NETWORKING

Organizations everywhere are exploring how to architect their networks for hybrid work. As you may have seen last week, we just announced innovations to help our customers provide unparalleled experiences from anywhere, support safe and sustainable workplaces, and deliver secure IoT at scale. We’ve got a couple of great events coming up to get a closer look at these new capabilities that are designed to help modernize your enterprise campus to support the future of…

Now it is official Nvidia has announced that its proposed acquisition of ARM Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp. has been terminated. The parties agreed to terminate the agreement because of “significant regulatory challenges preventing the consummation of the transaction,” despite considerable efforts by the parties to assuage concerns over the deal. Arm will now start preparations for an initial public offering (IPO), possibly during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. The deal was announced…

In the second of this three-part blog series, we look at some more highlights from our annual “Defending Against Critical Threats” webinar covering Log4J, Emotet, and the rise of Mac OS malware. Be sure to watch the videos for a more in-depth analysis. The Cisco Talos Incident Response team (CTIR) were on the front lines of helping our customers tackle the Log4J vulnerability at the end of 2021. Take us through how the events of…

Cisco would not be able to maintain success without our amazing partner companies. This is exactly why we created an online community, Marketing Velocity Voice, to connect with them. What is Marketing Velocity Voice? It’s our community for Cisco partners where they can connect with their peers, expand their professional networks, and share best practices for all things marketing in technology! We love putting our partners in the spotlight and letting them shine. I’m so…

Intel has joined RISC-V International association, an open hardware standards organization dedicated to designing and building ultralow-power processors. The news comes on the heels of another Intel announcement, that it is investing $1 billion in foundry services. Bob Brennan, vice president of customer solutions engineering for Intel Foundry Services (IFS), will be joining both the RISC-V Board of Directors and Technical Steering Committee. Intel is also partnering with several RISC-V leaders, including Andes Technology, Esperanto…

Security firm Binarly has discovered more than 20 vulnerabilities hiding in BIOS/UEFI software from a wide range of system vendors, including Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HPE, Siemens, and Bull Atos. Binarly found the issues were associated with the use of InsydeH20, a framework code used to build motherboard unified extensible firmware interfaces (UEFI), the interface between a computer’s operating system and firmware. All of the aforementioned vendors used Insyde’s firmware SDK for motherboard…

Security firm Binarly has discovered more than 20 vulnerabilities hiding in BIOS/UEFI software from a wide range of system vendors, including Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HPE, Siemens, and Bull Atos. Binarly found the issues were associated with the use of InsydeH20, a framework code used to build motherboard unified extensible firmware interfaces (UEFI), the interface between a computer’s operating system and firmware. All of the aforementioned vendors used Insyde’s firmware SDK for motherboard…

Network providers have asked for $5.6 billion to cover the cost of replacing deployed wireless equipment made by Huawei and ZTE, whose gear has been banned from US carrier networks. Congress had set aside $1.9 billion for the program, but a preliminary total of applications for reimbursement revealed a shortfall of $3.7 billion. FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel seeks Congress to make up whatever the actual amount turns out to be. Wireless equipment manufactured by Huawei…

Cisco has released a new version of it SD-WAN software that adds the ability to reinforce links between remote users and Microsoft Office 365 applications and better support voice and video networks. The new features are part of the latest release of Cisco’s core SD-WAN software that  can control the connectivity, management, and services between data centers and remote branches or cloud instances.  SD-WAN deployments typically include routers and switches or virtualized customer-premises equipment (vCPE)…

Cisco has released a new version of it SD-WAN software that adds the ability to reinforce links between remote users and Microsoft Office 365 applications and better support voice and video networks. The new features are part of the latest release of Cisco’s core SD-WAN software that  can control the connectivity, management, and services between data centers and remote branches or cloud instances.  SD-WAN deployments typically include routers and switches or virtualized customer-premises equipment (vCPE)…