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All rights reserved to Sandra Cifo In the last year or so, you may have noticed that a lot of exhibition halls and conference centers haven’t had much business. This is obviously due to the pandemic that has been affecting the entire world. However, this doesn’t mean that the world’s convention centers have sat gathering dust, places like RAI Amsterdam have been readying for the inevitable return of the crowds by improving their wireless networks….

As a Partner Marketing Manager for Qatar and Turkey, I always felt the need to hide my true self at work. There was always a strict line between my professional life and my personal life – where I also had a career as a yoga & mindfulness teacher for children. It was a role that I thought would, in the worlds or marketing and technology, have me perceived as “less professional” or “distracted” by my…

Quantum computers can learn to reason, even when burdened with uncertainty and incomplete data, concludes a team of scientists from U.K.-based quantum software developer Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC). This ability is similar to intuitive human reasoning, which allows people to draw conclusions and make decisions despite a lack of comprehensive information. CQC’s research confirms a belief among many scientists that quantum computers have a natural propensity for reasoning. In a paper published on the open-access…

Cisco made enhancements to its security offerings that will expand and change the way customers buy its Secure Access Service Edge products as well as bolster network-access authentication. Cisco’s SASE plan will focus on enhancing networking and security functions while building them into an integrated service that can help simplify access to enterprise cloud resources securely, said Gee Rittenhouse senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group during this week’s Cisco Live!…

SecureX serverless relay modules?… Right. What?!  Yes! SecureX serverless relay modules integrate third-party systems into SecureX. This tool enables SecureX Threat Response to observe, deliberate, refer, and respond to observables from third-party solutions. What does this all mean? Read on, You’ll find out in this blog post. And you can learn more, and ask questions, at our upcoming webinar on April 13th.  You can even do a guided workshop of the new DevNet learning module. It will teach you how to integrate the not-yet-integrated!  Why third-party integrations?…

What’s in a name? When it comes to the term ‘security platform,’ quite a lot, going by its overuse in the industry. This moniker is increasingly being deployed in the marketplace to describe varying types of solutions. We maintain that in order for an offering to be called a security platform, it must meet the following criteria: Comprehensive coverage: A platform offers visibility and builds efficiency across the broadest set of control points, not a…

Traditional methods of establishing local-area networks (LANs) have resulted in siloed networks and separate point-products. This infrastructure complexity creates challenges for IT teams that often struggle to support branch networking where there is often little to no support staff on-site to help. Technologies, such as software-defined WAN (SD-WAN), are seeing significant adoption as organizations reduce wide-area network (WAN) cost and complexity at the branch to help meet business objectives. As SD-WAN adoption continues to increase,…

At Cisco, our purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. And in response to the realities of the past year, this must also mean powering an inclusive recovery for all, with the help of our government partners, customers, partners, communities, and employees. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve put our purpose in action – keeping people working, learning, receiving healthcare, and governing during quarantine and as they return to their workplace. With millions of people…

Part of a Powering People First series that focuses on increasing and promoting personal well-being and building better quality connections and a more inclusive work experience for all Making Intelligent Collaboration Experiences with Webex Devices It happened quickly. Like most of us, one-minute Julie was working in the office and the next she was home full time, with little notice or time to plan. With only her company-provided  laptop and mouse, the days and weeks…

Part of a Powering People First series that focuses on increasing and promoting personal well-being and building better quality connections and a more inclusive work experience for all Every Experience with a Business Creates a Story When I meet someone new and introduce myself as the GM of Cisco’s Contact Center business, the response is immediate – my new contact will begin telling their personal stories of frustrating customer experiences in interacting with a business….