Battle of the Fabrics – The Road to a Future Ready Simple Network

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The Evolution of Enterprise Networks for CampusDigital transformation is creating new opportunities in every industry. In Healthcare doctors can monitor patients remotely and leverage medical analytics to predict health issues. Technology enables a connected campus and more personalized and equal access to learning resources in education. Within retail,...

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Finally – IPsec On A Catalyst Switch

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The new Cisco Catalyst 9000X with IPsec support is finally a reality. I will quickly cover three use cases that are relevant to branch deployments.Cisco introduced the Catalyst 9000X series, which includes the C9300X, C9400X, C9500X, and C9600X. I will mostly focus on the C9300X which supports IPsec...

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Be on Guard This Spooking Spanning Tree Season

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It’s Halloween — a time for too much candy, scary movies, kids in fun costumes, and lots of tricks and treats. As I thought about what to write for my blog this month, I quickly went to one of the scariest things for every network engineer: SPANNING TREE!!!!...

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Introducing Cisco Cloud Network Controller on Google Cloud Platform – Part 1

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This year has been quite significant for Cisco’s multicloud networking software evolution. Earlier in the year Cisco introduced, along with other exciting software features announcements, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) support for Cisco Cloud Network Controller (CNC), formerly known as Cisco Cloud APIC. This blog series introduces the GCP...

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