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Intelligent machines have helped humans in achieving great endeavors. Artificial Intelligence (AI) combined with human experiences have resulted in quick wins for stakeholders across multiple industries, with use cases ranging from finance to healthcare to marketing to operations and more. There is no denying the fact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has helped in quicker product innovation and an enriching user experience. However, few of these use cases include context-aware marketing, sales forecasting, conversational analytics, fraud…

This post was authored by Frank Dickson, Program Vice President, Cybersecurity Products, IDC The best kept secret in cloud workload security is that Cisco is number two in revenue market share according to IDC, just shy of $100 million in 2019 and almost certain to exceed $100 million in 2020 (please stay tuned). The reason for the “secret” is that the path that Cisco has taken is a bit atypical for Cisco. In other security…

Palo Alto had a busy week. First, it rolled out a number of new features for its Prisma cloud-based security package, and then it announced plans to buy cloud security vendor Bridgecrew for about $156 million in cash. Palo Alto’s Prisma is a cloud-based security package that includes access control, advanced threat protection, user behavior monitoring and other services that promise to protect enterprise applications and resources. Managed through a single console, Prisma includes firewall…

The 10x Better Experience for IT series focuses on enhanced data capabilities that empower IT administrators to manage more effectively Regardless of where work happens, we strive to bring simplicity to your workday. This month is packed full of new integrations and exciting feature additions to existing integrations focused on collaboration devices and messaging. Device Integrations: Devices play an important part in safely getting back into the office. They enable us to connect, learn and…

In the previous two posts we discussed how container images are built and how we can build optimal Dockerfiles to make the best use of layers. On this post, we are going to dig more on the mechanism docker uses to work with the layers, and how we can use it for other projects. Linux filesystems Docker relies on storage drivers to create the container filesystem. This allows docker to work with different Linux distributions…

I wrote a blog last August celebrating the fifth anniversary of the partnership between Cisco and Pure Storage. Since then, we have continued to innovate together on solutions such as deeper integration with Cisco Intersight™, providing top-to-bottom management and automation for our customers’ mission-critical infrastructure. I have been part of the Cisco team focused on this partnership since it first launched and have witnessed the powerful innovation fueled by our relationship and how it benefits our…

Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud: the Clouds are all around us, helping to accelerate application delivery. With Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), network infrastructure deployments become as fast and automated as DevOps has achieved for application deployments. With the IaC paradigm expanding across organizations, the need to unify NetOps, DevOps, and CloudOps teams is crucial. Cisco’s mission is to provide consistent automation, Day-2 Operations, and secure transport to the Clouds, within Clouds, and among Clouds. Different Domains,…

Time flies. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that we experienced a major transformation of the enterprise access network. Wi-Fi networks were introduced back in 1997 (only 24 years ago), but the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, followed by tablets in 2010, drove an inflection point. More workers and more devices connected over the air instead of jacking into Ethernet. Access networks shifted from primarily wired to primarily wireless. People were untethered,…

Authored by Rick Huijbregts This blog is the first in a two-part series from our Global Leaders Forum #EducationNow track. Stay tuned for Part II next week. Navigating a New World The education sector is facing a time of unparalleled digital transformation. Learners are counting on us to reimagine relevant physical, digital, and experiential learning environments, experiences, and campuses – and we must deliver.  Meet George Brown College I lead Strategy & Innovation at George…

I have always been enthusiastic about sports. It began at an early age with Kong Fu, tennis, gymnastics, basketball, and soccer – I loved the physical and mental challenges involved in sports and engaging with people that share the same passion.  In the last couple of years, my love of sports has transitioned in a love of CrossFit –which is a strength and conditioning workout that is made up of functional movement performed at a…