There is a traditional saying in Spanish: “Todo entra por los ojos.” The literal translation is something like everything enters through the eyes. A better explanation is that smell, sight, taste, touch, and hearing are fundamental to how human beings experience life. The information provided by each sense is interpreted in our brains, used to perceive the environment, and interact with other people. But I digress. Going back to “everything enters through the eyes,” when we…

Microsoft has just made the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 11 systems. WSL is the application that allows Windows users to run a GNU/Linux environment directly on Windows without the overhead of a virtual machine or dual-boot setup. One good aspect is that it installs as a separate app, decoupled from the OS. This means that users can update the app without having to wait for Windows OS…

In case you’re not a sports fan, a hat-trick is a term for three goals by a player in one game. Interestingly, the phrase comes from cricket, and was first used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls. The team would present a bowler with a hat to celebrate the achievement. Along similar lines, Cisco Secure Firewall celebrates three scores in 2021: Cisco was the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan…

Applications are becoming the most visible aspect of an organization’s brand. The performance, usability, and reachability of branded apps are of utmost importance since they are a primary interface to customers. To keep up with evolving customer expectations, developers and operations teams are rapidly adopting design patterns using containers and microservices for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). In order to enable these innovations to deliver a competitive customer experience, IT relies more and more…

In our recent webinar—The Reality of Network as a Service—I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion with three of our Network as a Service leaders and delve into some of the top questions they are getting from IT leaders about NaaS.  The insights and stories they shared, helped clarify what NaaS is and what it isn’t and highlighted some of the big opportunities (and also some challenges) that lie ahead for organizations that…

Cisco is thrilled to join the European Green Digital Coalition, putting its expertise and technology at the service of the green and digital transformation We are now a few weeks ahead of COP26, a defining moment after this summer ‘wake-up’ call marked by terrible floods and fires across the globe. ‘In times of crisis, Europe comes together’ said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the European Union (EU) speech….