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Cisco Nexus Data Broker has seen tremendous success and traction with data center customers since its inception. Our customers really liked the idea of using the same Nexus Data Center switch for building the packet broker network for their monitoring needs. They didn’t need to invest in additional skill development to manage purpose-built packet broker appliances. They could streamline the procurement and availability of spares and stock in their inventory. And they benefited from a…

Since the onset of the pandemic, technology and digital innovation has enabled us to maintain a semblance of business and life-as-usual. Technology has underpinned the continuity of economic and social activity during the crisis, and this digital enablement is here to stay even as countries begin to emerge out of the pandemic. However, the current reliance on technology has raised the stakes around digital readiness and exacerbating the digital divide for those without the skills,…

Enterprise IT spends a lot of time designing their cloud networks. This includes thinking about the best way to achieve network segmentation and policy segmentation for workloads, securing workloads by cloud native security policies, and inserting traffic inspection devices such as firewalls for traffic that needs to be scrutinized. While a good design is the first step, choosing a solution that can help automate the configuration for the cloud network is an important next step….

One Ring to rule them all,One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them alland in the light unite them.― with a tip of the hat to J.R.R. Tolkien Hierarchy and Federation have been the concepts on which most of the complex problems in large scale distributed systems have been solved. Network management in the hybrid cloud is no exception to this. Data Center network deployments have evolved from a 3-Tier Access-Aggregate-Core hierarchical topology to…

Something happened back in 1991 that dramatically changed the future of computing. Linus Torvalds, a Finnish-American software engineer, released the Linux kernel and the second version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). A good portion of the technology we use today would not be what it is had this not happened. It all started on August 25th of that year when Torvalds announced in a usenet post that he was working on a free…

DevNet Create is Cisco’s developer conference that has grown and changed over the years. Now in our 5th year, we are excited to bring you a 2-day virtual event that spans the globe where you’ll hear use cases, demos, and stories from each region. DevNet Create is a conference that lets application developers learn about, or even co-create, with apps and infrastructure. I’m here to give you the top 3 reasons why you should attend…

The Colonial Pipeline attack is the latest reminder that critical infrastructure needs stronger protection. The problem isn’t the lack of available cybersecurity solutions. It’s the opposite. With so many solutions available, deciding which ones will provide the most value can be overwhelming. It’s a similar feeling to how we felt as children in a toy store, while clutching our pocket money. For basic protections, here are three actions that every critical infrastructure provider should take…

The end of the year and the start of the next is always a time of retrospection and celebration. Last week was Cisco’s fiscal year earnings announcement, so now seems like a great time to reflect on some of my learnings from my tenure as co-lead of Women of Cisco Americas board. Inclusivity goes beyond standard descriptors. Inclusivity is not only about gender, race or ethnicity. It encompasses representation from different geographies, organizations, and career…

Part 2: Optimizing Application Experience As applications are migrating to the cloud and being offered either as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or built as cloud native infrastructure, the network must become more application aware, programmable, and intelligent to deliver the best experience to users. My previous blog post discussed how Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) provides seamless connectivity to applications from anywhere. This blog post explores how applications can take advantage of and work cooperatively with the network to…

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an annual competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems. Now in its fifth year, the competition awarded its largest prize pool ever, $1 million USD, to 20 winning teams from around the world.   Globally,…