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The Gateway Triangle is a new podcast series featured on The Global Gateway, Cisco’s customer advocacy community with thousands of advocates worldwide! I host the podcast along with my colleague, Katie Meerstein. The podcast features team members from Cisco’s Global Advocacy organization, as well as our valued customer advocates who make The Gateway possible. We love to keep it laid back while we discuss tech, advocacy, and life in general. The first customer we’re featuring…

Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) is transforming the telecommunication industry. It changes traditional appliance-based RAN deployment to more open, interoperable, standard-based and virtualized radio access  network. O-RAN deployments remove vendor lock-in and enable telecom service providers to take advantage of virtualization, utilize telecom edge for innovative apps and services, and save costs. The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 platform is a popular Data Center switch for O-RAN deployment at Telco Far Edge locations because of its support of the…

Co-authored by Luis Islas and Liz Torrence Liz’s Story Hi, my name is Liz Torrence, and I am a Customer Success Manager at Cisco. A proud Cisconian, I drank the “Cisco Kool-Aid” early on, when I was only sixteen years old and part of the Cisco Networking Academy program. My high school was the first to implement the program in Mexico, which allowed me and my brother to have hands-on experience into the IT world….

Linux systems can report on a lot more configuration details than you likely ever knew were available. The trick is using the getconf command and having an idea what you are looking for. Watch out though. You might find yourself a bit overwhelmed with how many settings are available. To start, let’s look at a few settings that you might have expected to see to answer  some important questions. For starters, how long can a…

When the pandemic hit last spring, employees suddenly began working from home, enterprises quickly shifted applications to the cloud, and secure remote access became critical. As we move (hopefully) beyond the pandemic, it’s clear that enterprise networking has been changed forever. Companies are looking at new technologies like SASE to combine networking and edge security into one manageable platform. Zero-trust network access has moved from the back burner to the hotseat as companies seek a…