Leading an expert technology team at Cisco, I am always learning and always inspired. This team has a unique vantage point, with its proximity to the customer and its role in advancing innovation, as well as connecting across the whole portfolio to share insights and value. As we look to reimagine and optimize the customer’s entire experience with Cisco, we gain perspective on the architectural trends taking place across the industry, including: Cloud-first, Multicloud,…

Calm seas don’t make great sailors, and the past 15 months have been anything but calm. Yet some organizations have emerged in better shape than others — more agile, more collaborative, better able to adapt to changing business and customer needs. What gives? Why have some firms ridden out the storm and emerged stronger than others? A new study by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Cisco, sheds light on this and related questions you might find…

After months of rigorous testing, I’m happy to report that Cisco SD-WAN and our Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Family are now MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certified.   MEF is a global federation of network, cloud, and technology providers working together to empower enterprise digital transformation. Through its members, including Cisco, MEF enables dynamic, trusted, and certified services that empower enterprises to embrace their own digital transformation and grow their business.  In support of the value of company…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —                                                     News summary Vodafone selects Dell Technologies to provide edge compute infrastructure for its Open RAN network, starting in the United Kingdom Dell’s global supply chain and open infrastructure to drive Vodafone innovation and offer greater access to businesses and communities across Europe Full story Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and Vodafone will build Europe’s first commercial Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) network, bringing more broadband access to European businesses…

Secure Network Analytics uses flow telemetry such as NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and packet-level data and helps in reducing the risk to an organisation. It offers network performance monitoring, behaviour-based anomaly detection and advanced threat detection to deliver network visibility into physical and virtual environments from a single platform. NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories IDENTIFY – Asset Management (H/W and S/W inventories; communication and data flow are mapped) [ID.AM-3] The Host Locking feature of Secure…