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How do we identify the devices on our network? How do we know whether an endpoint is a PC, an IP Camera, or an MRI machine? And how do we know if that device is authorized to access the network, and what it can access? I recently sat down with senior technical marketing engineer Krishnan Thiruvengadam to discuss how Cisco’s AI Endpoint Analytics (EA) can help. For many years now, we’ve been using protocols like…

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an annual competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems. Now in its fifth year, the competition awarded its largest prize pool ever, $1 million USD, to 20 winning teams from around the world. Nunam…

In April 2022, I’m going to be in the Sahara Desert, in 50°C (122°F) heat, about to start the challenge of a lifetime – while celebrating my 50th year. Not only am I able to achieve this goal thanks to Cisco, but they are helping me to give back at the same time! At 17 years old, I joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) where I spent a majority of the next 10 years in…

The job growth in the US IT industry accelerated in August, adding 25,400 positions, according to figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in the latest figures from IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. That growth in IT positions comes when the highly infectious delta variant of the novel coronavirus slowed overall job growth, largely due to slowdowns in the restaurant and entertainment sectors. The August surge in US IT jobs follows job growth…

Why is it that we always seem to think that we can adopt a technology that has seriously revolutionary pieces by just buying it and hooking it up? This, despite the undeniable fact that everything in tech is getting more sophisticated, more complex? Software-defined WAN is a technology like that, and because all SD-WANs aren’t the same, or even close to the same, you’ll have to do some digging to make SD-WAN your own. SD-WAN…

Although it’s tempting to just deploy more access points (APs) when expanding your Wi-Fi network, there are many considerations to take in account first in order to get a high-performing result without overspending. Step one is to clearly understand what you are trying to achieve, then analyze the current setup so you know how well the network serves the coverage area, and only then go about designing and deploying the APs. Set your goals Scaling…