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Networks span across the enterprise, campus, branch, and into the cloud. Resources that enable agile operational models to allow the business to anticipate and respond to change are expanding the attack surface and bring with them more complexity. Complexity that attackers are taking advantage of. Meanwhile an ever-increasing amount of sensitive and legally protected data is traversing the distributed network. Securing this data to maintain compliance is a top concern and challenge. And that is…

As more people are getting vaccinated and returning to life outside their homes, many businesses are still accommodating COVID-19 precautions such as social distancing and reduced occupancy levels that will likely be around for some time to come. For many organizations, an expansion of operations to outdoor spaces is not only the natural and safer approach to protecting employees and customers but at times the only way to scale and thrive in profitable ways.  Technology…

Once again CRN has released its annual Women of the Channel List, and it’s an honor to be included. Thank you, CRN, and most importantly thank you to our partners for voting to recognize the efforts of some of the amazing women of Cisco. This year 25 Cisco leaders were named to CRN’s Women of the Channel! Each year, this list recognizes women leaders for their influence, extraordinary expertise and vision within the channel. I am…

Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual RSA Conference 2021. Such threats are exacerbated by the fact that over 3,500 vendors offer security products and services that many customers patchwork together, creating complexity that makes it hard for many to build an effective security position, Robbins…

Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual RSA Conference 2021. Such threats are exacerbated by the fact that over 3,500 vendors offer security products and services that many customers patchwork together, creating complexity that makes it hard for many to build an effective security position, Robbins…

Service providers have been working with governments for years to try to meet the need for faster, higher-capacity rural broadband. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made bridging this “Digital Divide” a top priority, directing more than $37 billion to this effort over the next ten years. However, the fundamental economics of rural broadband remain unchanged: when building infrastructure to connect small numbers of subscribers spread out over large, sparsely populated…

Episode 4 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. If you haven’t seen it already, check out Ray’s video on 400G migration. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 4 How did we go from 1G to 400G? The history of pluggable optics, a conversation with Ray Nering, part 4 of 4. Have you ever wondered why pluggable optics exist? Have you ever wondered what acronyms like QSFP, LR4, FEC, and PAM4…

A full-featured Layer 2/3 switch, tuned for low latency using FPGA programmability SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced SwitchApp for Arista 7130, a new ultra-low latency switch that cuts latency to less than a third of existing Arista solutions. SwitchApp is based on the latest programmable FPGA technology and is fully integrated with Arista EOS® (Extensible Operating System). The combination of these technologies allows customers to access financial markets with extraordinary speed,…

Cisco Blogs / Financial Services / Embrace Change: The IT Platform Built for Financial Services Today, businesses are having to rethink the way they operate. Many financial services organizations are quickly transforming their IT infrastructure into a digital-first model in order to easily embrace the changes ahead. Last week Cisco Meraki held a Financial Services webinar that explored how a cloud-first approach delivers the agility needed to help your business evolve and win with confidence…

The way we work has fundamentally changed since the beginning of last year. We are now part of a new, massively remote workforce that is here to stay. Organizations have long struggled with maintaining visibility across an increasingly complex attack surface. Now, with more employees relying on access to resources and applications from outside the office, endpoint protection has become crucial to the success of any cybersecurity program. But finding success in cybersecurity doesn’t come…