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Cisco began to invest in the sports and entertainment industry beginning in 2008 with the creation of a single converged network that would support the future of connectivity in a venue. We’ve come a long way since then, and that technology and numerous others have been relied upon by hundreds of venues in countries around the world. One of the most prominent is Sofi Stadium and Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. A connected, visually dynamic…

We have created a new blog series that will focus on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog in this series will highlight a different Cisco employee who works closely with CSR initiatives across the company. Vijay holding Cisco’s 2019 Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability. Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change, pollution, and waste…

Network agility is defined as the speed at which a network can adapt to change while maintaining its operational properties. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is the foundation for network agility and includes LAN, WAN, and Cloud. The following blog posts and paper discuss Cisco’s implementation of SDN as SD-Access, SD-WAN, and Cloud Native SD-WAN, as well as their advantages and the standardization efforts required for interoperability. Bringing Cloud Native SD-WAN to the SD-WAN Standardization Process…

There are moments that change the course of our personal lives. These moments are inflection points—a graduation, a new partnership, the birth of a baby—events that define a clear “before” and “after.” Similar moments exist at the macro level, and these events change the course of our collective path. There are also milestone moments that stress the very core of our lives—natural disasters, pandemics, wars, or resource scarcities—that force us to reimagine a new way…

Network Operations in Enterprises and Service Providers need better visibility into traffic flows for a variety of reasons, including ease of troubleshooting, security, and compliance. Historically, this level of visibility requires leveraging network Test Access Points (TAP) and SPAN (port mirroring) to feed traffic to monitoring and inspection tools. But this approach has drawbacks, including the need for a dedicated port on the monitoring device for every TAP or SPAN destination, making the configuration very…

Just because Linux appeals to the nerdiest of nerds doesn’t mean that it can’t be extremely helpful for those who don’t want to spend a lot of time delving into the technical details of how to use various commands. In fact, Linux provides a series of tools that can help anyone master the command line or just get the task at hand done more quickly and efficiently. This post covers 10 of the best options….