Cisco DNA Center with Cisco 1800S Active Sensors: Better than Helpdesk Tickets Alone

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As the networking director of San Jose State University – or rather, a small city of about 40K people where the wireless network is the most visible service – I have always struggled with the gap between what my network management tools tell me about the wireless network...

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Navigating supply chain disruptions for agile retail

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Business continuity is so important for retailers that face disruption to their supply chain. Between overseas shipments decreasing and physical stores closing, it’s no secret that the retail industry is coming face to face with the changing business landscape. Retailers that have solely relied on in-store offerings are...

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Remote Working: Endpoints Have Left the Building

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Got DNS? So, my first answer to address this challenge often surprises them; does your agency have DNS for your remote workforce? Talking it over, most agree that many remote employees consume web and cloud applications without turning on their VPN. This means that roaming users will likely...

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Cisco Announces Kubeflow Starter Pack

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Recently the Kubeflow Community released Kubeflow 1.0. Kubeflow brings together features such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and other machine learning capabilities into a cohesive tool – from data ingestion to inferencing. Cisco is one of the top contributors to Kubeflow, helping to make operationalizing machine learning for large scale...

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Simplify Multi-domain Automation with Cisco Action Orchestrator

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I’ve been working in software development/IT/technology my entire 17-year career. Time and time again I’m confronted with what ends up being the same challenge: how do I/we cobble together different pieces of software, platforms, and/or functionality to build one cohesive and observable solution. Piecing solutions together My first...

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How To Make 100G Pluggable Optics In Massive Volume

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We’ve been talking about Single-Lambda 100G and why it’s so important for the next generation of 100G pluggable optics. I use the term “pluggable optics” because even though 100G is all about the QSFP28 form factor these days, the next generation should be an SFP of some sort....

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AI for Networking: Separating the Hype from Reality

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Networks support explosive growth in traffic volume, connected mobile and IoT devices, and interconnected applications and microservices needed to deliver required services. Today’s networks generate massive amounts of data that exceed the ability of human operators to manage, much less understand. With unprecedented increases in network complexity and...

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How to quickly capture share of the SD-WAN Managed Services market

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Early in the 21st century, the subject of applications being delivered across the WAN was being researched.  It took more than 10 years for computing power to increase sufficiently to support analysis of the network traffic in order to make informed decisions in real-time.  This increase enables support...

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What do ‘Owning Your Edge’ and ‘Customer Experience’ have in common?

It’s not easy to be in the resell and network integration business. For decades, our partners have been wrestling each other for differentiation and relevance in a crowded and unforgiving landscape. We often ask partners “Why do customers buy from you?”, and while the answers vary, they are...

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What can you learn from your most profitable competitors?

There is one thing that every CEO wants to know the answer to: How is my company performing compared to others? This question does not stem from insecurity, but rather from the desire to gain insight, to achieve great results, and to generate maximum returns. “Am I charging...

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Cisco Introduces Segment Routing v6 on Nexus 9000 GX Series Platforms

When discussing the Internet of the future recently, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said, “We really want our customers to consume the technology in any way they want.” With that in mind, I am pleased to announce the first Cisco Nexus platform that supports Segment Routing v6 (SRv6) running...

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Top 5 new features in Cisco DNA Center 1.3.3.x

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Cisco DNA Center 1.3.3.x just dropped and it’s full of new features. Here are the five most popular additions in this free upgrade and what they mean to your business. The next time you login to your Cisco DNA Center dashboard, you’ll see a notification for a new...

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SaaS-delivered Encrypted Traffic Analytics with Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud

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We’ve reached an interesting turning point for encrypted traffic. Gartner predicted that 80% of web traffic would be encrypted by 2019. Sure enough, this prediction came true. Last year, the team at Let’s Encrypt, an organization that helps enable encryption for websites, cited that 80% of web traffic...

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