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Three Deciding Factors To Reach A New Digital World
In a Technology Vision 2014 report, consulting firm Accenture discussed major trends that drive a dramatic transformation for every business to enter a digital world. As they described, the excitement is to change from being “digitally disrupted” today to “digital disrupters” tomorrow. The huge oppo…
Prepare for Data Breaches! They Will Happen … to Anyone
Do you feel that you’ve been hearing a lot about data breaches lately? You are right! Take a look at the chart below. There is plenty of time left in September, but the data breach calendar is already filled with victim names. And August? I don’t even have enough space to put down all the victim nam…
New Software Release IOS-XE 3.6.0E/IOS 15.2(2)E Enables Lower TCO and Innovation
If you’ve ever had a situation where you urgently need new switching features or critical bug fixes, you’ll know why a new Cisco IOS software release is as precious as gold. In fact, a new software release can create big impact beyond features and bug fixes in many ways. For example, about 9 months…
Announcing: New Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switch Models Expand Cisco Unified Access
Over a year ago, Cisco launched its first flagship Catalyst 3850 series switches at Cisco Live London. With its integrated wireless LAN controller functionality and the innovative UADP ASIC, the Catalyst 3850 switches provide a converged wired and wireless platform that is the heart of “One Network”…
How to Access Real-time Data with High Confidence
Doctors at Carilion Clinic, a hospital in southwest Virginia, are getting a productivity boost with their medical applications. They can complete their cardiology study a lot faster than before because they can review real-time diagnostic imaging files much faster and more reliably. You see, real-ti…
Catalyst Virtual Switching System and Instant Access (VSS – IA) Lab at Cisco Live US
May is fast approaching. Many people at Cisco, myself included, are making a lot of preparations for Cisco Live US which is May 18 – 22, 2014 in San Francisco. This is a special year when Cisco Live returns to San Francisco. You might be wondering what’s special, and here’s a quick tip. It h…
How does Cisco Backbone Switching help address BYOD, Mobility and Security Needs?
Cisco will host a live backbone switching webcast on Wed Dec 4, 2013 to discuss BYOD, mobility, security and how Cisco backbone switching addresses these customer needs. This is the second webcast in the Cisco switching webcast series. You can view the first one, Cisco access switching webcast, at a…
How does Cisco Access Switching help address BYOD, Mobility and Security Needs?
Cisco will host a live webcast on Wedn November 13, 2013 to discuss BYOD, mobility, security and how Cisco access switching address these customer needs. If you are reading this blog, there is a good chance that your work is somehow related to these critical areas. To test how widely BYOD, mobility…
Catalyst 3650 Delivers High Quality User Experience with Simplicity
The network at my workplace is getting really fast these days. I cannot believe that as soon as I hit “Download” to pull a 50 MB video file from a server to my laptop, the browser immediately says “Download is complete.” Wait, isn’t that supposed to take a few minutes, or at least a few seconds? Wir…