The three tests I want to focus on are: 1. Multi-Client, Multi-AP RRM Test 2. Voice and Video over Wi-Fi Test 3. Dataplane Encryption Test ...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Sunday, 29 October 2017
Filling the Cybersecurity Professionals Gap – with Women
Due to the high-profile data breaches, cybersecurity has become a household word. Think back to just one month ago, when the data breach at Equifax exposed the personal information for 145.5 million consumers – almost half of all Americans. At Cisco, we know our customers and other business...
Friday, 27 October 2017
Creating Capacity for Innovation
Large organizations have a challenge that start-ups don’t have. They have unintended complexity, duplication, old processes, and work that exists simply because it has always been done that way. Most executives of large organizations know they need to embrace Digital Transformation, but they don’t know where to begin....
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Securing the Campus
From student data and intellectual property, to reputation and grant funding…higher education institutions are at risk if cybersecurity is not a foundational element in their operations. This fall, more than 20 million students returned to their college or university. Each student will walk on campus with at least...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Cisco Traffic Analysis & Encrypted Threat Analytics
Today, knowing who is using your network is table stakes. Knowing what users are consuming on the network is essential for analysis. What applications are being used, when they are used and most importantly are those applications are safe enough and compliant with your organization policies. Independent testing...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Secure, High Availability for Epic EHR Systems with Cisco ACI and Tetration
Since its initial release, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) has been selected and deployed by many healthcare institutions around the globe. ACI is the foundation for achieving these customer’s next generation application requirements for their complex environments and applications. ...
Monday, 23 October 2017
Architecting a More Secure Future
The new age of innovation is providing a level of convenience and technological advancements that were once unfathomable. But with every breakthrough comes challenges, and more precisely these days, security challenges. We, in the security industry, are constantly faced with new threats emerging from vectors that didn’t even...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Working Wherever: Digital Safety Beyond the Company Walls
Imagine you’re a business traveler at the airport with a little time to spare before your flight. You fire up your laptop, access the airport’s free wi-fi, log on to your bank account, and pay your credit card bill to free up credit for your trip. Efficient use...
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Advantage of Remote PHY
In a recently published white paper, The TCO Advantage of Remote PHY, we compare the CAPEX and OPEX of a Remote PHY deployment with an Integrated CCAP/HFC deployment. A next-generation Distributed Access Architecture (DAA), Remote PHY moves access hardware from the headend to smaller hub sites or into...
Putting the “Why” in Remote PHY
As cable operators continue to look at facing the ever-increasing onslaught of data demand from subscribers, we must ask ourselves, “Is there a better way to do things?” We all have heard the unofficial definition of “insanity” as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a...
Friday, 13 October 2017
The Time is Now for a More Strategic Approach to Innovation
The ability to consistently and effectively innovate is something many organizations find challenging. While the importance of innovation is widely acknowledged for long-term business health, surprisingly few can legitimately claim to be achieving powerful, repeatable results on a regular basis. This is because innovation, much like any other...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Introducing a New Era in Branch Routing
Why the ISR 1000 Series is a Really Big Deal. Today Cisco is introducing a new addition to the Integrated Services Router (ISR) portfolio of branch routers. The ISR 1000 Series follows the new sleek design popping up across Cisco platforms, so it looks sexy, but that’s not...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
“Pitching Packets” Game Teaches Cyber Security with Beanbags
This October, the 14th year of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) focuses on educating consumers on Internet safety. Consumers can be of all ages and backgrounds, so in the spirit of NCSAM, I’d like to share how beanbags and laundry baskets can be used to teach anyone...
Monday, 9 October 2017
Building the Right Innovation Maturity Model for your Business
We discussed the important role that an innovation maturity model (IMM) plays in creating a strategic, repeatable framework for innovation excellence. In this second installment, we will look at the process of creating an effective IMM, drawing on Cisco’s own IMM as an example. ...
Friday, 6 October 2017
Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops Scholarship: The Ins and Outs!
Cisco had developed a new certification in order to reduce the global cybersecurity skills gap that has been reported throughout various sources. This certification is called the CCNA Cyber Ops and it is along the lines of what a Security Analyst in a Security Operations Center (SOC) does....
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Refreshed Wireless and Design Certifications Offer Up-to-date Skills for IT Professionals
As the technology landscape continues its rapid transformation, those who work in the industry are faced with the constant challenge of keeping their skills up-to-date. To address the needs of professionals looking to build, assess and continually reinforce wireless technology or network design expertise throughout the spectrum of...
7 Reasons to Zip Over to WebEx
It’s a sentiment even truer today than in his 17th-century writings. We all rely on others for survival. The ability to connect for a quick chat was much simpler in Donne’s era. Or was it? Even if most of your employees are one place, it’s unlikely that all...
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