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By leveraging technology, Cisco Partners have helped our mutual customers solve some of the biggest problems they’ve faced in recent history. And with proper training, partners can continue to help customers solve future problems—even as those problems become increasingly complex. The right skills can lead to big gains In order to solve those problems, though, individuals need to have the right training and relevant skills. Having a great sales team might get you in the…

December 7th, 2021 won’t be a day that will live in infamy, but it is a day that will annoy many Amazon Web Services (AWS) users. And, it will also vex many more people who didn’t realize until today that Disney+, Venmo, and Robinhood all rely on AWS. No AWS, no Star Wars: The Bad Batch.  The problem? According to the AWS Service Health Dashboard: We are seeing an impact on multiple AWS APIs in…

Until very recently, the Cisco IOS XR operating system was thought to only apply to huge, fast routers – the likes of Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) and ASR 9000. Both are exceptionally successful platforms that have unquestionably shaped the internet. That perception of IOS XR was changed in a massive way with the launch of the IOS XR-based Access Network Portfolio which pushed the trustworthy Network Operating System (NOS) further to the edge of…

The impact of COVID on the workforce is making the IT world more challenging for infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders, but it’s also a chance for those leaders to drive some serious business changes and increase resiliency, according to analysts presenting at this week’s virtual Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference. “I&O leaders need to drive change, not simply absorb it,” said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner, to the virtual audience….

What if you could build a successful, world-class security program with just five practices?   And what if shifting focus to these areas could put your security program ahead of 79% of other organizations? Our latest cybersecurity research study suggests that this is not only true but is also a tangible reality for organizations that choose to follow some practical steps. Over the past nine months, we’ve orchestrated in-depth data analysis against our very own prior…

I Failed. Two years ago, I had the greatest disappointment of my life by tripping at the finish line and failing to get my dream job. As a fresh graduate of the University of Maryland in 2019, I had applied to Cisco for a role as a Sales Engineer in their award-winning Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP). The interview process spanned several months and included a 30-second intro video submission, a technical video presentation, a 3-tiered technical assessment and…

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a cloud-based service that combined networking and security so that users located anywhere could safely and efficiently access applications and data located anywhere? That’s the aim of SASE (rhymes with gassy). SASE isn’t a single product, but rather it’s an approach, a platform, a collection of capabilities, an aspiration. Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge in a 2019 research report, and the name stuck. Vendors have…

As we approach the end of the year, many people take time off. Some people like to take advantage of those quiet times to invest in their self-education. That’s why the NSO team has been hard at work making sure you have at least one great present this holiday season. Our present to you is three new XML/XPATH for NSO learning labs! Learn valuable industry skills Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a multi-domain orchestration…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) (the “Company” or “Dell Technologies“) announces the pricing of the previously announced private offering by two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation, as co-issuers (the “co-issuers”), of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Senior Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes”) and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.450% Senior Notes due 2051 (the “2051 Notes” and together with the 2041…

At its annual re:Invent conference, Amazon Web Services announced the newest generation of its Arm-based Graviton processors, the Graviton 3, which the company claims will be 25% or more faster than the last-generation chips  in key workloads. The 25% is likely for integer workloads, because AWS also said the Graviton 3 boasts double the floating-point performances (FLOP), a three-fold performance improvement in machine-learning workloads, and better cryptographic performance. AWS also claims the new chips will…