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Ray Blair

Distinguished Systems Engineer

US Public Sector

Ray Blair is a Distinguished Systems Engineer and has been with Cisco Systems since 1999. He uses his years of experience to align technology solutions with business needs, insuring customer success.

Ray started his career in 1988 designing industrial monitoring and communication systems (Internet of Things). Since that time, he has been involved with server/database administration and the design, implementation, and management of networks that have included networking technologies from ATM to ZMODEM.

He maintains three CCIE certifications in Routing and Switching, Security, and Service Provider (#7050), is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Business Architect (#00298).

Ray is coauthor of four Cisco Press books, Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, Tcl Scripting for Cisco IOS, IP Multicast Volume I, and IP Multicast Volume II.

He speaks at many industry events and is a Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker.

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November 15, 2019

GOVERNMENT

History of the IoT (Part 2): How IoT transitioned from the past to the future

In the first installment of this series, I talked about my experience with the Internet of Things (IoT) and the impact that I saw it having on the tech industry. In this post we’ll delve into the transition, or what I would refer to as the needle-movers, and what to expect in the future. There are f…

May 23, 2019

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GOVERNMENT

History of the IoT (Part 1): My time with the technology that founded our IoT world

When I started in technology thirty-plus years ago, I never would have imagined we’d have the smart devices we enjoy today. There are so many types of gadgets that improve our quality of life, from smart lighting and smart refrigerators (to remind you it’s time to buy more milk), even smart hairbrus…