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The WAN as initially conceived was about one simple job: the WAN was the network that “connects my sites to each other.” That is, the network connecting users in corporate sites to corporate IT resources in other corporate sites or perhaps colocation facilities. It was all inside-to-inside traffic. Over the past decade so much has changed that, just before COVID-19 work-from-home mandates took hold, only about 37% of a typical WAN’s traffic was still inside-to-inside,…

Hardware is incredibly hard to come by these days. However, software isn’t. Simply by adding some software to your existing hardware you can completely change its functionality–like I recently did in order to avoid porch pirates. Want to know more about Cisco’s latest software innovations? Check out all the announcements and session replays from Cisco Partner Summit 2021.   We’d love to hear what you think. Ask a Question, Comment Below, and Stay Connected with #CiscoPartners…

Cisco and Intel have a long history of collaboration and co-development. In fact, our partnership spans more than a decade.  As Cisco’s wireless CTO, my team’s work with Intel is focused on all things wireless. User experience is foremost in mind, so we jointly work hard to optimize and simplify device connectivity, roaming and security. This means users get uninterrupted, fast, and reliable service and IT departments can easily manage, operate, and troubleshoot some of…

The author of a new report from Forrester Research says that the simultaneous growth of IoT and edge computing usage are interlinked, and that future growth in both areas will be fueled heavily by federal regulations to reduce emissions. “We cannot disassociate the advancements in IoT without talking about the effect on edge,” he said. “They’re not distinct from each other..and the effect they have on use cases is combined.” The demand for “sustainability-related service,”…