NETWORKING

By Peter Thornycroft, Office of the CTO at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. For most organizations, whether designing a wireless network for a greenfield deployment or augmenting an existing one to accommodate 6Hz, there are several factors to consider for Wi-Fi 6E. Any discussion of how to introduce Wi-Fi 6E and the 6GHz band will depend on specifics on the ground, including existing switches, cabling, and priority locations…and most importantly, the access points (APs) themselves.   …

On September 21 – 23, I invite you to attend Greenbuild 2021 to learn more about Cisco pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in smart buildings today. Discover how Cisco is keeping buildings smart and sustainable, and creating new-energy efficient designs for future hybrid workspaces. At Cisco, we’re dedicated to help organizations decrease their environmental impact and provide sustainability worldwide. We’re passionate about providing solutions that are better for your business and better for the…

The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipient that uses technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are utilized in many different industries. AI and ML create more efficient virtual healthcare visits and more intuitive online education platforms. They enhance agriculture through IoT devices to monitor soil health, and devise new ways for people to access banking and other financial services. Arya Taylor, Cisco…

As our COO Maria Martinez has said, “customers buy outcomes, not products”. And it is incredibly exciting when that outcome is complete industry transformation. Over the years, Cisco has been one of the proven enablers of industry transformation. The Telco & Media industry is one example of an industry that’s been ripe for disruption, thanks to operators such as Rakuten Mobile. Together, Rakuten Mobile and Cisco have had a three-year, fast-paced journey. First, we built…

18 months ago, I thought I had it all planned out. I was in my senior year of college, on spring break – on a cruise! But when that cruise ship came back into port, it was a completely different world, and suddenly I had to re-think all the plans I had. You see, I had interned with Cisco the summer of 2018 and from that moment, I knew I had to come back. Fortunately…

Whether in an existing network or a new one, there is an aspect of design that cannot be skipped: deciding if handing out IP addresses will be dynamic (automatic) or manual (one-by-one) or—the most common—a combination of the two. By choosing to distribute them dynamically you are choosing to use a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) service somewhere on your network, and there can be some tricks to that regardless of what server you use….

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls SD-WAN and security into a single, centrally managed cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved security, and better performance. According to Gartner, SASE’s benefits are transformational because it can speed deployment time for new users, locations, applications and devices as well as reduce attack surfaces and shorten remediation times by as much as 95%. With the pandemic, adoption of SASE  has been on…

The tech industry contributes to global warming. But it offers solutions, too. In the past 18 months, many of us have experimented with digital technologies. We’ve led teams and entire companies from the home office, attended weddings, experienced live music and theatre performances virtually. But the promise of digitisation is far greater. It’s a way for society to become more efficient, more inclusive, and more sustainable. That’s why we believe that moving forward, what can…

There is no question that digital transformation is accelerating at a rapid pace, with so much of what each of us do every day reliant on connections. This is leading businesses and governments around the world to deepen their focus and remain clear-eyed about their goals, to stay ahead of the curve and plan for the future. This is certainly true for us at Cisco – and the groundwork we have laid for the past…

Two years ago, I experienced an epiphany. In September of 2019, I was sitting in the audience of an all-employee meeting at Cisco where Chuck Robbins, Cisco’s CEO, hosted Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, in a courageous conversation. I was struck by a statement Bryan made. He said, “We have to commit ourselves to getting proximate to the poor, to the excluded, to the marginalized. When you are proximate,…