The perfect WAN? Network technology is constantly evolving. You have more choices than ever when evaluating how to connect your offices, locations, data centers, and remote users. One of the keys to deploying an optimal Wide Area Network (WAN) that uniquely fits your business is understanding the vast array of underlay and overlay options. Underlay offers connection or transport types such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), internet, dedicated internet, fiber, and wireless broadband. Overlay options…

Hear those voices?  It is your building calling out to you. From devices, sensors, and cameras to your Webex conferencing screens, the things in your building have been trying to communicate – to you and each other. Are you listening? Born out of necessity, as building technology has evolved, different systems handling different aspects of your building have likely been added without much interconnection.  While managing multiple systems from different vendors can be an operations…

Trusted Workplaces. Enhancing Employee Safety and Experience. Rising Energy Prices. Climate Change and Government Energy Regulations. The confluence of these trends are driving more sustainable approaches to building and managing commercial real estate in corporate and healthcare campuses, retail centers, and public sector buildings. The Greening of Architecture and Construction is being driven by both regional and national governments that are urging architects and real estate developers to design, develop, and convert buildings to be…

The year 2020 may be in the history books but the world is still processing, and will continue to do so for many years to come, the lasting impact that the COVID-19 pandemic left behind. It reframed how we operate from a global healthcare, business, and societal perspective—and how we will respond moving forward, as we continue learning and adapting in a changed world. Cisco customers share how they maintained business resiliency in 2020. Cisco’s…

With travel limited, our team interactions digitized, and our homes transformed to offices, the 6th annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork employee photo contest was even more challenging in 2021. I think we can all say things have been a little weird. And, yet, under our new normal, I wanted to make sure my photo this year was meaningful, compelling, but most of all me. If the year 2020 gave us anything, it likely gave us all new…

Christopher LiljenstolpeSenior Director, Product Management and Architecture,Cloud, Data Center Networking By contributing author Christopher Liljenstolpe A decade ago, legendary venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote a WSJ opinion article that provocatively (at that time) stated that “Software is eating the world” Today it’s safe to say that almost all enterprises are developing new applications for business processes by integrating in-house development, commercial offerings, and incorporating more SaaS and open-source components. Organizations are migrating applications and services…