NETWORKING

Last December, you may have wanted faster internet, but you probably didn’t need faster internet. Things change. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic today, we’re working from home, our children are going to school virtually, and we try to keep ourselves from going stir-crazy with streaming media and online games. So, how much bandwidth do we need for all that? According to John Horrigan, a senior fellow at the Technology Policy Institute, and former Federal Communications…

As consumers of all things wireless, Wi-Fi 6 has probably been at the top of your mind for the past two years. Maybe you’re curious about its increased throughput efficiency or the improved IoT protocols or its lightning fast speed. With that in mind, you may also want more information about Cisco’s new Wi-Fi 6 access point, the Catalyst 9105. If you don’t know which Wi-Fi 6 AP makes the most sense for your deployment…

Webex was the reason I decided to join Cisco.   The idea of transforming the workplace and re-imagining what it means to collaborate with others is what initially excited me about the product. As I watched a demo of Webex during a recruiting event at Cisco’s headquarters, I gazed up at the big Webex boards – fitted with all this new technology – and was in awe of how forward-thinking it was. I felt like I…

At Cisco, our goal is to deliver Webex experiences that are 10X better than in-person interactions and an important part of that is making these experiences inclusive and equal for all. We are making sure everyone is included and part of the conversation, whether working from their dining table or in an office building. Today, I’m pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire privately held Slido s.r.o., a technology company that provides a best-in-class audience…

Customer expectations are on the rise and these expectations are set not just by your competition, they are set by every brand your customers interact with. The world is moving away from impersonal and sterile experiences with large companies, to more personal interactions like a conversation between friends. Think about your interactions with your best friend. They know you; they know how to reach you; they know what you need to do next; and they…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between November 27 and December 4. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats. As a reminder, the information provided for the following threats in this post is non-exhaustive and…

As they began planning the worldwide broadcast of their Global Innovation Challenge,  Logicalis team members knew they faced a huge challenge. As a socially minded company, Logicalis had challenged its 6500 employees to come up with innovative ways to solve social or environmental problems facing their communities by leveraging Cisco’s broad technology portfolio. Logicalis has taken a leadership position in bringing to market innovative applications that solve real-world problems by combining its intellectual property with…

Pure Storage, the all-flash array storage provider, has expanded its Pure-as-a-Service offering to include flexible, pay-as-you-go options for bridging public and private clouds. The company launched Pure-as-a-Service late last year, but it was based on its previous Evergreen service, which had a per-use model for clients looking to move from capex to opex economics. It provides block, file, and object data management capabilities under a single unified subscription. First stage Pure-as-a-Service was formally known as…

With more and more data-center workloads being shifted to the cloud, it’s important for enterprise IT staff to learn cloud skills not only to stay relevant within their organizations but also to prepare for career advancement and better salaries. One way to accomplish this is to learn the ins and outs of working in specific cloud providers’ environments. This is a brief description of how to get grounded in AWS. According to training firm Global…

AWS has turned up the drumbeat to move workloads off of the mainframe and into its cloud.  At its weeks-long re:Invent virtual event, Amazon Web Services said it would soon expand its Competency Program to include even more services to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud. The services are an expansion of mainframe migration services AWS has had on its menu for the past few years. AWS says its Competency Program is designed to identify,…