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For us, at Cisco, diversity and inclusion is a huge part of our culture, and for International Women’s Day this year, we want to align and focus on three key themes that we believe everyone can resonate with: RISE, Thrive and Shine. For today, I would like to elaborate on the RISE portion. Over the past year, everyone around the world has had to RISE to the occasion and adapt to a new normal; we…

Every year on March 8th, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. It’s an opportunity to honor the political, social, economic and cultural achievements of women everywhere in every walk of life. That includes in the field of cybersecurity. Women have already made considerable progress in that regard. According to the 2019 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, higher percentages of women have reached senior positions in cybersecurity than men. These roles have included chief technology officer (7%…

At the end of my story, I’m going to ask you to say yes…  In December 1992, I came home to visit my family and weighed a whopping 89 pounds. I assured my worried mother that it was just a stomach flu. Not buying it, my parents drove me straight to the doctor where I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. This would morph into Crohn’s Disease and begin my journey with a chronic illness.  In…

In 2020, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) introduced the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC). Since then, the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) has been preparing for future RFPs which will include this new requirement. For many decision makers, the new requirements raised questions on how CMMC would impact their organizations—operationally and financially. But CMMC also awakened a realization that doing business with the DoD, regardless of industry, requires embracing cybersecurity as a strategic…

Microsoft and VMware have taken their well-established relationship up a notch by tying together application and network technologies to help customers support secure WAN access to critical enterprise applications. Specifically, the companies have combined Azure Virtual WAN Hub with VMware’s SD-WAN technology so that VMware’s SD-WAN customers can link resources using the networking, security, and routing services in Azure WAN Hub. They announced the news at his week’s Microsoft Ignite virtual conference. Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN…

2020 was a year that we will all remember. I don’t know about you, but I am ready to ‘Turn it up’ at Cisco Live 2021. This year we will bring you the excitement, inspiration, and education that you have been looking for. We are celebrating you, the IT hero! A look back Over the last 20 years, traditional networking has not changed much. Each networking device had to be managed individually remotely through SSH…

Cisco Webex is the world’s leading collaboration solution, powering Fortune 500 companies, governments, universities, healthcare organizations, and now, Formula 1 racing! Today, McLaren Racing announced that Cisco Webex is the official collaboration partner of the McLaren Formula 1 team. Embracing Hybrid Sports 2020 was a year unlike any other; we saw five years of digital transformation in five months and a massive acceleration of future of work initiatives. Every industry was impacted… including sports and…

Financial Services institutions have experienced unforeseen challenges and significant disruption during the Pandemic and beyond, but also unprecedented opportunities to accelerate growth and digitize business operations to enhance employee productivity, customer experience, and innovation. There is an increased sense of urgency to Connect, Secure & Automate, and most importantly, to make Banking, Insurance & Wealth Management easier for customers, partners and stakeholders. Top of mind industry trends include: Hybrid Operating Model – not a “one-size-fits-all”, as…

This Blog is a joint collaboration between Ravi Balakrishnan (Cisco) and Eric Ji  (F5) Kubernetes is all about abstracting away complexity. As Kubernetes continues to evolve, it becomes more intelligent and will become even more powerful when it comes to helping enterprises manage their data center, not just at the cloud. While enterprises have had to deal with the challenges associated with managing different types of modern applications (AI/ML, Big data, and analytics) to process that data, they…

As we move into the third month of 2021, the pandemic continues to create new risks and force transformation in retail. Brick and mortars open and close. Where shopping online and remote workforce were once “nice-to-haves,” they are now mission critical. Retail locations of all shapes and sizes need remote solutions than can empower customer and associate interaction, provide flexible access, and enable it all with end-to-end security. So how can your organization keep your…