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Cisco Talos has a long-standing relationship with Ukraine, so when Russia invaded the country earlier this year, things hit close to home. Cisco Talos leaders rallied together to provide cybersecurity threat hunting to vital infrastructure, humanitarian support and goods and services to employees and their families in the region. Ashlee Benge, Amy Henderson and Sammi Seaman spearheaded initiatives to support and sustain Ukrainian employees and threat hunters working around-the-clock to prevent cyberattacks and remember the…

VMware is taking its core vSphere virtualization and vSAN hyperconverged software VMware is upgrading vSphere virtualization and vSAN hyperconverged software packages to better manage and efficiently meld on-prem applications with cloud-based resources. The company introduced two subscription-based offerings: vSphere+ and vSAN+ that integrate cloud connectivity into both, enabling cloud services for workloads running on vSphere, but specifically targeting on-premise apps. The packages will include all necessary components such as VMware vCenter instances, VMware ESXi hosts, Tanzu…

This blog series focuses on different aspects of Cisco HyperFlex.  In today’s blog we’ll go over the main types of encryption we implement, what they are and why they’re vital to an organization’s data encryption strategy. Most organizations today understand the table-stakes nature of data encryption that protects sensitive information, even in the event of a data leak. And we’ve all winced at the headlines when data breaches do occur and result in reputational, if…

There I sat all dressed up, even in heels, in my home office. I was ready to start my first day of the Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP) as an Associate Sales Representative (ASR). The beginning of my journey, my hybrid journey, started with 162 other trainees based in 27 different countries all over the world. There was no denying that something exciting was about to happen. Did you know that the acceptance rate for…

If you didn’t catch us in Las Vegas or online for this year’s Cisco Live, not to worry. Among a slew of exciting announcements to support our vision for hybrid work, we introduced new platform innovations for network management. One of the most exciting is Cloud Management for Catalyst, which combines the number one platform in cloud networks, Cisco Meraki, with the industry-leading Catalyst access portfolio. Now, Cisco customers have access to a more unified…

Each year in June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day in honor of refugees and celebrating the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. The year’s theme – whoever, wherever, whenever, everyone has the right to seek safety – really resonates with me. My grandmother was a refugee. In 1944, as the war waged in Europe and bombs dropped on the German city…

It is increasingly important for teams to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusivity. I hosted a panel discussion with Tony Colon, SVP, Cisco Customer & Partner Experience; Jeff Levensailor, Engineering Manager, Presidio; and Hoda Alshami, Technology Product Manager – Network Observability & Automation, Nationwide where we discussed, among other things, the importance of this critical topic. Bringing to the table ideas from people of different backgrounds helps in decision making, team planning, corporate strategy, and ultimately…

Hybrid work has become prevalent everywhere and it is here to stay. It is important for your network to be able to handle business demands more efficiently and remotely. This is especially emphasized in extended small enterprise and campus locations. Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches offer trusted network capabilities, with more flexibility, energy efficiency, and ease. Hybrid work extended  Just 2 or 3 years ago, you probably didn’t even know what it was like to…

The broad adoption of SD-WAN has been vital to digital acceleration. While SD-WAN began by providing branch offices with flexible access to remote applications, it does so much more today. Secure SD-WAN blends security and connectivity to add adaptable inspection and superior user-experience for applications. This integrated strategy also enables organizations to seamlessly extend enterprise-grade security into the LAN/WLAN and 5G as SD-Branch. New SD-WAN solutions enable flexible, on-demand access between cloud environments and between…

The latest PCI Express (PCIe) specification again doubles the data rate over the previous spec. PCI Express 7.0 calls for a data rate of 128 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) and up to 512 GB/s bi-directionally via x16 data lane slot (not every PCI Express slot in a PC or server uses 16 transfer lanes), according to PCI-SIG, the industry group that maintains and develops the specification. The slower, previous spec, PCI Express 6.0 has yet…