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Cisco is taking aim at better controlling the performance and development of core applications with a new AppDynamics cloud service and open-source development tools. AppDynamics Cloud is a cloud-native service designed to let enterprises observe applications and take action to remediate performance problems.   Available by the end of June, the service is built to observe distributed and dynamic cloud-native applications at scale, wrote chief marketing officer of Cisco AppDynamics, Eric Schou in a blog…

It is hard to look at the news or social media today and not be confronted with the issue of climate change. Scientific research continues to show that human-induced global warming, species extinction, and habitat loss is causing widespread disruption in nature and affecting billions of people through storms, flooding, wildfires, drought, food scarcity, and other crises.   Meanwhile, more and more people are becoming concerned about these existential threats, and looking for ways to both…

Security resilience isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s something that grows with every challenge, pivot and plot change. While organizations can invest in solid technology and efficient processes, one thing is critical in making sure it translates into effective security: people. What impact do people have on security resilience? Does the number of security employees in an organization affect its ability to foster resilience? Can a lower headcount be supplemented by automation? In a world…

IT vendors typically race to deliver incremental improvements to existing product lines, but occasionally a truly disruptive technology comes along.  One of those disruptive technologies, which is beginning to find its way into enterprise data centers, is High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM). HBM is significantly faster than incumbent memory chip technologies, uses less power and takes up less space. It is becoming particularly popular for resource-intensive applications such as high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). However, mainstream adoption for running routine business…

Day 3 of Cisco Live has wrapped and we still have plenty of updates to share with you. Day 3 is usually your day to dive deep. So in that spirit, I will try and help you dive deeper on some of the most important announcements. But first would you be so kind as to take 1 minute to answer this 3 question survey to let us know how we are doing? Panoptica, Telescope and…

This special blog is part of a series tied to the release of the Cisco Developer Relations “Full Stack Wellness” programwhich is to be available in June as an open source tool for everyone. The developer world has always been full of community-based activity. From hackathons to code sharing and open source, working together and reaching out to other developers is part of the fabric of code development. There are lots of reasons why this…

This week in Las Vegas, Cisco Live is in full swing with future-focused keynotes, thought-provoking innovation talks, and informative sessions on leading products and solutions. It is all happening, and NTT is “all in and all out to win” as a gold sponsor—sharing how together we deliver innovation and client value through transformational technology and services. The power of 5G for enterprises NTT’s Shahid Ahmed and Cisco’s Masum Mir share our joint P5G vision of…

This week, I had the opportunity to participate in an event marking the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Since issuance of the EO, federal agencies have made great strides towards implementing its requirements, which aim to improve the cybersecurity posture of federal agency networks and impose new secure software development practices for vendors supplying technology to government agencies. The order engaged multiple support agencies to help deliver on…

Cisco is prepping its high-end data-center Nexus switch family for high-speed Ethernet  that will better support high-bandwidth applications such as AI and cloud-native.   The vendor rolled out five new Nexus data-center switches that include improved support for 100/400Gb Ethernet networks, but its flagship box—the 9800—now includes a migration path to support 800GbE requirements. The new modular data-center switch product family with 14.4Tb/s fully encrypted bandwidth per slot. The Cisco Nexus 9800 Series features eight-slot…

To consumers, the Internet of Things might bring to mind a smart fridge that lets you know when to buy more eggs, or the ability to control your home’s lighting and temperature remotely through your phone. But for cybersecurity professionals, internet-connected medical devices are more likely to be top-of-mind. Not only is the Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, surging — with the global market projected to reach $160 billion by 2027, according to Emergen…