Setting Up Your Network Security? Avoid These 4 Mistakes

Setting Up Your Network Security? Avoid These 4 Mistakes

Before you go and spend a ton of money on some “next-gen” network security solution, make sure you have the fundamentals locked down. Nearly one-third of businesses suffered a data breach in the last year, many of which were caused by common mistakes like: Weak passwords. Outdated software. Poor training. Excessive privileges. If you can avoid these mistakes, you make your organization a much less enticing target for hackers. In this post, we’ll walk through…

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The 5 Best VoIP Routers (Wired, Wireless, and Mesh)

The 5 Best VoIP Routers (Wired, Wireless, and Mesh)

For the average consumer, most routers are more than enough; however, businesses need to put more thought into choosing the best VoIP routers to ensure optimal call quality, security, load balancing, and redundancy. Whether you’re outfitting a startup or looking to upgrade your current setup, this guide covers the best options and how to choose the right one for you. 1 RingCentral Office Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999),…

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Navigating Change: The Power of Digital Resilience to Transform Networks

Navigating Change: The Power of Digital Resilience to Transform Networks

Users don’t want excuses when it comes to digital experiences. They expect their devices, apps, and services to work―period. And these experiences matter; when they don’t meet expectations, the success, reputation, and brand identity of every modern organization is at risk. But as the scope of IT teams grows to encompass truly global area networks, consistently great experiences are harder than ever to achieve. In today’s hyper-distributed environment, it’s impossible to build and operate secure,…

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Cisco and BT Partner to Upskill Ukrainian Refugees in Ireland

Cisco and BT Partner to Upskill Ukrainian Refugees in Ireland

BT and Cisco have been in a strategic partnership since 1990, focusing on delivering a wide range of network, communications, and IT solutions to businesses both nationally and globally. Both companies are also passionate advocates for STEM promotion, with Cisco previously supporting the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE), one of the leading school STEM exhibitions in Europe which BT has organised and grown since 2001. In January 2023, Cisco leadership attended the BT…

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Cisco Unveils Workflows in Cisco Networking Cloud for Secure Network Automation

Cisco Unveils Workflows in Cisco Networking Cloud for Secure Network Automation

Gartner’s Market Guide for Network Automation Platforms highlights that more than 65% of enterprise networking activities are performed manually, and only a small but growing percentage of large enterprises automate more than half of their network activities. Delivering superior digital experiences for an enterprise involves powering multiple, disparate networking domains and/or deploying multiple solutions within a single domain. This results in multiple challenges for network operators, including: Cross-domain and cross-product integration result in “swivel chair”…

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Deeper Service-centric Visibility Drives New Revenue and Simplifies Operations

Deeper Service-centric Visibility Drives New Revenue and Simplifies Operations

Growing the business while simplifying network operations and maintaining service levels are top challenges for customers running critical and complex enterprise and service provider networks. Consistent availability is one issue that makes this a challenge, because your customers are sensitive to performance fluctuations and any impacts to digital experience for end users. While avoiding outages remains key, network delays and latency are productivity killers in their own right. You could say: “slow is the new…

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Cisco Live 2024: Cisco Unveils AI Deployment Solution With NVIDIA

Cisco Live 2024: Cisco Unveils AI Deployment Solution With NVIDIA

Cisco will invest $1 billion in AI and package a new networking solution with NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, the organization announced at its annual consumer event on June 4. Cisco Live is being held in Las Vegas from June 2 – 6. These and the other announcements from Cisco Live respond to the enterprise trends for AI, plus increased visibility and security. Cisco partners with NVIDIA on Nexus HyperFabric AI clusters A new networking solution from…

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Is tackling technical debt key to modernizing federal networks?

Is tackling technical debt key to modernizing federal networks?

I often get brought into meetings when a customer starts talking “DevOps”. We’ll discuss everything from infrastructure-as-code, automation, and continuous integration, to network as a service (NaaS), cloud, and all things modernization. Regardless of what we cover, the customer “wants” always tend to be consistent; predictable pricing, minimal risk, and (most importantly) to move faster. Once the meeting is over, I usually get the same question. “So, what do I need to buy?”   Putting…

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Cisco Meraki for Government Achieves FedRAMP® Agency Authority to Operate

Cisco Meraki for Government Achieves FedRAMP® Agency Authority to Operate

We are happy to announce that Cisco Meraki has successfully achieved FedRAMP® agency Authority to Operate (ATO), creating a separate cloud-based platform for U.S. Government entities, including the flagship Meraki networking products MX (security and SD-WAN), MS (switching), and MR (access points). This is a major milestone for us as we continue to scale Meraki infrastructure to meet the needs of larger governments and enterprise customers as we move toward our vision of Cisco Networking…

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Cisco Meraki for Government Achieves FedRAMP® Agency Authority to Operate

Cisco Meraki for Government Achieves FedRAMP® Agency Authority to Operate

We are happy to announce that Cisco Meraki has successfully achieved FedRAMP® agency Authority to Operate (ATO), creating a separate cloud-based platform for U.S. Government entities, including the flagship Meraki networking products MX (security and SD-WAN), MS (switching), and MR (access points). This is a major milestone for us as we continue to scale Meraki infrastructure to meet the needs of larger governments and enterprise customers as we move toward our vision of Cisco Networking…

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