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Cisco UCS X-Series was designed to be modular, expandable, and blur the lines between the efficiencies of blade servers (cable reduction and power & cooling) and the expandability of rack servers (storage & PCIe). It all starts with the Cisco UCS X210c Compute Node.   The Brains   The Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node is based on 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. With 8 to 40 powerful cores and a wide range of…

We are excited to announce that Gartner has again recognized Cisco as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. Cisco SD-WAN solutions enable customers to deliver a secure, predictable digital experience for today’s hybrid workforce, build dynamic, smart workspaces, and secure multi-cloud environments, accelerating the transition to a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)-enabled architecture. The workloads placed on today’s networks are more dynamic and distributed than ever before, and the…

As each day passes, wireless security becomes even more critical to the day-to-day operations of organizations. Several factors contribute to the growing need for reliable security. With the introduction of Wi-Fi 6, many organizations are shifting from a primarily wired infrastructure to one that focuses on worker mobility through wireless connectivity. While the CAPEX and OPEX savings are compelling, increasing wireless traffic provides a larger attack surface – and greater opportunity – for hackers. The…

Although no one wants to say the quiet part out loud, security isn’t easy. If it were, there wouldn’t be so many successful cyberattacks. Virtually everyone agrees that the concepts behind the zero-trust security model make sense. Instead of assuming anyone or anything that has gained access to the network can be trusted, assume the opposite. Nothing can be trusted anywhere, whether outside or inside the network perimeter. Zero trust sounds great on paper, but…

Today is an exciting day, as our partner Qwilt, just announced Cisco’s investment in the company. Two years ago, Cisco and Qwilt set forth on a journey to jointly solve a growing pain point all Communication Service Providers (CSP) have: delivering ever-increasing volumes of media and web content without overwhelming their networks. Using a modern, global content delivery platform with cache nodes inside the carrier network, we are now in a position to cost-effectively deliver an unprecedented level…

During the pandemic, many people took the challenging steps of joining new jobs virtually. New hires at Cisco were no exception. However, joining a new company and understanding the company culture can be daunting. Adrian Saunders and Rushda Balabaskaran are two of seven IT interns based in the United Kingdom. They joined Cisco at the start of July 2020, several months into the pandemic when the UK was still in full lockdown. I asked them…

Lenovo is expanding its TruScale pay-per-use model to cover its all data-center products—servers, storage—and client-side devices—laptops, tablets. This transition to a fully integrated, end-to-end, as-a-service model is part of the company’s “One Lenovo” strategy of providing its entire portfolio of clients and servers as a fully managed, on-premises cloud environment through TruScale leasing. One Lenovo simply means laptops and desktops will be sold along with data-center products together all under one sales program. Lenovo will…

Virtualization is an essential part of modern IT infrastructure that presents many routine management tasks to sysadmins, among them increasing virtual hard-drive space when necessary. In my line of work, because of expanding log files, scaling for growing processes, and new tasks for existing servers, this is something I do at least once a month. Here’s how to do itn a Microsoft Server Hyper-V hypervisor running Windows Server 2016 using either Hyper-V Manager or Failover…

IT Professionals Day is a day to celebrate us ─ the fixers, the doers, the behind-the-scenes operators who ensure all networks and systems operate flawlessly! Each year on the third Tuesday of September, IT professionals around the globe should take time to pat ourselves on the back and recognize the hard (and often thankless) work we do each day to connect, secure, and automate the world around us! It’s only fitting that today is the…

Episode 13 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 13 Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 13. Demystifying fiber cable infrastructure, with Brian Kelly. Part 5 of 6. If you search on “data center” you’ll find many images that show rows and rows of equipment racks. The network gear in these racks need to be physically connected to each other, and that’s where pluggable optic transceivers come…