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And… by popular demand (not really) we are back! I know it’s been a long time since my last post, but this last year has been really challenging for everyone, including me. Hopefully things are slowly getting back to normal and our minds will gradually also be able to readapt and focus again on the things that excited us. A foundational block for network operations, AI, and natural language processing In these months I’ve received…

Hybrid Cloud Strategies A few years ago, when the contact center industry started talking about cloud being the inevitable next step in the evolution of the contact centers, there were some specific benefits which fueled that trend, such as faster delivery of innovation and updates. Though the benefits of cloud-based software delivery are great, many on-premises contact center enterprise customers are not yet ready to migrate their contact center investments to a public cloud solution…

Resilience has been in high demand over the last year. Whether it was individuals trying to remain healthy, families working to stay strong in the face of massive change, or companies fighting to survive in a completely different business environment, everyone was challenged. Amidst this chaos, cybersecurity was of course tested as well, as droves of employees began working from home and attackers swooped in to take advantage of that migration. In fact, the entire…

Spring is a time for renewal, growth and expansion. As we witness the landscape transform from brown to green and blossom into color, we realize that change is all around us. And although we can explore ways to transform ourselves and our Cisco practice anytime during the year, Spring just feels like the best time—a time to take action and create change. By now, you’ve likely heard success stories about Cisco Partners that have already…

How do you know #LoveWhereYouWork is more than a saying? For me, there’s lots of reasons – but less than three weeks before the arrival of my firstborn, my team in Customer Experience showed that in a way unlike any other. During an all hands meeting, it was announced that a member of our leadership was at someone’s door with a surprise. Everyone was shocked, and immediately the team’s expressions shifted as a few asked,…

It’s Cold. It’s Dark. It’s the middle of Nowhere. And somewhere out there is a mountain. At any moment I will begin a twisty, turvy, challenging journey – that includes running 100 miles all at once. Sometimes I wonder what I’m even doing out there, but then I remember it’s a lot like my life – and my career journey to Cisco as a Sales Engineering Leader on our Global Demo Engineering Team. How are…

Cisco Makes $150 million Commitment to help HBCUs Strategically Recover and Flourish Cisco’s purpose is to power an inclusive future for all. This means building a workforce that is reflective of the world we live in, helping to connect the unconnected, and answering the call to those in need. With our purpose as our backdrop, Cisco committed to being a part of the reckoning on racial injustice that affected us profoundly. Last September, we unveiled our Social…

A Comparative Analysis of Architectures and Their Trade-offs Organizations have many options when implementing an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN). Choice of network design with respect to overlay routing may be influenced by a combination of factors, including scalability, multi-tenancy, segmentation, and operational simplicity. Understanding the key differences among various overlay routing architectures makes it possible to evaluate and choose an implementation that offers a best fit for an organization. This blog post compares the…

Just six months after unveiling its first AI inferencing processor, Mythic AI has announced a new round of funding for $70 million in Series C investment to begin mass production of its chips and to develop its next generation of hardware and software products. In November, the company announced the M1108 Analog Matrix Processor (AMP) aimed at edge AI deployments across a wide range of applications, including manufacturing, video surveillance, smart cities, smart homes, AR/VR,…

A circle is a universal symbol. The application of a circle is used to safely navigate large cities with round-a-bouts and on/off ramps to major highways. To fuel the world around us with windmills. Its concept is used for fun like a Ferris Wheel at the local fair and the beloved Tootsie Pop sucker. It’s also found in even the most remote locations like Stonehenge, the Great Blue Hole off the shores of Belize, and…