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                          Photo by Jeno Uche Photography. I imagine, when Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 that his parents had no idea that they had given life to one of the world’s greatest civil rights leaders. The same, I’m sure, could be said for the historical leaders before him, and even of today’s leaders. So, how do leaders become leaders?…

Dell Technologies, its VMware subsidiary, and SK Telecom have partnered to provide OneBox MEC, a single-box approach that provides enterprises with an integrated, private-5G and edge-computing platform. Consulting giant Deloitte believes private 5G networks will become the preferred choice of networks for many of the world’s largest businesses, especially for industrial environments such as manufacturing plants, logistics centers, and ports. Unlike the public network, a private 5G network can be configured to a location’s specific…

In this post, we examine a bash script that takes a string of letters, rearranges them in every possible way and checks each permutation to identify those that are English words. In the process, we’ll take a close look at the script and calculate how hard it might have to work. Note that, in the algorithm used, each letter arrangement must use all of the letters in the string provided. Words formed by substrings are…

At our Partner Summit 2020 virtual event, we announced some exciting new features that focus on Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) that would soon be available for Secure Cloud Analytics customers. A growing number of cloud resources and accounts to manage can mean more headaches for your SecOps team and leads to an expanded threat surface. What’s more, is that these public cloud resources typically span across numerous providers which can make visibility challenging. Maintaining…

Join renowned contact center industry analyst Sheila McGee-Smith and Cisco Contact Center VP/GM Omar Tawakol for a live stream on February 3, 2021, as they discuss five essential elements for the contact center platform of the future, and how Webex Contact Center delivers these. A Transporter By Any Other Name . . . Many people think that the concept of the transporter was created by the writers on Star Trek, however an episode of the…

In the first post of this series we discussed how container images are built. We talked about layers, reusing them, and how to make your Dockerfiles build faster. We also started to build a container containing our shiny ‘Hello World’ C application. Hello world app – Take 2 What is the ultimate goal of our container? In this case, we want to be able to build our application in an automated and consistent way, and…

In the ever-changing financial services industry, we realize the importance of timely, relevant industry updates. Especially after a year as transformative as 2020, so often, by the time an article is released, the industry has already pivoted its gaze elsewhere. Recognizing that, Cisco launched its own industry podcast show, Coffee and Conversations. Co-hosted by Cisco Consumers Industry Global Marketing Executive, Danny Vicente, and Cisco Global Industry Marketing Manager/Executive Coach, Garry Senna, Coffee and Conversations has…

The following is an excerpt from the 2020 CSR Impact Report. Q: How has Cisco taken a stand for social justice over the past year? A: In September 2020, we publicly unveiled Cisco’s Social Justice Beliefs and Our Commitment to Action. For all of us who poured our souls into creating this moment, it’s a remarkable milestone. Because it’s not just a platform for change. It’s a bridge. Connecting longstanding challenges with new possibilities for overcoming…

A switch with multiple personalities. That’s the concept behind Cisco’s new Nexus 3550-T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) switch platform. This groundbreaking platform is the first FPGA switch with Layer 3 capabilities that can also run multiple applications ─ personalities ─ by leveraging the Cisco Firmware Development Kit (FDK). It’s also the first new Cisco switch based on the Exablaze FPGA technology from the Exablaze acquisition in February 2020. Layer 3 Switching Speedster The first…

Remember 2005? What were you doing then? Were you waiting a line for Microsoft’s recently released Xbox 360? Were you cheering for Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs as they closed out the Detroit Pistons for the NBA Championship? German Chancellor Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female Chancellor of Germany. Do you remember witnessing that? It was a pretty busy year, but if you were in the tech world back then, I’m…