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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are happening ever more often and growing ever bigger. At 2.4 terabits per second (Tbps), the DDoS attack Microsoft just successfully defended European Azure cloud users against could be the biggest one to date. What we know for certain is it’s the biggest DDoS attack on an Azure cloud customer. It was bigger than the previous high, 2020’s Azure 1 Tbps attack, and Microsoft reported it was “higher than any…

One thing we have learned over the past 18 months is that change is constant. Business happens at an incredibly fast pace, which means our technology must advance equally as fast. So, what does that mean in the IT industry? We must continually educate ourselves to stay ahead of the curve. Cisco Learning and Certifications is committed to upskilling and educating people to stay relevant and ahead of technological advancements. Our day-to-day lives, our businesses,…

Digital + Human Intelligence with CX Cloud In today’s connected, fast-paced world, consumers and hybrid workers alike are hard-pressed for time.  The success of a business is dependent on whether they can help deliver their product or service as quickly and securely as possible. Totally satisfied customers contribute 14 times as much revenue as a somewhat dissatisfied customer1, so a superior customer experience (CX) is a must-have in any organization’s business strategy. To stay agile,…

By Austin Hawthorne, NaaS Sales Director, at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. In networking, there will always be a gap between what’s needed and what’s available, whether it’s budget, resources, or time. This not only impacts the ability of a business to be agile, innovative, and competitive, but it also affects its people, specifically the team that’s tasked with ensuring the network meets or exceeds the business’s ever expanding needs. Morale suffers when network…

How will we tame networking complexity?  When I’m speaking with IT leaders, one of the top challenges they are dealing with is rampant complexity in their networks. And it’s no wonder because the demands placed on enterprise networks today are exponentially more than even a decade ago. Indeed, the Internet has never been so critical for business operations. Driven by the massive deployment of SaaS and a hybrid workforce reality, the Internet has become the new enterprise core.   If that weren’t…

Welcome to our blog series on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog in this series will highlight a different Cisco employee who works closely with CSR initiatives across the company. Shawna Darling, Social Corporate Responsibility Programs Development Manager at Cisco Robots plucking trash out of oceans and low-cost bionic limbs; these are just two winning concepts from the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, which announced its latest winners in June. The…

Welcome to our blog series on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog in this series will highlight a different Cisco employee who works closely with CSR initiatives across the company. Shawna Darling, Social Corporate Responsibility Programs Development Manager at Cisco Robots plucking trash out of oceans and low-cost bionic limbs; these are just two winning concepts from the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, which announced its latest winners in June. The…

Claudius. Iago. Richard III. Epic villains who used malicious, deceitful acts to cause pain and destruction in Shakespeare’s greatest dramatic plays. Cybersecurity threat actors are no different. Through malware, phishing, and other exploitive activities, these villains take advantage of vulnerabilities and seek to cause harm. And it’s no secret that the shift to hybrid work has emboldened and provided new opportunities for these cybersecurity threat actors. This era has brought with it new perimeters, with…

How did two Cisco employees become vlog hosts in the year 2020 that connected us to industry leaders in technology? Well, this is that story and for me, it all happened just as I was about to become a first time mother. I knew I wanted to do something special, but I did not realize that ‘something’ would be THIS special! My story is about how to stay ‘you’ in challenging times and as you…

As classroom-based learning moves back to the front-burner for both K-12 and Higher Education, institutions are adopting a variety of new approaches to help smooth the transition. Two tools that are driving this next generation of student engagement are the use of cloud calling and intelligent endpoints. Are we at a pivotal moment for student engagement? Simple and reliable, these two tools are empowering more creative classrooms while improving student engagement and reducing distractions to…