NETWORKING

Best in Class Once Again On the heels of receiving Trustradius’ “Best of” 2021 Awards, Webex has brought home more “Best of” awards. G2 has announced their 2nd annual Best Software lists, and we are excited to be the highest-ranked conferencing solution on the Top Remote Tools list. Webex also ranked as the top conferencing solution on the Best Enterprise Products list. We further retained our positioning as the highest-ranked solution in our category, an…

If you’d like to know what systems and devices are attached to your local network—whether out of security concerns or simple curiosity, Linux has some really great commands for providing answers. In this post, we’ll probe a small network and see how devices can be identified. nmap The first tool we’ll use is nmap, which stands for Network Mapper, an open source tool for exploring networks and doing some serious security auditing. It was designed…

If you’d like to know what systems and devices are attached to your local network—whether out of security concerns or simple curiosity, Linux has some really great commands for providing answers. In this post, we’ll probe a small network and see how devices can be identified. nmap The first tool we’ll use is nmap, which stands for Network Mapper, an open source tool for exploring networks and doing some serious security auditing. It was designed…

Data is the ultimate asset of modern business and the foundation of digital transformation. It is the currency that funds innovation and growth. Data must be protected with the utmost rigor, but it must also flow effortlessly to where it can deliver the greatest benefits. In an era where the cloud rules infrastructure, traditional network security is no longer useful.  The current construct for data protection is outmoded and in urgent need of an update….

All rights reserved to Sandra Cifo The last year has been anything but business as usual for most colleges and universities. But network advances are still happening and recently a pair of Cisco customers talked about one of these new Cisco innovations. During a recent Educause webinar, Cisco Architect Stephen Orr moderated a discussion of Cisco User Defined Network (UDN) between Ken Boynton Communications Network Analyst, Principal at the University of Arizona and Rich Fraboni,…

We know all too well that security can be a grind and that modern threats are and will continue to become more and more stealthy and sophisticated. A few years ago, the typical security practitioner’s plight was often described as an anxiety-inducing and exhausting existence that involved sifting through an endless barrage of alerts and reacting whenever known threats had penetrated their organization. Unfortunately, though – as with all arms races – modern cyber weapons and…

There is a proven link between operational readiness and business performance.  From a partner and distributor perspective, being operationally ready is about identifying the right mix of efficiencies for people, processes and tools to transact business at scale.  The value to you; operational efficiencies to keep and grow your competitive edge. One of the many things I love about my team is their desire to not only move along with the latest trends, but also…

The following is an excerpt from the 2020 CSR Impact Report, published on December 8, 2020. COVID-19 has touched us all. And throughout this crisis, Cisco has responded as only we can—by enabling the world’s networks to handle the sudden work-from-home surge, as well as providing collaboration tools that have brought people together virtually during this time. From the pandemic’s earliest days, Cisco was deemed an essential business offering critical infrastructure. We prioritized orders from first…

The causes and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting global struggles during the past year will long be debated. But there is one fact that will never be in dispute: small business owners and employees are some of the most resilient and resourceful people around, especially when it comes to their survival. Media coverage of the extraordinary measures small businesses took to keep their doors open the last 12 to 15 months are in…

Cloudflare has added two new major features to its Cloudflare One network-as-a-service platform. Magic WAN allows organizations to connect their branch offices, data centers, cloud assets, and remote workers to its global network and use it as their own software-defined WAN. Magic Firewall is a firewall-as-a-service that allows organizations to enforce security policies on this new virtual network. The shifting network perimeter Cloudflare One, initially launched in October, is a platform that follows a new…