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We’ve heard you LOUD and CLEAR! You asked for more support to lead with HyperFlex in the marketplace. You highlighted 3 key areas: Profitability, Productivity, and Simplicity. I recently had an opportunity to talk with some key leaders in our Global Partner Sales Go To Market (GTM) and Marketing Teams around the key areas I mention above, and how Cisco is addressing those areas for our Partners. Profitability is your—and Cisco’s—#1 goal Because your profitability…

I’ve had many opportunities to speak at conferences during my career, but this upcoming Cisco Live will be my first time leading a workshop in the Cisco Live DevNet Zone. I’ll also be a presenter at other sessions. The common threads among the sessions are topics related to on-premises computing. Specifically, workloads that run on Intersight Kubernetes Service (IKS).   Here are my sessions:  Event Driven Infrastructure with Intersight Kubernetes Service and TriggerMesh, June 14,…

John Malzahn, Automation Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems | Richard Piasentin, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Accedian For communication service providers (CSPs), the network trends of cloudification, open, software-based infrastructure, and multi-vendor environments are a double-edged sword. On the plus side, these trends break the long tradition of vendor lock-in, freeing service providers to mix best-of-breed solutions that provide competitive advantages. But with that freedom comes new and daunting responsibilities. It’s now up to CSPs…

In part one of our Black Hat Asia 2022 NOC blog, we discussed building the network with Meraki:  From attendee to press to volunteer – coming back to Black Hat as NOC volunteer by Humphrey Cheung  Meraki MR, MS, MX and Systems Manager by Paul Fidler  Meraki Scanning API Receiver by Christian Clasen  In this part two, we will discuss:   SecureX: Bringing Threat Intelligence Together by Ian Redden  Device type spoofing event by Jonny Noble …

When contemplating a career change within a different industry, it can be challenging to know where to start. As the world continues to change, many people are wondering how to transition into cybersecurity without experience. Business leaders at Cisco Secure and Duo Security who changed careers, along with recruiting professionals, provided insights for prospective candidates curious about the cybersecurity and tech industries. Learn their top 10 tips for getting a job in cybersecurity. 1. Discern…

Broadcom’s planned acquisition of VMware might open opportunities to reach enterprise and telco companies alike with innovative technology. The question is whether Broadcom will give VMware the opportunity to further develop 5G, SDN (software-defined networking), multicloud management and other networking tools. Semiconductor manufacturer and infrastructure software vendor Broadcom confirmed Thursday that it has reached an agreement to buy VMware in a deal worth roughly $61 billion in stock and cash, subject to customary closing conditions,…

Broadcom’s planned acquisition of VMware could open opportunities to reach enterprise and telco companies alike with innovative technology. The question is whether Broadcom will let VMware further develop tools for 5G, software-defined networking (SDN), and other technologies. Semiconductor manufacturer and infrastructure software vendor Broadcom confirmed Thursday that it has reached an agreement to buy VMware in a deal worth roughly $61 billion in stock and cash, subject to closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approval….

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that’s being used to attack VMware ESXi servers, a bare-metal hypervisor for creating and running several virtual machines (VMs) that share the same hard drive storage. Called Cheerscrypt, the bad app is following in the footsteps of other ransomware programs—such as LockBit, Hive and RansomEXX—that have found ESXi an efficient way to infect many computers at once with malicious payloads. Roger Grimes, a defense evangelist…

News summary Record first quarter revenue of $26.1 billion, up 16%, with growth across ISG and CSG Record first quarter operating income of $1.6 billion, up 57%, and record first quarter non-GAAP operating income of $2.1 billion, up 21% Record first quarter diluted earnings per share of $1.37, up 63%, and record non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.84, up 36% ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Full storyDell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces…

One lesson we could all learn from cloud operators is that simplicity, ease of use, and “on-demand” are now expected behaviors for any new service offering. Cloud operators built their services with modular principles and well-abstracted service interfaces using common “black box” software programming fundamentals, which allow their capabilities to seamlessly snap together while eliminating unnecessary complexity. For many of us in the communication service provider (CSP) industry, those basic principles still need to be…