NETWORKING

Manufacturing is the core driver of economic growth in many countries across the world, including the Asia-Pacific region. In my home country of South Korea, it accounts for 27.7% of the GDP. In China, often referred to as “the world’s factory,” the number is 27%, while in the six largest economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the contribution stands at around 21%. Given the importance of the sector, various stakeholders have been…

I’ve long used Netgear networking equipment in my home office. Most of it is prosumer gear, such as the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (RBK852). That’s great, but it’s also expensive, and it’s not a perfect fit for a small-medium business (SMB) network. There, you want business-grade management tools such as Netgear Insight 6. That’s what you’ll get with Netgear‘s latest Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX3600 (WAX620) Wireless Access Points. First,…

In just three years, experts predict more than 30 billion devices will connect to the Internet, and consumers will expect their communication service providers to magically deliver connected experiences seamlessly, and in real-time. To handle the task, 400GbE connectivity is a necessity and with the newly announced additions to the Cisco Converged SDN Transport architecture. Communication service providers can ready their networks to deliver these new connected experiences quickly, and at a massive scale. The…

As more people are getting vaccinated, we’re putting plans in place to safely reintroduce employees back to the office. Now and into the future, we are taking thorough measures to bring people back in safe, socially distant, and compliant ways. In this blog, I will share brief observations as updates to my previous blogs on how we are using Cisco DNA Spaces to return to work safely. Monitor building occupancy Cisco Singapore is among the…

The technology stack used by enterprises to address their business needs is more complex than ever and changing faster than ever.  Many years ago, the technology world used to be comparatively simple. You bought a product to perform a specific function. It came with its own user interface and provided a certain user experience. Products competed against each other based on ease of use, functionality and stability as major purchasing criteria. The product’s lifecycle and the connections it had to the rest of the ecosystem was diligently managed. Many a times, these…

Digital agility has become the most sought-after capability for most organizations following the explosion of the pandemic. Like some kind of experiment in quantum physics, everything has been accelerated by orders of magnitude. Whether it’s supporting new hybrid workplace models, addressing business resilience, or building new digital experiences, these priorities have assumed business-critical status. This is driving IT groups to reimagine applications, transform the infrastructure, secure the enterprise and empower teams to ultimately enable new…

This is another installment in a monthly blog series from the Cisco DNA Spaces team. Each month we shine a spotlight on one of the software or hardware vendors who have partnered with us to deliver solutions related to indoor location or IoT services. Today, we’re featuring our App Center partner, Infor Location Based Intelligence, a software provider who works with organizations in the healthcare industry to leverage real-time location systems to track and manage…

I graduated from college in 2020 – far from the ideal situation, and without the traditional pomp and circumstance. One moment we were gearing up for a monumental life moment, with the traditional celebration of graduation. The next, well, we were thrown into a world unlike any other before this time. For me and my friends, searching for work wasn’t easy. Offers that had been extended prior to graduation, were being rescinded amidst the uncertainty,…

At the highest levels, data center networking strategies are built on three main pillars: connect, secure, and automate. While connectivity and security are obvious, mandatory table stakes, automation has historically been less compulsory and more opportunistic. But, for a number of reasons, that’s changing in rapid and impactful ways. Increasingly, our customers must understand the state of their network at any given time to deliver consistent and high-quality network services. They must readily adapt to…

Coming soon to a factory floor near you: Google AI. Google Cloud and Siemens have announced an agreement that calls for Siemens to integrate Google Cloud’s AI and machine learning technologies into its factory automation products. Google Cloud’s AI/ML capabilities will be combined with Siemens Digital Industries’ factory automation portfolio, allowing manufacturers to harmonize their factory data, run cloud-based AI/ML models on top of that data, and deploy algorithms at the network edge. This enables…