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When you’re hiring a network engineer, you want to make sure you get the right person. Other job descriptions you see mention some level of Cisco Certification as a qualification. Why? What makes Cisco Certified professionals so special? you wonder to yourself. It’s simple. Companies trust Cisco Certified professionals have what it takes because they’ve been tried and tested.  Let’s look at six reasons why so many companies and managers are looking to hire job…

This blog was co-authored by Sophia Filipe, Country Digitization Program Manager, with the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration program. This is the first in a series of blogs we will be writing to go behind the scenes of the sustainability projects we are engaged in, and the impact we are having, through Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program. Over the past year, the Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) team has worked to develop sustainability pilots and projects…

Qualcomm may be preparing for another run that the data-center market with a new line of Arm-based processors for servers, according Bloomberg. The company is reportedly seeking customers to test a product from Nuvia, a semiconductor startup it purchased last year that was founded by the former head of Apple CPU development. A spokesperson for Qualcomm said that Qualcomm expects to integrate “next generation CPUs across a wide portfolio of products, including powering flagship smartphones,…

My early enterprise surveys from 30 years ago showed that the largest reported source of network outages was human error. Today, that’s still the case, and in fact human error leads any equipment or transmission cause by a larger margin today than it did 30 years ago. This, despite the fact that enterprises say they’ve invested significantly in improving, simplifying, and automating network operations. The old saying, “We have met the enemy and they are…

Just like the myriad expanding galaxies seen in the latest images from the James Webb space telescope, the cybersecurity landscape consists of a growing number of security technology vendors, each with the goal of addressing the continually evolving threats faced by customers today. In order to be effective, cybersecurity tools have to be collaborative—be it sharing relevant threat intelligence, device & user insights, acting on detection and remediation workflows, and more. We at Cisco Secure…

At different times of my career, I found certifications to be a critical part of my learning journey. My first role as a channel systems engineer at Cisco drove me to begin my certification process. Now, as part of the Learning & Certifications team, it’s all about creating resources and pursuing training. When I find a new technology area I want to learn, I look for a key vendor in that particular space to find…

Verge.io, formerly known as Yottabyte, has added GPU virtualization to its virtual data-center software, making it possible to partition out GPU-based processing tasks the same way a hypervisor divides up a CPU. Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) builds a tightly integrated and configured IT data center setup from standard server, storage, and networking servers with everything virtualized. Verge.io’s software, called Verge-OS, goes on step further by partitioning the pooled resources into what it calls virtual data centers…

Sixty percent of offices will move to a hybrid environment, with fewer employees working in the office and many more working remotely from anywhere on any given day, according to Forrester. Hybrid work at this scale is uncharted territory and the stakes are high to get it right, especially with talent retention more challenging than ever today. I am proud to be a part of an organization that is innovating the tools and services that…

To support edge use cases such as distributed IoT ecosystems and data-intensive applications, IT needs to deploy processing closer to where data is generated instead of backhauling data to a cloud or to the campus data center. A hybrid workforce and cloud-native applications are also pushing applications from centralized data centers to the edges of the enterprise. These new generations of application workloads are being distributed across containers and across multiple clouds. Network Functions Virtualization…

Cisco’s purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All, and pursuing our Purpose means we continually look to evolve and expand the positive impact we have on people and the planet. An essential aspect of accelerating our impact is supporting the next generation of visionaries using technology for social good. I am honored to announce the winners of the sixth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, who will share a prize pool of $1 million….