I recently wrote about the 100G ER-Lite, the latest addition to our single-lambda 100G QSFP28 pluggable optics products. It provides a whopping 25km of reach over duplex SMF (single-mode fiber). While the LR1-20 specification standardized by the 100G Lambda MSA supports 20km reach, Cisco’s product will actually support 25km. Of course, when paired with another vendor’s MSA-compliant module, it still supports the 20km since it complies with (and exceeds) the MSA specifications. Why does Cisco’s…

 In this blog I am going to ask you the reader two questions:   How important is digital-first engagement to your customers?  How many digital platform login or access failures will you accept prior to moving to a new institution?  How Important is digital-first engagement to your customers?  The ability for a customer of a financial institution to be able to engage digitally and simply has never been more important than it is today. The rapid expectation to manage your finances digitally…

While the unprecedented global pandemic has paused our lives for more than a year and a half now, it has not slowed the massive digitization of data, often referred to as digital transformation, that is now a primary challenge as businesses evolve their digital strategies. Digitization of the enterprise, and the resulting digital services, are rapidly increasing requirements for larger technology stacks to store, compute, analyze and connect the data. Supporting this is the Valuates…

Beep Beeeeep Beep…. Oh no! It’s 4:48 a.m. and I overslept; I needed to be up by 4:30 a.m. to catch my connecting flight to London Heathrow. This is going to be close. I check my phone and can see my Lyft is only five minutes away. Hopefully I get a fast driver.   During the frantic drive to the airport, I check in online but I still have to check a bag when I get…

In today’s cloud-first world, the WAN and network security are more intertwined than ever before. To realize the full promise of digital transformation, work from anywhere, and the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) model, enterprises must transform both their WAN and security architectures to support business applications hosted and accessed from anywhere, by anyone authorized to access them, and from any device. Zero Trust: Securing the Edge by Application, User/Device Identity, and Role-Based Context With…