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15 years at Cisco and I really do still love my job! Every time I think about my role as an IT Manager, and these words, I think about that scene in Miss Congeniality where Sandra Bullock’s character becomes overwhelmed with emotion and let’s everyone know, “I really do want world peace!” When I say, “I love Cisco” – I really, really love Cisco! Not only can I bring my true self to work every…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — VMworld —   News summary Dell Technologies APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud offers powerful, simplified multi-cloud experience Dell EMC ObjectScale software uses Kubernetes to reduce object storage costs and speeds application innovation Dell Technologies Validated Design for AI, jointly engineered with VMware and NVIDIA, helps enterprises get the most from data insights Full story Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces new cloud and IT offerings, co-engineered with VMware,…

Learning and growing, together In education, we all learned a LOT this past year. Educators learned how to migrate their course material online. School teachers learned how to teach 7-year-olds how to log-in to a virtual class. Professors learned how to do 1:1 coaching when office hours couldn’t look like they used to. As we plan for the future, it’s our time to re-evaluate what worked well, and what we can improve for the coming…

More than six years after Microsoft launched Windows 10, Windows 11 is finally here. It’s been one of the longest waits between operating system versions in Microsoft history. Has it been worth the wait? More important, when (and if) you’re offered the upgrade through Windows Update, should you take the leap? I’ve put the operating system through its paces (with an eye to business use). Among the most significant changes I found are a smartly…

The tech industry contributes to global warming. But it offers solutions, too. In the past 18 months, many of us have experimented with digital technologies. We’ve led teams and entire companies from the home office, attended weddings, experienced live music and theatre performances virtually. But the promise of digitisation is far greater. It’s a way for society to become more efficient, more inclusive, and more sustainable. That’s why we believe that moving forward, what can…

Innovating faster and becoming more flexible are key concerns of top executives across the globe. These concerns are even more prominent for broadband operators who need to deploy and simplify their infrastructure faster while preparing the way to develop and deliver new residential and commercial services. In a world that has accelerated its march to digital societies thanks to the ongoing pandemic speeding up innovation cycles throughout all areas of the network has become even…

Announces participation in upcoming analyst day and investor events SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) will release its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 after U.S. markets close on Monday, November 1st, 2021. The results will be included in a press release with accompanying financial information that will be posted on the Investor Relations section of the Arista website at https://investors.arista.com. Arista’s executive management team will host a conference call…

The old network troubleshooting saying is, when anything goes wrong, “It’s DNS.” This time Domain Name Server (DNS) appears to be the symptom of the root cause of the Facebook global failure. The true cause is that there are no working Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes into Facebook’s sites. BGP is the standardized exterior gateway protocol used to exchange routing and reachability information between the internet top-level autonomous systems (AS). Most people, indeed most network administrators, never need…

The old network troubleshooting saying is, when anything goes wrong, “It’s DNS.” This time Domain Name Server (DNS) appears to be the symptom of the root cause of the Facebook global failure. The true cause is that there are no working Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes into Facebook’s sites. BGP is the standardized exterior gateway protocol used to exchange routing and reachability information between the internet top-level autonomous systems (AS). Most people, indeed most network administrators, never need…

As businesses begin to recover from the global pandemic, very few are returning to the traditional model of having everyone working from the office five days a week. Instead, work-from-home (WFH) employees are transitioning to a hybrid model, known as work-from-anywhere (WFA.) A WFA model allows users to work at home, on campus, at a branch, or anyplace with an internet connection. Most organizations enable employees to work part of the week in a traditional…