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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…

I honestly never imagined I would attend Cisco Live early in my networking career. My real journey as a networking professional began in January 2010, after I was reorganized from an insurance company computer team to the networking team leader. During this time, I attended several Cisco Connect Canada events, which were then the largest industry events I had ever attended. Then somebody asked me if I was going to Cisco Live, which seemed like…

Cisco has announced plans to formally exit Russia, winding down its business operations in Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. The networking company first made a statement on March 3, declaring that it would be halting all business operations in Russia and Belarus “for the foreseeable future.” On Thursday the company released another statement, noting that it had continued to “closely monitor” the war in Ukraine and as…

The recent global pandemic and current global events, coupled with the escalating nature of digital revolution, have affected not only our working habits but also how we learn — making it increasingly difficult to deliver training that will stick. We are overwhelmed, distracted, and impatient. Flexibility in where and how we learn is increasingly important. In Cisco Sales & Partner Global Operations, our mission is to accelerate partner transformation by driving operational readiness, productivity, effectiveness,…

By: John Gray, Data Center Marketing Lead, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Enterprises today know the world has changed, and they must change with it, especially in the ways they approach improvements to business process through the network. They want to choose and build the right capabilities to centrally host applications and data in distributed locations and, they want to connect their employees, devices, and resources the way they need to limit disruption and…

“Learning is a never-ending journey.”  Who said that? If you replied or thought, “You just did,” then you are correct. It is a mantra which I embraced a long time ago. For me, learning is not about the quantity, nor how many hours I can sit in one session. Rather, it’s a commitment that every day I will learn something new, no matter how big or small that might be. Just a single little lesson…

Much like our blue furry anthropomorphic hedgehog friend who can run supersonic speeds, our networks today need to be fast and agile. Enter SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud). In the last few years SONiC has gained strong momentum in the community, and has been battle tested within some of the world’s largest and most demanding cloud networks. SONiC is a powerful combination of scale and open source SONiC is a free and…

Cisco has issued alerts for a vulnerability found in its email security and web management products that could allow an authenticated remote actor to retrieve sensitive information from an affected device. An advisory issued by Cisco this week outlined that the vulnerability—detected in the web management interface of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, known formerly as Cisco Security Management Appliance (CSMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)—allows an authenticated actor to extract sensitive information…

Last month Cisco joined over 14,000 attendees in Dallas for DistribuTECH, the leading annual energy transmission and distribution event for North America. It was wonderful to be back at a live event and connectwith all the colleagues and customers.    Utilities worldwide work with Cisco to modernize and digitize their business to deliver power and services globally. Events such as DistribuTECH illustrate how IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) convergence is transforming the utility market,…

This post was authored by Damian Doyle, Deputy CIO and Senior Associate VP for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).  The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is an R1 university located just outside of Baltimore, MD that serves a diverse student body of 14,000 undergraduate and graduate and PhD students. We are a STEM-focused institution with our largest programs in Biology, Psychology, Computer Science and Information Systems. U.S. News and World Report ranks…