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Systems administrators in enterprise companies who are constantly upgrading, repurposing, and managing thousands of switches, listen up! Starting with release 17.7 of Cisco IOS XE, is support for a suite of Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC)-based microservices that will simplify and lighten your workloads.  The Evolution of Remote Procedure Calls  In 2015, the RPC protocol got a major upgrade with gRPC. This open-source framework is accessible to a wide variety of programming languages. It was developed to connect services within and across data centers to obtain pluggable support for features like load balancing, health…

Cisco may be well known for its innovative industry-leading technology, but there are some things you may not know about its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. Here are 5 initiatives CSR at Cisco is doing to power a more inclusive future for all:  1. Connecting communities in crisis with Cisco Crisis Response  As the world faces disasters, Cisco uses advanced technologies to address and meet communications needs. The Cisco Crisis Response team has helped responders in over 60 disasters and participated in more than 35 training exercises around…

Traditionally, the networking industry has deployed architectures that include two, or sometimes three, layers.  These layers are: An IP layer carrying IP/Ethernet/L3/L2 services A DWDM layer for efficiently transporting massive traffic loads In some cases, a discrete OTN layer for private line services As technology advances, it’s important to step back and ask, “why are we doing this?” and to re-assess whether this architecture makes sense for the next 20 years.  It’s a fact of…

Interest in industrial control systems (ICS) security has shot up in response to cyberattacks on organizations like the city of Oldsmar’s water utility, Honda, Merck, Maersk, and Johannesburg’s electric utility. New technologies have matured over the last few years to help build more advanced industrial security architectures. Assessing emerging solutions is always challenging—and ICS security is no exception. So it’s timely that Forrester issued an independent analysis of the most significant ICS security solutions. Cisco…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will conduct a conference call Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. CST to discuss its fiscal 2022 third quarter financial results. The conference will be available to the public as a live, audio-only webcast on Dell Technologies’ website at investors.delltechnologies.com; an archived version will be available at the same location. The company will issue the results via a press release with accompanying financial statements…

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up a $1.9 billion fund to help smaller, rural US telcos replace the 5G and other gear in their networks that is made by China-based Huawei and ZTE, whose equipment has been banned since the telecom providers bought it. The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program will help service providers remove, replace, and dispose of the equipment, but it’s not likely to cover all their costs. “It’s hard…

ITRenew, the reseller of slightly used hyperscalar servers, has partnered with Pluribus Networks to add Pluribus’s Netvisor ONE operating system and Adaptive Cloud Fabric controllerless SDN cloud networking software to its hardware. ITRenew resells servers it buys from hyperscalers like Amazon and Google that are retiring them, typically after a year or so. It refurbishes them, offers a warrantee, and sells them to enterprises for half the price of new hardware. ITRenew sells the servers…

Cisco has upgraded two of its core software programs to make it easier for enterprise customers to secure data-center and WAN-connected resources.https://www.networkworld.com/article/3599213/what-are-data-centers-how-they-work-and-how-they-are-changing-in-size-and-scope.html Cisco has introduced what it calls Integrated Domain, which combines the domain controllers of Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN vManage to tie together network connectivity between the two domains as well as ensuring security-policy consistency end-to-end, according to Justin Buchanan, Cisco director of product management, security policy and access. It also allows…

Edge computing is finding a home in the infrastructure ecosystems of many enterprises. A plethora of benefits is driving adoption. These benefits include reduced network latency for faster services, reduced operational expenses from decentralized IT, bandwidth savings thanks to local networks, a reduction in network failures, IoT security frameworks, and the potential to reduce the number of data-center outages. But security is an issue, according to IDG’s State of the Network Survey for 2020. More…

Cloud is an essential element of a digital enterprise, and the pandemic has made this fact indisputable. Gartner predicts businesses to spend a total of $480 billion on public cloud services in 2022, a 21% increase compared to 2021. Besides accelerating the speed of innovation, cloud technologies enhance employee experience by efficient delivery of software services. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), being a security software product, had been in the center of the cloud conversations…