NETWORKING

Despite the inarguable advantages of operating Wi-Fi in the 6GHz frequency range, analysts say that the smart time to buy Wi-Fi 6E is whenever an organization would ordinarily make an upgrade – and not before. Wi-Fi 6E is mostly identical to Wi-Fi 6, but the key difference is the 6E standard’s ability to take advantage of the 6GHz spectrum that was made available for unlicensed use by the U.S. last year. It’s a great deal…

(Enterprise Management Associates has published research called “Post-Pandemic Networking: Enabling the Work-From-Anywhere Enterprise,” a survey of 312 network-infrastructure and operations professionals that finds nearly all of them are budgeting for monitoring tools to better support users working from home. This article by EMA Vice President of Research Networking Shamus McGillicuddy details the major findings.) Network managers will need to update their network monitoring and troubleshooting tools to support the huge increase in end users who…

With the digital transformation of businesses, security is moving to the cloud. This is driving a need for converged services to reduce complexity, improve speed and agility, enable multicloud networking and secure the new SD-WAN-enabled architecture. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is the convergence of networking and security that is transforming the way organizations are delivering these services from the cloud. One of the key functions in SASE is SD-WAN that enables customers to connect…

In my previous two videos and blog posts, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about SASE – but were Afraid to Ask!,” and “SASE vs. SD-WAN,” I described the secure access service edge (SASE) as the combination of advanced WAN edge network functions at the branch integrated with a rich suite of cloud-delivered security services as defined in the Gartner report, “The Future of Network Security is in the Cloud,” [1]. I described how SD-WAN…

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an annual competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s toughest problems. Now in its fifth year, the competition awarded its largest prize pool ever, $1 million USD, to 20 winning teams from around the world. This…

Over 70 years, EllisDon has developed into a world-leading construction and building services company, with international offices in Canada, the Middle East, and North Africa. EllisDon completes more than $5 billion in projects each year in both the private and public sectors. The company continually redefines construction as they design, finance, construct, equip, operate, and manage everything they build. Established in 1951, EllisDon has built a multi-faceted company from the ground up over 70 years….

With 74 million users and more than 2.2 million kilometers of managed network, Enel Group is the largest electricity distribution company in the world. Cisco has been a key partner in its digital transformation, helping to connect solar and wind energy to its network and set the path for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Recently, Enel took its commitment to innovation even further when it started managing thousands of networking devices through the all-new Cisco…

Building a company from the ground up is not for the faint of heart. I know, I’ve been there. As co-founder of Duo, the leading provider of Zero Trust access security, I know what it means to dedicate yourself fully to a vision, to your customers, and to your team. And I know how daunting it can be to find the right investors to join the team – people and organizations that truly understand, and…

The CCNA, which stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate, is Cisco’s foundational certification for networking professionals. The CCNA is a commonly required prerequisite for associate-level networking jobs such as network engineer, network administrator, network support technician or help desk technician. There used to be 10 CCNA concentrations, specific to cloud, collaboration, security, data centers, wireless, and other areas. Then, in February of 2020, Cisco combined all of its foundational networking certifications into one comprehensive CCNA…

OK, let’s say you’re a CIO who’s promoted hybrid cloud computing in your company. Then along came all these news stories that call into question the whole notion of cloud economies. Do you send some covert IT team to block the news from the CFO’s computer, or do you deal with it? Hopefully, the latter. I’ve examined audits of over four-dozen cloud projects, and the good news is that most cloud applications make the business…