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Former US president John F. Kennedy once said, “Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.” Cisco’s purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All and it cuts across not only our products and services, but also the way we engage with the community. Providing quality education and equal opportunity as a basic human right is a dream every visionary leader wants to turn into a reality, and that’s…

CPU prices may be headed north, but thanks to an oversupply of NAND flash, SSD prices across the board are declining. The cause is an oversupply combined with the threat of a recession, according to Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce. The firm said a combination of slowing demand across all segments of the NAND memory business, along with a reluctance to invest in additional capacity, has led to the glut. As a result, TrendForce predicts…

Episode 28 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 28 Optics for hyperscale data centers, with Ron Horan. Part 4 of 4. The rise of hyperscale data centers has upended computing and networking equipment business models over the past several years. The pluggable optics industry is no exception and has been impacted significantly. In Episode 28, we conclude our second conversation with Ron Horan, Cisco…

It’s Blockbuster Night! Say that to any Gen-Xer and it should bring a smile and recollection of days gone by. Netflix took Blockbuster by storm and grew from mail order DVDs to the streaming behemoth they are today. One day, will we reminisce about brick and mortar financial services companies being replaced by digital-first financial services companies like Alipay, Block, Grab, Klarna and Paypal? While traditional financial services has some built-in regulatory barriers that makes…

Today, the drive for “digital” public trust is changing IT priorities. Ever since the European Union issued the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, a seismic shift has taken place globally toward the need for data sovereignty. Data sovereignty means that data are subject to the laws and regulations of the geographic location where the data are collected and processed.1 Over 100 countries now have data sovereignty laws.2 For example, European businesses can be…

Most Cisconians can tell you exactly where they were the moment they heard (or read) the words, “Congratulations! We’d love to offer you the role of …” and it was exactly those words for me that started my journey not only towards a new role at Cisco – but a new country as well – as I accepted a role as a Problem Manager in Security at our Krakow Customer Experience Center. A new role…

I’ve been supporting datacenter network automation and programmability from within DevNet for a while now, and have received lots of thanks and appreciation for the wealth of information DevNet offers around ACI programmability. However I’m often asked, “when will we have something for customers who chose to use Nexus switches in NXOS mode and Datacenter Network Manager (DCNM) as a controller?” To be honest, I’ve had to dodge the question a bit. Not because I…

Our team is still buzzing about the announcement of Cisco Nexus Cloud at Cisco Live last month. Not only does Nexus Cloud offer the easiest way to deploy, manage and operate your on-premises Nexus networks from the cloud, soon the Nexus Cloud flexibility  will extend to your public cloud resources in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud (GCP). With these new capabilities, the power of Nexus gets the agility of cloud. Nexus Cloud enables operational flexibility…

ISTELive 2022 has come and gone.  It was phenomenal to be back in person. NOLA rolled out the red carpet as we made our way throughout the convention center and the always fantastic dining venues.  I noticed a different vibe this year in that we all felt an urgency to catch up and network, as well as had the need to gather as much information about technology in education as possible. District leaders, I believe,…

By David Smith, Distinguished Architect   The ongoing global pandemic, now approaching its third year, has profoundly illustrated the critical role of the internet in society, changing the way we work, live, play, and learn. This role will continue to expand as digital transformation becomes even more pervasive. However, connecting more users, devices, applications, content, and data with one another is only one dimension to this expansion. Another is the new and emerging types of…