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After years of consideration, a friend of mine finally caved and bought a Tesla. He described an interaction with them recently that really got my attention. He got a notification stating that he was overdue on his payments, but he had already set up autopay. He called their customer service department, was connected directly to an agent who knew exactly who he was and that he had just purchased his car. Before he could even…

We have heard countless times that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation has advanced three years in three months. It is difficult to actually measure this, but the feeling is definitely there. Activities with questionable results in the virtual environment, such as telemedicine and distance learning, which both suffered from socio-economic biases, became an integral part of our daily routine, with no contest. It was this or nothing. This intensification of our digital life, with…

A few months back, Samsung and Xilinx co-introduced an SSD with a Xilinx FPGA processor on-board, making computational storage very real. The SSD meant data could be processed where it resided rather than moving it to and from memory. Now they’ve introduced High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) integrated with an artificial intelligence (AI) processor, called the HBM-PIM. The new processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture brings AI processing capabilities inside the memory rather than moving contents in and out…

If you haven’t already seen the Introduction to Terraform posts, please have a read through. Here are links to the first four posts: Introduction to Terraform Terraform and ACI​​​​​​​ Explanation of the Terraform configuration files Terraform Remote State and Team Collaboration Terraform Providers – How are they built? So far we’ve seen how Terraform works, ACI integration, and remote state. Although not absolutely necessary, sometimes it’s useful to understand…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET), an industry leader in cognitive cloud networking for large datacenter and campus environments, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Fourth Quarter Financial Results Revenue of $648.5 million, an increase of 7.1% compared to the third quarter of 2020, and an increase of 17.4% from the fourth quarter of 2019. GAAP gross margin of 63.9%, compared to GAAP gross…

Since Wi-Fi transmits over the airwaves, it’s of course much more susceptible to interference than the wired network. There can be interference from your own network or neighbor’s, non-Wi-Fi wireless devices, microwaves, and even radar systems. Since there are so many possibilities, tracking down or fixing the interference can be quite a task, but knowing where to start can help. The symptoms of interference issues can easily be mistaken for symptoms of other, more apparent…

As a #CiscoSecurePartner I’m sure we can all agree that without a doubt 2020 will go down in history, not only for all the obvious reasons, but also because organizations around the world were forced to consider and adopt rapid digital transformation.  How did our customers minimize the impact of this dramatic shift to remote work on their operations? With the right investments they maintained an agile security infrastructure, supported in role-based training, and kept…

“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.” – Albert Einstein It might be surprising to some people that Albert Einstein, one of my science idols, was also a vocal advocate for social justice. But when you understand that he was Jewish and the target of antisemitism in both Europe and America, you can understand why he used his platform as a celebrity physicist to draw attention to social injustice….

Hello Cisco Partners! Next week you will have the chance to participate in what will be for many a new revenue stream based on the booming IoT market with Cisco’s IoT Connect event for partners. Cisco globally has approximately 21% of the rapidly growing IoT market and will continue to invest and innovate to lead the market and provide an opportunity for partners to drive incremental revenue. As you look at your own business, there…

Before beginning my career at Cisco, I was disabled for twenty years. During that time, my passion for technology grew exponentially. Learning how to deploy applications and servers in my home lab was a big part of my daily routine. When I was immersed in a deployment or learning a new concept, I was free of physical limitations.   Being able to discuss technology with like-minded individuals over the internet gave me a sense of normalcy….