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It’s August, as we leap into Cisco’s new fiscal year 2022, it’s the perfect time to thank you for our great joint success over the past 12 months and to share our security priorities and profitability programs so that you can support your customers and drive success in security. The security market represents a huge opportunity for you as a partner and is predicted to rise towards $200B globally. Within Cisco we have seen continued…

We have created a new blog series that will focus on how our nonprofit grant recipients are using Transformational Tech. Each blog in this series will highlight a different nonprofit partner using technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an estimated 82.4 million people have now been forced to leave their homes, fleeing conflict, civil unrest, persecution, and areas devastated by climate…

Our customers are the heart and soul of everything we do at Cisco and each one of them has an interesting story to tell! Our Q&A series allows us to shine a spotlight on some of our most passionate customer advocates in The Global Gateway community as we learn more about their stories and backgrounds. You may be wondering: What is The Global Gateway? It’s a community for Cisco customers where they can build powerful…

I could finally call myself a Cisconian, and yet I wasn’t sure what to expect. My manager, Carmen, set me up with a “lunch buddy” for my first day. Which, from an introvert’s perspective, is terrifying. What if this person was awkward? What if I’m awkward? What if we have nothing in common? I’d prefer to eat lunch by myself, thank you. But, sometimes, we introverts need that friendly push. I persevered and showed up…

Cybersecurity is a continuously evolving landscape. We constantly see new threats, and threat vectors, come and go; which puts a tremendous strain on the InfoSec teams that have to protect organizations and businesses from these threats. This year we saw the reemergence of old vectors: from ransomware & trojans, to supply chain attacks. At the same time companies saw security resources in their organizations dwindle, leaving defenders to cope up with the onslaught of attacks….

Our initial look at Intel’s Architecture Day focused on the new Xeons and IPU processors. Now we’ll get into the fine details, as well as look at other upcoming technologies. Sapphire Rapids Intel’s upcoming next-generation Xeon is codenamed Sapphire Rapids and promises a radical new design and gains in performance. One of its key differentiators is its modular SoC design. The chip has multiple tiles that appears to the system as a monolithic CPU and…

Episode 11 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 11 Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 11. Demystifying fiber cable infrastructure, with Brian Kelly. Part 3 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…

Cisco Nexus Data Broker has seen tremendous success and traction with data center customers since its inception. Our customers really liked the idea of using the same Nexus Data Center switch for building the packet broker network for their monitoring needs. They didn’t need to invest in additional skill development to manage purpose-built packet broker appliances. They could streamline the procurement and availability of spares and stock in their inventory. And they benefited from a…

Cisco Nexus Data Broker has seen tremendous success and traction with data center customers since its inception. Our customers really liked the idea of using the same Nexus Data Center switch for building the packet broker network for their monitoring needs. They didn’t need to invest in additional skill development to manage purpose-built packet broker appliances. They could streamline the procurement and availability of spares and stock in their inventory. And they benefited from a…

Since the onset of the pandemic, technology and digital innovation has enabled us to maintain a semblance of business and life-as-usual. Technology has underpinned the continuity of economic and social activity during the crisis, and this digital enablement is here to stay even as countries begin to emerge out of the pandemic. However, the current reliance on technology has raised the stakes around digital readiness and exacerbating the digital divide for those without the skills,…