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After some legal wrangling earlier this year, Cisco has closed the $4.5 billion deal for optical maker Acacia Communications, Inc.  Cisco coveted Acacia for its high-speed, optical interconnect technologies that let data center operators, webscale companies and service providers offer ever-faster service access to widely distributed resources. It also reinforces Cisco’s commitment to optics as a critical building block for networks of the future.  “Acacia offers a complete portfolio of long-distance data-transmission solutions that address…

At the monumental intersection of digital transformation, an industry-wide focus on SASE, and the continuing effects of COVID-19 on the way workforces function, we have never experienced such a seismic shift in all facets of business over such a short period of time. Today we see this transformation driving changes to corporate culture, business processes, and technology at such a rapid pace, our current security strategy cannot keep up. Unlike past evolutions that were driven…

Working remotely has become the norm for enterprise employees. At the same time, the risk of cyberattacks is ever-present. As a result, it has become top of mind for companies to enable secure business continuity for these workers, while also delivering an optimal user experience. Simply put, businesses must protect their employees and intellectual property but not at the expense of reduced productivity and decreased employee satisfaction. To address these challenges, Citrix and Cisco Duo…

The following is an excerpt from the 2020 CSR Impact Report. As long as humanitarian crises disproportionately affect the most vulnerable members of society, there cannot be an Inclusive Future for all. Similarly, the promise of a digital economy—where connectivity unleashes new possibilities for creativity and innovation—cannot be realized until people’s basic needs for food, clean water, and adequate shelter are met. That’s why Cisco supports organizations that help the most vulnerable among us. We are…

I’m excited to announce that Cisco has completed its acquisition of Acacia Communications, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures high-speed optical interconnect products and technologies. Acacia’s technology is very complementary to Cisco’s optical systems and optics strategy and reinforces its investment in the Internet for the Future with world-class coherent optical solutions for our customers. Acacia offers a complete portfolio of long-distance data transmission solutions that address the full range of applications in the…

This blog is co-authored by Nur Hayat and is part two of a four-part series about DevSecOps. Earlier in this series we covered how Continuous Security Buddy (CSB) for continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD)—CSB for CI/CD —provides an automation framework for holistic, continuous security based on DevSecOps principles. In this blog, let’s take a closer look at software composition analysis, with a focus on security scanning of third-party software components in Cisco software. As the use…

There are a number of ways that you can create PDFs on a Linux system. You can use an application like LibreOffice or OpenOffice, or you can take advantage of any of a number of commands that can generate PDFs from text files or from a group of other file formats. There are also a number of ways that you can merge a group of PDFs into a single PDF file. Why PDFs? PDF is…

IBM has introduced Red Hat Linux on its RISC-based Power systems, further expanding IBM’s private- and hybrid-cloud offerings on the traditionally Unix-based hardware. IBM already has what it calls Enterprise Linux on Power, but this is bringing Red Hat, which IBM paid $34 billion to acquire, to its big iron. IBM Power systems now feature Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Virtual Server leveraging OpenShift’s bare metal installer, Red Hat Runtimes, and newly certified Red Hat…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between February 19 and February 26. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats. As a reminder, the information provided for the following threats in this post is non-exhaustive…

Hello fellow network automation engineers, it’s been a few weeks but I’m back with a great question from Evan Fareed. I would like to automate configuring the basic device settings and interface addressing on the initial device setups using CML 2. What would you recommend as the best strategy or resources to proceed? I don’t know whether to use Postman vs. Ansible vs. Python scripts vs. pyATS vs. Hashicorp tools vs. Lions, Tigers and Bears! Oh…