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Cathy Karaguez

Product Marketing Manager

Cathy Karaguez is a Cisco Product Marketing Manager for Enterprise Networks with a focus on Routing and SD-WAN. Prior to Cisco, she held more than 10 years of marketing experience in a variety of roles from Product Marketing, to event coordination and advertising. She’s passionate about customer insights and creating sales enablement tools. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, baking, and Pilates. Stay connected with Cathy on LinkedIn.

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March 10, 2020

NETWORKING

How 5G is transforming the Wireless WAN

Remember when, not long ago, cellular wireless technology was primarily used for backup connectivity? With the introduction of 4G and SD-WAN, enterprises were able to augment their primary WAN connection with wireless using an active/active configuration. Faster 4G speeds meant that wireless could b…

November 4, 2019

NETWORKING

Everything you love about SD-WAN on vEdge, now on the ISR

Ever wish you could take the best of Cisco SD-WAN software and combine it with the best routing platform? Well, you’ll be pleased to know we’re introducing new models, the ISR 1100-4G and ISR 1100-6G, which run Viptela OS on ISR hardware. Now you get best-in-class SD-WAN with best-in-class hardware.…

July 24, 2019

NETWORKING

The ISR Family Expands SD-WAN Security and LTE Support

By now you most likely already know the benefits of implementing a software-defined WAN (SD-WAN). It’s no wonder 95% of enterprises surveyed by IDC expect to use SD-WAN within 24 months1. Did you know, however, that SD-WAN could help lower your WAN costs by 38% over 5 years? Recent IDC customer inte…

August 8, 2018

NETWORKING

Delivering 1 Gbps over DSL with Cisco’s ISR 1000

Posted on behalf of contributing author: Han Lee Han Lee is a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco Systems Inc., focusing on access routing for service providers. He has been helping service providers around the world achieve their missions with Cisco solutions. In his role, he is responsible for d…

August 6, 2018

SMALL BUSINESS

Why is the New Cisco ISR 1000 Important for Small and Medium-sized Businesses?

Why can a single device be so important for small and medium businesses (SMBs)? How can it run the normal day-to-day operations—such as phones, printers, computers and WiFi? For SMBs, Cisco’s 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) provide an affordable solution for switching, routing, an…

March 15, 2018

NETWORKING

Reduce costs and enhance video performance with Cisco and IBM

*Guest post on behalf of Lucas Hanson* In almost all of my conversations with customers, two questions continually come up “How does this solution save us money?” and “How does this solution enhance the user experience?” Using the Cisco® 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), UCS E-Ser…

March 12, 2018

NETWORKING

Verizon and Cisco Optimize Customer Experience for Verizon Retail Stores

Even though business has shifted from brick-and-mortar to online, many retail stores are beginning to realize that optimizing the in-store shopping experience is just as important as the online experience. Providing a pleasant and unique in-store visit could mean a direct increase in online sales. T…

April 13, 2017

NETWORKING

Cisco SD-WAN Networking Service for Public Clouds

Guest post by Fan Yang & Tony Banuelos Enterprises across all verticals are migrating their applications to public cloud (IaaS) services and taking advantage of the great cost savings on compute hosting. But the cost benefits shouldn’t affect security, scalability or customer experience. Enterpr…

January 11, 2017

NETWORKING

Adobe Uses Cisco and AWS to Help Deliver Rich Digital Experiences

Adobe’s Marketing Cloud is a comprehensive set of digital marketing solutions enabling marketers to measure, personalize and optimize digital experiences. As the fastest growing of three business units, reaching its customer base on time became increasingly important as the company continued to grow…