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Enterprise infrastructure that supports data center, cloud and edge networks could someday be dominated by one of its tiniest components–the smartNIC or data processing unit (DPU). Use of smartNICs in the enterprise is still evolvinging, but the idea behind them–offloading server CPU duties onto a separate device to free up server cycles–is not new. Specialized hardware accelerators such as graphics processing units (GPU), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and focused NICs have offloaded CPU workloads in…

Enterprise infrastructure that supports data center, cloud and edge networks could someday be dominated by one of its tiniest components–the smartNIC or data processing unit (DPU). Use of smartNICs in the enterprise is still evolvinging, but the idea behind them–offloading server CPU duties onto a separate device to free up server cycles–is not new. Specialized hardware accelerators such as graphics processing units (GPU), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and focused NICs have offloaded CPU workloads in…

Co-authored by: Alex Pujols, Director of Systems Engineering, Cisco  Our Partners make everything possible, especially when it comes to innovation. This past year, our conversations with our partner community have been focused on how we can innovate in many areas, from evolving routes to market to the important role of developers to cross-architecture opportunities. We need bold innovation. From Cisco’s Global Systems Engineering teams to our Emerging Technologies & Incubation team, we are putting our collective expertise…

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…

It was so amazing to return to London for the Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC). Produced by Informa Tech, and built by the security partners, the mission of the NOC is to quickly build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the briefings, sponsors and attendees. It is a team effort, where collaboration combines a robust backbone (Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and…

Today’s cybersecurity universe shares many similarities with the Marvel Universe. There’s bad guys (those pesky cyber-attackers) and there’s good guys, like cybersecurity thought leader Mark Lynd, and Enric Cuixeres Saez, Head of IT at Leng-d’Or. In a recent video, Mark and Enric sat down to discuss the latest dangers and developments in the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity – and it’s an absolute must-watch! But to expand on the conversation and share more of his experiences…

Introduction With traditional firewalls, network security teams are charged with the heavy lifting of deploying new solutions. They are responsible for a variety of costs, including licensing, appliance, related infrastructure updates, and ongoing maintenance. From a time-value perspective, inserting firewalls also creates additional complexity for NetOps and SecOps teams, delaying time to deployment in production environments due to design and testing required to integrate the new firewall into the network. To become more agile, organizations…

With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, our nation begins a significant investment in critical infrastructure that is smarter, safer and designed for long term sustainability. But we should also take the opportunity to modernize operational technologies (OT). Investing in our nation’s OT at this moment is critical to creating more secure and resilient infrastructure. We must think beyond broadband, making strategic investments in OT that support our roadways, water systems, subways,…

Wi-Fi 6 has some impressive improvements over its predecessor Wi-Fi 5 including lower latency, faster speeds, higher throughput, and increased range that can make it a better fit to serve both dense clusters of clients and clients running high-bandwidth applications. As Wi-Fi in general replaces wired networks in some enterprises and with the increased use of tablets, laptops, and mobile phones within enterprises, wireless-network responsiveness and versatility are becoming more desirable. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 ax)…

Edge computing is a simple concept. Move processing and storage closer to devices and users to better manage the tsunami of data being generated and consumed across your enterprise and enable new digital applications. But it’s not so simple in execution. Edge use cases have different requirements that must be factored into your edge strategy. And edge computing sites are deployed in very different physical environments. While some edge use cases may be supported by…