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I went on a five-day vacation with my family, and not once did I check my email or Webex – I am living proof that it can be done! And I think it’s crucial for us all to take this step, now more than ever. Think about it; when you take Paid Time Off (PTO), how often do you take a few minutes here and there to “check-in” on work. Especially being in a role…

Cisco continues to bulk-up its security portfolio, this week closing the deal on risk-based management company Kenna Security for an undisclosed amount. Kenna’s Risk-Based Vulnerability Management system collects and analyzes security data to provide security teams with information about threats so they can prioritize remediation and better understand risks. The technology will become part of Cisco’s SecureX service that integrates numerous security components. Cisco says the service is an open, cloud-native system to detect and…

Leading an expert technology team at Cisco, I am always learning and always inspired. This team has a unique vantage point, with its proximity to the customer and its role in advancing innovation, as well as connecting across the whole portfolio to share insights and value. As we look to reimagine and optimize the customer’s entire experience with Cisco, we gain perspective on the architectural trends taking place across the industry, including: Cloud-first, Multicloud,…

Calm seas don’t make great sailors, and the past 15 months have been anything but calm. Yet some organizations have emerged in better shape than others — more agile, more collaborative, better able to adapt to changing business and customer needs. What gives? Why have some firms ridden out the storm and emerged stronger than others? A new study by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Cisco, sheds light on this and related questions you might find…

After months of rigorous testing, I’m happy to report that Cisco SD-WAN and our Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Family are now MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certified.   MEF is a global federation of network, cloud, and technology providers working together to empower enterprise digital transformation. Through its members, including Cisco, MEF enables dynamic, trusted, and certified services that empower enterprises to embrace their own digital transformation and grow their business.  In support of the value of company…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —                                                     News summary Vodafone selects Dell Technologies to provide edge compute infrastructure for its Open RAN network, starting in the United Kingdom Dell’s global supply chain and open infrastructure to drive Vodafone innovation and offer greater access to businesses and communities across Europe Full story Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and Vodafone will build Europe’s first commercial Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) network, bringing more broadband access to European businesses…

Secure Network Analytics uses flow telemetry such as NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and packet-level data and helps in reducing the risk to an organisation. It offers network performance monitoring, behaviour-based anomaly detection and advanced threat detection to deliver network visibility into physical and virtual environments from a single platform. NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories IDENTIFY – Asset Management (H/W and S/W inventories; communication and data flow are mapped) [ID.AM-3] The Host Locking feature of Secure…

A startup founded by two MIT grads says that it can deploy self-powering sensors to handle low-intensity IoT tasks, eliminating the need for batteries or power cabling and adding a new level of flexibility to IoT deployments. Ben Calhoun and Dave Wentzloff are the founders of Everactive, an IoT-device startup whose sensor modules can create their own power from a variety of sources, including indoor solar that gathers energy from artificial lighting, and thermal-gradient differential…

Small business owners have a lot on their minds. Trusting that their technology investments are reliable and work properly shouldn’t be one of them. Small business budgets are tight, especially now, during the pandemic recovery. Since they must keep track of every dollar spent—and ensure that they get the anticipated bang for their buck—it’s understandable that they might be swayed by a seemingly lower-cost version of a Cisco product that they found online. Why pay…

Edge computing is transforming the way data is being handled, processed, and delivered from millions of devices around the world. The explosive growth of internet-connected devices—the IoT—along with new applications that require real-time computing power, continues to drive edge-computing systems. Faster networking technologies, such as 5G wireless, are allowing for edge computing systems to accelerate the creation or support of real-time applications, such as video processing and analytics, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence and robotics, to…