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There was a time when your IT team didn’t have to look far beyond your own backyard to solve problems affecting your business. These days, it’s different. The use of cloud-based apps and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is prevalent. More people than ever are working from home networks and via public clouds. One survey projects that 80% of customer experience apps will be in the cloud by 2023. The Internet is your network now. All of it….

Iceotope Technologies will offer HPE ProLiant servers in Iceotope’s self-contained liquid cooled chassis, which can run in enterprise data centers and is ruggedized to operate in extreme edge scenarios as well. The Ku:l chassis combines Iceotope’s immersion liquid-cooling technology in Avnet racks and EcoStruxure management technology from Schneider Electric. It supports standard server boards in a 1U immersion cooling tray from Iceotope. In an enterprise data center, the Ku:l chassis can add function without without…

Iceotope Technologies will offer HPE ProLiant servers in Iceotope’s self-contained liquid cooled chassis, which can run in enterprise data centers and is ruggedized to operate in extreme edge scenarios as well. The Ku:l chassis combines Iceotope’s immersion liquid-cooling technology in Avnet racks and EcoStruxure management technology from Schneider Electric. It supports standard server boards in a 1U immersion cooling tray from Iceotope. In an enterprise data center, the Ku:l chassis can add function without without…

Cisco has not stopped innovating when it comes to SD-WAN.  The new Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways provide multigigabit 5G cellular links in SD-WAN. When the SD-WAN fabric underlay offers multigigabit port options, customers can leverage the full potential of 5G multigigabit speeds in SD-WAN.  Adding a multigigabit cellular routing option in SD-WAN adds enormous flexibility to the network fabric, improving the overall multicloud experience and helping companies expand their WAN edge to new regions.  In the…

Spend just ten minutes talking with healthcare leaders about technology and you will inevitably hear about the importance of a ‘digital front door.’ A digital front door means providing access to healthcare wherever your patient is and support throughout their care journey. The market is flooded with solutions to help address specific use cases, but most health systems still need to develop a cohesive strategy to put the patient at the center. These days, Amazon, Walgreens,…

Choosing the best model Thirty years ago, I bought a 1991 Honda Accord.  I reasoned that as this newly designed model had debuted in 1990, it was ‘safe’ to buy as Honda had a year to work out any issues.  Today car buyers may follow a similar practice, but IT managers cannot afford to wait to experience that ‘new car smell’.  Business moves too fast, remote users need immediate and secure access to applications and…

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an annual competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems. Now in its fifth year, the competition awarded its largest prize pool ever, $1 million USD, to 20 winning teams from around the world. Of…

Cisco Study: 91% of local government leaders consider internet access critical to economic growth The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many of this country’s preexisting inequalities, especially for the more than 20 million rural Americans without access to reliable broadband internet.  Students in communities across America were left behind during remote learning. There was unequal access to the growing use of telehealth. And the ability to work from home was all too unreliable in too many parts…

Did you know that you can ask your Linux system to tell you what upgrades are available for the packages installed on it? You might be surprised by how many you’ll see, especially if you’re using the current release and don’t have your system set up for frequent or automatic updates. Updates play an important role in keeping your Linux systems secure and performing well. Since most packages are updated as fixes or improvements to…

With cloud comes complexity As organizations accelerate their transition to hybrid cloud, multicloud, and other dynamic environments, static security controls are no longer adequate. The shift of applications and the associated security controls within dynamic cloud environments create challenges for firewall teams to keep up with security requirements. Workloads spin up and down faster than traditional security policy change management can accommodate, straining NetOps and SecOps teams with the rapid pace of change and continuous…