows Server 2003 ends on July 14, 2015. After this date, updates will no longer be available, and your business will become exposed to alarming security and compliance risks. Now is the time to upgrade to avoid exposing your business to significant risk! How does this impact you? No more…

LIGHTEDGE SOLUTIONS BECOMES THIRD CENTURYLINK DATA CENTER PARTNER IN IOWA

Lightedge Joins the CenturyLink Data Center Solutions Partner Program DES MOINES, IA – May 12, 2015 – Lightedge Solutions announced today that it is becoming a CenturyLink Data Center Partner at their facility located in Altoona, Iowa.  As one of only three in the state of Iowa to have this distinction, this new partnership means that…

Network Engineer achieves CCIE Routing & Switching status

One of our Network Engineers, John Cavanaugh, has successfully achieved the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching status! The CCIE program is one of the most prestigious and difficult-to-obtain networking certifications in the industry. The CCIE Routing and Switching status certifies the skills required of expert-level network engineers to plan, operate and troubleshoot…

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Cisco InterCloud Fabric

In addition to Cisco UCSD and Cisco VACS I believe that the Cisco InterCloud Fabric platform will help propel Lightedge (and the industry at large) into the future. Cisco InterCloud Fabric InterCloud Fabric is a technology that Cisco is developing that promises ubiquitous “Cloud workload mobility”. For example, an ability to move (or burst) workload from…

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Cisco VACS

In last week’s blog I mentioned that I recently had the opportunity to share some of my excitement about the Cisco UCS family of products during an interview with Cisco. This week I would like to dive deeper into Cisco VACS (Cisco Virtual Application Container Services) as the second platform that I believe will help…

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Cisco UCSD

Lightedge was recently included as the single service provider exclusively featured in a video presentation during the Cloud keynote address at Cisco Live Milan. Hear from our VP of Cloud and Product Architecture, Mike McHenry, who was interviewed for the video on the innovative things that Cisco is developing to drive the industry into the…

LIGHTEDGE IS EXCLUSIVE SERVICE PROVIDER FEATURED AT CISCO LIVE MILAN

Solution Provider Leading the way in Midwest with Enhanced Cloud Offering DES MOINES, IA – February 24, 2015 – Lightedge Solutions is proud to have been the single service provider exclusively featured in a video presentation during the Cloud keynote address at Cisco Live Milan, which drew more than 7,000 attendees this year. Cisco chose Lightedge…