By Peter Thornycroft, Office of the CTO at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. For most organizations, whether designing a wireless network for a greenfield deployment or augmenting an existing one to accommodate 6Hz, there are several factors to consider for Wi-Fi 6E. Any discussion of how to introduce Wi-Fi 6E and the 6GHz band will depend on specifics on the ground, including existing switches, cabling, and priority locations…and most importantly, the access points (APs) themselves.   …

On September 21 – 23, I invite you to attend Greenbuild 2021 to learn more about Cisco pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in smart buildings today. Discover how Cisco is keeping buildings smart and sustainable, and creating new-energy efficient designs for future hybrid workspaces. At Cisco, we’re dedicated to help organizations decrease their environmental impact and provide sustainability worldwide. We’re passionate about providing solutions that are better for your business and better for the…

The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipient that uses technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are utilized in many different industries. AI and ML create more efficient virtual healthcare visits and more intuitive online education platforms. They enhance agriculture through IoT devices to monitor soil health, and devise new ways for people to access banking and other financial services. Arya Taylor, Cisco…

As our COO Maria Martinez has said, “customers buy outcomes, not products”. And it is incredibly exciting when that outcome is complete industry transformation. Over the years, Cisco has been one of the proven enablers of industry transformation. The Telco & Media industry is one example of an industry that’s been ripe for disruption, thanks to operators such as Rakuten Mobile. Together, Rakuten Mobile and Cisco have had a three-year, fast-paced journey. First, we built…

18 months ago, I thought I had it all planned out. I was in my senior year of college, on spring break – on a cruise! But when that cruise ship came back into port, it was a completely different world, and suddenly I had to re-think all the plans I had. You see, I had interned with Cisco the summer of 2018 and from that moment, I knew I had to come back. Fortunately…

Whether in an existing network or a new one, there is an aspect of design that cannot be skipped: deciding if handing out IP addresses will be dynamic (automatic) or manual (one-by-one) or—the most common—a combination of the two. By choosing to distribute them dynamically you are choosing to use a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) service somewhere on your network, and there can be some tricks to that regardless of what server you use….