Make Your WAN Connectivity an Extraordinary Experience

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Alan Dapré, author of more than 60 children’s books said, “Why be ordinary when you can be extraordinary?” You may be thinking that “extraordinary” is not a term commonly associated with network connectivity. Shouldn’t it just be like water coming out of the faucet? A utility that is...

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To the Cloud and Beyond―A Comprehensive Model for Enhanced NetOps and User Experience

Cloud computing has become wildly popular among IT organizations for a number of reasons, including its ability to enhance efficiency, security, agility, and cost-effectiveness. But now cloud features and principles have also become the building blocks of something even bigger and more all-encompassing: a unified IT operating model...

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Unifying Experiences Starts By Unifying SASE

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Over the years, advancements in technology and the endless waves of new innovations have created an unintended problem for most organizations today—overcomplexity. 53% of senior decision-makers say their IT environment is more complex than it was just two years ago.I explained how Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and...

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Something New: AP Discovery Methods for 6GHz Wi-Fi – Part 2

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In Part 1 (Something Old) we looked at basic changes to the physical layer provided by wave 1 of 801.11ax, how these changes can affect performance, and how OFDMA enables the optimal use of the 6GHz spectrum. In this second article, we’ll explore “something new:” the challenges of...

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Wi-Fi 6E, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Part 1

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With the recent release of a number of Wi-Fi 6E-enabled devices at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), now is a good time to take into account some of the benefits that Wi-Fi 6/6E provides. Wi-Fi 6/6E was not an “incremental” change, it was a major leap forward with...

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Get Hands-on with the Meraki API in the DevNet Sandbox

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One of the strongest components of the Meraki platform is the consistent and simplified operational management of the network. The modern API, as an extension to the cloud managed service, makes it amazingly simple to programmatically control and manage all aspects of your network. There are customers that...

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Your Network, Your Way: A Journey to Full Cloud Management of Cisco Catalyst Products

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At Cisco Live 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada (June 12-16), there were many announcements about our newest innovations to power the new era of hybrid workspace, distributed network environments and the customers journey to the cloud. Among the revelations was our strategy to accelerate our customers transition to...

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Streamlining Connectivity for a Multi-Region Hybrid World

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Multi-region cloud deployments create complexityThe combination of a hybrid cloud migration and the long-term needs of a hybrid workforce are shining a spotlight on the need for consistently secure, high quality access to on-demand compute resources.Requirements for low latency across geographically distributed workloads, resiliency, and compliance with data...

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