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Technology has long made an impact on the world we live in. Smartphones give us access to information almost immediately; social networking makes it easy for us to stay connected with family and friends and work remotely; and, as I mentioned in my last blog, electric cars make it way more fun to get around. The impact of new programs and processes using technology is far reaching and visible in our day-to-day actions with colleagues,…

Written by Vasanta Rao, Technical Marketing Engineer, Transceiver Modules Group (Cisco Optics) Understanding FEC Part 2: The Trade-Offs of Using FEC In part two of this two-part blog post, we discuss the trade-offs and performance impact of forward error correction (FEC) on the network. Part one reviewed the basics of this essential technology. Applications like social media, streaming video, the Internet of things and the pervasiveness of cloud computing are all contributing to skyrocketing bandwidth…

This blog was written by Catarina Pereira. Catarina is a Virtual Partner Account Manager for the UK since she joined Cisco 5 years ago. She was also involved in the Lisbon Cisco Green Team since day one and is now co-leading the team. The Lisbon Green Team is an active network that has the mission of “Empower ALL Cisco workers to enable positive environmental and sustainable change.” Cisco’s Catarina Pereira This week Portugal welcomed the…