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I started this series discussing the why of UCS X-Series, removing complexity and making it as easy as possible for our customers to deploy, optimize, scale, manage, and operate hybrid cloud infrastructure. We believe UCS X-Series offer the flexibility to support modern, traditional enterprise, and scale-out apps, helping IT teams gain agility and better respond to dynamic business requirements. And just in time for this final post in the series, I’m excited to announce that…

During the past couple years, I’ve been turning up the intensity on partner listening. From the engineering perspective, this is how my team gets trusted insight into the successes and challenges you — our amazing partners — are facing. Our goal is to help you define new experiences, drive more engagement, and deliver greater value for customers. Business transformation? Hybrid work? Together, we make Everything Possible Partners make a huge difference in our business –…

  By Karl Whitelock, Research Vice President, Communications Service Provider Operations & Monetization, IDC The Midsize and Small SP Market Segment Midsize and small SPs—service providers with a customer base of 1 million customers or less—have relatively small customer bases and limited technical staff. However, they possess many of the same business and operational challenges as larger operators, but their approach to executing business strategy is noticeably different from the rest of the market. Specialization…

You’ve read a lot about Wi-Fi 6E (here, here and here). How about hearing about it? Join Cisco Principal Wireless Architect Mark Krischer as he hosts a special edition of the Cisco Insiders Series for Networking podcast as he discusses the upcoming technology with two of Cisco’s wireless experts: Technical Leader from the Technical Marketing Engineering team Jim Florwick and Product Marketing Manager David Wolf. Download the podcast here and start your listening! Together Florwick…

At Heathrow Airport outside of London, more than 600 flights were disrupted or cancelled, and 42,000 pieces of luggage were temporarily lost. In Washington, D.C., a computer operated by the National Security Agency was offline for three days. In Panama, two dozen patients died after accidentally receiving an overdose of gamma radiation to treat their cancer. Ariane 5, a $7 billion rocket built by the European Space Agency to carry satellites into orbit, exploded less than a minute into its maiden voyage.  What do all of these events have in common? Software bugs and crashes.  With 190 million…

Over the last few years, we have seen significant leaps in Wi-Fi standards and protocols. Leaps that fundamentally improve user experience, the ability to handle much higher device density, and a broadening of use-cases where Wi-Fi previously couldn’t play.  The first leap was from Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) to Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). The ability of Wi-Fi 6 to use OFDMA, the same technology that 5G is built upon, makes huge strides toward more deterministic scheduling by…