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The Internet of Things (IoT) is everywhere, and its use is growing fast. Local governments use IoT to build smart cities and to create intelligent businesses. Industry analysts estimate that over 30 billion IoT devices will be connected worldwide by 2025, a sharp jump from the 13.8 billion units in 2021*. Manufacturing companies have the highest IoT spend to date of industries while the health care market continues to experience the highest IoT growth. The promise…

Earlier this month, I encouraged you to join the beta for Meraki Webhook Custom Payload Templates, a low-code feature that allows you to create custom payload templates for webhooks to fit the JSON shape, markdown preference and authentication headers that fit your needs. The good news is that the fun doesn’t have to stop there. We encourage you to keep up with the new Meraki APIs on a monthly basis, by bookmarking and following our…

If you’re planning to apply for a grant, it’s important to keep in mind that all the work you put into your application (and with most broadband programs, it’s no small effort) will eventually get boiled down to a number: the score the proposal receives from the reviewers. And barring some unusual (but not unheard of) bureaucratic maneuvers, like limiting the number of winning projects in one state, for example, awards will be made to…

Successful partnering is when two or more organizations come together to deliver a solution that is better than the sum of its individual parts. Joint solutions help customers accelerate deployment, simplify operations and support, while reducing costs and risk. Cisco has always partnered with industry leaders to deliver best of breed solutions as well as flexibility and choice. With the introduction of UCS X-Series, we have again partnered with industry leaders to deliver innovative solutions…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — XPS is one of the most coveted brands in the PC industry, lauded for its seamless convergence of elegant design and cutting-edge technology – but there’s always more to a XPS device than meets the eye. Nearly 42% larger than its predecessor (27L vs 19L)1, the new XPS Desktop ushers in an expansive suite of next-gen performance technologies and a more robust cooling architecture, making this the…

We’ve never been so excited to welcome you all back! On February 7, 2022, the IT world will convene in Amsterdam for one of the most exciting weeks of the year at Cisco Live. If you’re still undecided on whether to attend, read on to discover why this safe and fun event is an experience that shouldn’t be missed. Cisco Live is a hugely significant gathering for service providers and it continues to grow in…

Manufacturing company Megablok was experiencing frequent network outages that were halting business productivity and forcing employees to work from home. Like most, it blamed its current network and decided to recheck all network cables and expand its broadband to help resolve the issue. Frustratingly, the outages continued to happen. The company learned shortly after that the issues were a result of a cyberattack. There were millions of ransomware attacks in 2020 and hackers continue to…

Graphcore, the British semiconductor company that develops accelerators for AI and machine learning, has greatly increased the performance of its massively parallel Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) servers. Graphcore sells its AI-oriented chips in rack-mounted designs called IPU-PODs. Up until now, the maximum per cabinet has been 64 units (in the IPU-POD64). The newest racks are twice and four times as large: the IPU-POD128 and IPU-POD256. With 32 petaFLOPS of AI compute in the IPU-POD 128…

To say cybersecurity is an in-demand field would be a gross understatement. Last year alone, 3.12 million cybersecurity positions globally remained open, according to (ISC)2.  And a recent Coursera Industry Skills Report reveals that job growth in the industry globally between 2020 to 2025 is projected to result in 149 million new jobs. Cisco Networking Academy is providing a powerful skills-to-job pathway for learners around the world to these in-demand jobs. I had the opportunity…

I grew up in a ravishingly small village in Gujarat, India named Vekariya. My parents were farmers, and I was going to a rural private school where my teachers found me as a bright student. I eventually left school to take up the responsibility of caring for my younger brother, doing house chores, and cooking at the age of seven. All of this, while helping my parents on the farm. After a few days of…