NETWORKING

By: Larry Lunetta, VP Portfolio Solutions Marketing at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. When organizations implement Zero Trust and SASE cybersecurity frameworks, the top priority is ensuring those connecting to the network are authenticated with appropriate access privileges. Users often represent the most fertile attack surface as they can go rogue or be phished, inadvertently sharing sensitive information with malicious actors that can cost a business dearly. Meanwhile, organizations also must manage the flood of “things” entering the…

Since the beginning, Cisco UCS management has always been API first. It is still the same today with Cisco Intersight. Ansible Many customers have chosen Ansible for their orchestration and automation needs. Ansible is an open-source, script-based, suite of tools that enables IaC (infrastructure as code). It supports provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. Intersight’s modularity and extensibility are key to fully support Ansible via its API. The integration of Cisco Intersight and Ansible by Red Hat provides a…

Palo Alto Networks is reinforcing the security and operational features of its Prisma secure-access service edge (SASE) package. New features include the ability to adjust security settings for multiple software-as-a-service-based apps, new security capabilities, and AIOPs support. In addition the company is expanding its family of Ion SD-WAN security devices to provide additional configuration options. Palo Alto introduced Prisma SASE last fall to bring together the company’s Prisma Access package of cloud-based, next-generation security gateways…

As Cisco works to builds a more inclusive future for all, we know that we can’t do it alone. Our Partners and Distributors are an integral part of that journey, and we’ve created multiple ways for you to build that bridge with us. From sustainability initiatives to certifications to social justice efforts, time and time again you have proven to be just as dedicated to powering a more inclusive future for all as we are….

More than a year has passed since the Biden administration published the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” In that time, government has continued to move in a strategic direction towards increasing cyber resilience and taking a ‘left of boom’ approach to stay ahead of the nation’s adversaries. The initiatives outlined by the administration will require partnership building, offensive cyber, as well as constant innovation and collaboration by cyber leaders. The who’s who in…

Self-awareness goes a long way in determining your next professional steps. While job searching, it’s critical to identify how to leverage your transferable skills and network, while also evaluating what environmental factors of work and work culture matter to you most. Learn what it’s like to work at Cisco and the top 10 ways to suss out a workplace that suits your needs from leaders at Cisco Secure, Cisco Talos and Duo Security. 1. Beyond…

For network professionals looking to advance their career, cloud certifications can lead to more employment opportunities at higher salaries. In fact, the most in-demand certification across all of IT for 2022 is the entry level AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, according to the latest report from recruiting firm Robert Half. A credential can be exceptionally beneficial because it allows holders to demonstrate that they understand complex network designs and are able to help their organizations achieve…

There’s a myth about clouds that they are an easy button that magically makes complexity disappear. Sure, business runs better on the cloud and there are huge business and technical benefits to moving workloads and applications to the cloud. But the multi-cloud world is no panacea. In fact, managing the multi-cloud world is tough. The elasticity and flexibility that the cloud makes possible increases the complexities of operating and supporting clouds. And, multi cloud management…

VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram kicked off the company’s flagship user conference in San Francisco, noting the event’s new name and its return to an in-person venue after two years of being held virtually due to the pandemic. What used to be called VMworld is now VMware Explore in a switch that acknowledges how the audience has changed over the years. “When we started VMworld, it was a community for data center professionals. But over the…

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) is a scalable application for managing Fibre Channel SAN. However, in some cases a single NDFC server may not be efficient. For example, it may be a better solution for large global environments to utilize a dedicated NDFC server for each region or department. But how do you get a centralized view of the global SAN infrastructure when using multiple instances of NDFC managing separate regions or departments? The…