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FOSDEM is a truly unique experience and arguably the best open source conference of the year. It is a weekend event organized by open source enthusiasts to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. Each year, during the semester break at Université libre de Bruxelles, thousands of developers from all over the world gather to share ideas and collaborate on open source software. FOSDEM is unlike any other conference I have ever…

If you’re reading this blog, I’m betting you’re a technology enthusiast and that you’ve heard of all the hottest innovations in wireless today. Whether it be the gargantuan increase in throughput-efficiency with Wi-Fi 6, the exciting new possibilities enabled by the Internet-of-Things (IoT), or the powerful yet easy-to-setup wireless home office solutions, they’ve all become a reality and are deployment-ready today!   This begs the question, what is the right wireless platform that will benefit…

My family and I like to vacation at Bethany Beach in Delaware. This small seaside town with its boardwalk, farmer’s markets, and the Poseidon festival at the end of May, has always been a nice getaway from the chaotic day-to-day. The little over three-hour drive takes you directly over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. At almost 5 miles long and with heights of 186 feet, it is absolutely one of the world’s scariest bridges due to…

This blog post comes from Sarah Mak, an Australian-based mother, entrepreneur, and storyteller. She’s co-founder and CEO at Folktale, a visual storytelling app to empower people and businesses to tell their own stories. Many of the resulting stories have gone on to win AIPP Australian Professional Video Producers Awards. Hear how Sarah’s using technology for good at Cisco’s upcoming Women Rock-IT broadcast on April 22. I grew up with a culture of ‘work hard, stay…

Like peanut butter and chocolate or Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen or Iron Man and Captain America, Cisco’s Catalyst 9100 Access Points and DNA Center are a duo that works incredibly well together. We are obviously more than a bit biased, but we’ve felt this way for a long time. Miercom, an independent, nonpartisan testing lab, recently released a competitive assessment that came to the same conclusion. This wasn’t a situation where the Cisco access…

Today’s security professionals face a growing number of competing priorities. Where a CIO’s job was once to “keep the lights on,” they are now asked to be part of conversations around revenue generation. Top of mind are discussions around migrating workloads to the cloud, being proper stewards of customer data, all while finding ways to maximize all of the data at their disposal to drive business results. Furthermore, in a highly segmented market like security,…

Asking what’s the best wireless technology is like asking what’s the best pasta shape. Answer: it depends. For pasta, the variable is the sauce—tubes for chunky sauces, strands for oils or creamy sauces. (Source: being Italian, and Bon Apetit.) For wireless, the best technology depends on your application (tolerance for latency, packet loss, and dropped connection) and assets (where they are and how fast they’re moving). Based on those answers, you might be best off…

  I never imagined myself in tech. Even though I was strong in math and science in high school, when someone suggested I go into computer science – I couldn’t see myself “making video games” or “having a role that wasn’t people focused.” Instead of jumping into a career path, I took some time to figure it out by working in the real world.    Still, I was missing something – a purpose, a higher calling…

Governments worldwide are taking the bold, but necessary step to reimagine the way they govern, serve, and protect their countries and communities. Even before the pandemic, governments have seen a growing demand for digital services. Online channels to apply for passports, permits and licenses, and paying bills and fees were features familiar to many, introduced by governments to expedite citizen services. However, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered the unprecedented acceleration of digital transformation across the broader…

The Federal Communications Commission plans yet another auction of radio-frequency spectrum suitable for delivering 5G services and continues to scrutinize the security of 5G infrastructure made in China, both of which will affect how quickly 5G services are deployed. The commission says it will seek bids on licensing another 100MHz swath of RF spectrum in the 3.4GHz mid-band range, which lies close to the C-band frequencies that were auctioned off late last year, and will…