Dan Sheldon, Senior Consulting Systems Engineer at WWT, has a truly ambitious goal for using technology worldwide: celebrate uniquely local stories.  Here, we discuss how he prepares to “climb every mountain.” SECURITY Before taking the first step on any new journey, we need to know what our support systems is.  Cisco Partners help customers embark on transformational endeavors, providing guidance, course correction, and assistance, step by step by step.  One of the reasons why World…

As the calendar turns to April 2021 we’re reflective about the past year and more importantly, looking forward with determination and hopefulness. Along with the continuation of successful public health measures such as mandatory masks and social distancing, as vaccine administration in the APJC regions grows, we find ourselves cautiously optimistic. A successful rollout – both in our region and abroad – provides a clearer path forward to a more open world in 2021. Vaccine…

CloudVision 2021 extends cognitive client to cloud experience SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced CloudVision® 2021, a further expansion of Arista’s software-driven approach for modern enterprises. CloudVision 2021 delivers new automation capabilities designed to improve network agility and streamline enterprise business outcomes. “Arista’s solution provided us with the ability to deploy quickly through automation combined with high-level visibility. It saved us a lot of time, and we met the goals, which included…

System crashes. Outages. Downtime. These words send chills down the spines of network administrators. When business apps go down, business leaders are not happy. And the cost can be significant. Recent IDC survey data shows that enterprises experience two cloud service outages per year. IDC research conservatively puts the average cost of downtime for enterprises at $250,000/hour. Which means just four hours of downtime can cost an enterprise $1 million. To respond to failures as…

Texas is a state known for many things – extreme winter weather isn’t one of them. But there we were, with a week of weather that dipped well below our average temperatures into single digits. My mom and I sat in our car for three hours, trying to generate warmth, and put on our best Survivor impression as we watched the news of over 4 million Texans being impacted by this unprecedented winter storm. Texans…