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Episode 9 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 9 Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 9. Demystifying fiber cable infrastructure, with Brian Kelly. Part 1 of 6. If you search on “data center” you’ll find many images that show rows and rows of equipment racks. The network gear in these racks need to be physically connected to each other, and that’s where pluggable optic transceivers come…

ProtonVPN has long been a good Virtual Private Network (VPN) system. But, now that it’s sped up its connection by up to 400%, it demands your attention. This new speed boost “VPN Accelerator,” is enabled by default on all ProtonVPN paid accounts and with all the ProtonVPN apps. It also works with all of ProtonVPN and is available for all users. VPN Accelerator will give you its speed boost no matter which VPN protocol you…

Choice is good. And so is simplicity. At Cisco, we’ve always prided ourselves on offering network professionals choice. Choice that suits different network sizes, domains, sophistication levels, and industry needs. Sometimes we’ve even been accused – rightly in my view – of providing so much choice that it can be difficult to find the right fit. Welcome to our “Cisco Networking” portal (www.cisco.com/go/networking) where choice is made simple. Start here and easily navigate across our…

Perceptions, expectations, and reality Last month, I stepped into a new role as Senior Vice President and GM of Cloud and Network Security at Cisco Security Business Group.  As with any new job, I am equal parts elated with the opportunity and submerged in learning about its Security portfolio and strategy. Now that I have some Cisco experience under my proverbial belt—albeit only a couple months’ worth—I’d like to share a bit about what attracted…

The Meraki team recently announced a new endpoint: Appliance uplinks usage history. This brand new endpoint provides the usage history of your uplinks for a given timespan. Learn more and engage with the team in the Meraki Community post here. Using this endpoint, you now have the ability to do capacity monitoring. This allows you to determine if the cause of a problem is due to bandwidth over utilization and helps you measure the usage…

There are those rare people you meet for the first time that you instantly know will touch your life. Olivia Braga is unequivocally one of those people. Olivia Braga with her students Raised in a very poor, violent neighborhood in Brazil, Olivia was one of one of six children to parents who earned a living by collecting cardboard and sweeping streets. “My parent didn’t have dreams. Their only priority was survival,” she says. “For me…

There are those rare people you meet for the first time that you instantly know will touch your life. Olivia Braga is unequivocally one of those people. Olivia Braga with her students Raised in what she describes as a very poor, violent neighborhood in Brazil, Olivia was one of one of six children to parents who earned a living by collecting cardboard and sweeping streets. “My parents didn’t have dreams. Their only priority was survival,”…

Application is the Business & Level of Digitalization is the Brand In our ever-changing world, where the application represents the business itself and the level of digitization it provides is directly related to the perception of the brand; enterprises must ensure they stand differentiated by providing exceptional user experience – both for their customers as well as their employees alike. When the pandemic hit us, expectations by customers and employees initially were driven by empathy,…

This blog is a joint collaboration between Ravi Balakrishnan (Cisco) and Patrick Campbell (F5)   Sinkholes A lot of people struggle with the best way to demo a product, especially in our world of digital marketing. This is true whether you’re a prospective user or represent your company’s produced product or service.  After the investment in creating an offering which (we hope!!) addressed a need, a gap or provides differentiated uses, if there’s isn’t awareness…

IBM and Cisco have been global strategic partners, working together for the benefit of our mutual customers, for more than 20 years. Together, our objective is to help our customers reduce risk and accelerate their journeys to real-world value in several areas, including hybrid cloud, security, Internet of Things, and collaboration (Figure 1). Figure 1. IBM and Cisco areas of partnership Today, we have over 20,000 mutual customers in 75 countries, representing more than 20…