Enhance Customer Interaction Experiences with Cisco and Tropo
One of the fastest growing trends in the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) space is application customization. Organizations no longer need to search for a collaboration product that meets all of their requirements right out of the box. Instead, they can now leverage a partner or their own DevOps team to create custom collaboration applications […]
Thinking Hybrid WAN? Think Cisco iWAN (Part Three)
Imagine this scenario: your wide area network (WAN) includes a 10Mbps Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) service and a 100Mbps Internet service. Your MPLS service is over utilized and causing outages, but your Internet service has 50Mbps of capacity. Doesn’t sound like a very efficient design.
Thinking Hybrid WAN? Think Cisco iWAN (Part Two)
In my first post of this series, I explained how the Hybrid Wide Area Network (WAN) solution from Cisco Intelligent WAN (iWAN) provides transport independence, allowing for a flexible, consistent and secure network overlay regardless of service provider or transport type.
Thinking Hybrid WAN? Think Cisco iWAN (Part One)
As a network engineer, I am always looking for technologies that allow me to more easily control how traffic flows over a Wide Area Network (WAN). Until recently, many of these technologies had too many tradeoffs: policy-based routing (PBR) risks black holing traffic, native routing protocols are notoriously difficult to manipulate, and Multiprotocol Label Switching […]
Impressions from Cisco Live! Europe 2016 in Berlin
I had the opportunity to attend Cisco Live! Europe 2016 (CLEUR!), held February 15-19 in Berlin. A combination of meetings with customers and partners provided for some fortuitous Europe-bound timing. This wasn’t my first time to Live! but it was my first time to Live! in Europe. I’ve always liked Live! as an opportunity to […]
Next Generation Identity Management Using Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 2.0
Security has always been a driving principle at Cisco Systems. From the introduction of the Pix to the ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance), Cisco has been at the forefront of the firewall market. In the intrusion prevention space, Cisco has recently acquired Sourcefire, whose Snort products are now integrated with the company’s Next Generation IPS line […]
Reduce Network Risk with Automated Alert Management
Do you have a system for tracking and managing Cisco alerts that impact your network devices? How time-consuming is the process, and how do you prioritize which alerts to address first? These are a few of the issues that plague network administrators who are tasked with monitoring dozens, even hundreds, of devices to ensure they […]
Replacing Your WAN with IWAN
For many businesses today, employees are spread across multiple locations. Transferring data between these “branches,” the central data center, the Internet and cloud-based apps is complicated and expensive. But did you know there is a way to utilize the Internet to add horsepower to your branch network and to save money? Tapping in to the […]
Getting Personal with the Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch
When you think of your IT organization, if agility and speed don’t come to mind you are in danger of being left behind. Today’s IT needs to be fast, flexible and innovative – what Cisco has dubbed “Fast IT.”
Getting on Top of Information Security at Cisco Live 2015
It’s that time of year again. Project and implementation rollouts across the country are placed on a temporary pause and the masses of Cisco technology wizards descend upon Cisco Live US (#CLUS), this year held again in San Diego, CA. Every year Cisco brings a new set of products, services and platform improvements to discuss […]
