Robb Boyd

Let’s face it. There’s no getting around today’s interconnected, digital world. From online banking to social media, nearly every aspect of our life is in one way, shape, or form, connected to the internet. Don’t get me wrong, I love technology. But I’m reminded just how dependent I am with each new…

Don’t miss our workshop on ETA hosted by Lauren Malhoit on Wednesday Jan 17, 2018 at 10 AM PST. If you did…this same link will get you to the replay. Encryption is a good and necessary tool for private communications these days. Even when we are not using VPN technologies (which you should be ANYTIM…

There are a number of key innovations within the new Catalyst 9000 series family, (Anand lists 9 of them). Two of my favorite, often overlooked innovations in this hardware include the UADP Programmable ASIC that sets us years apart from any competitor, and the fact that the IOS-XE operating system…

It can be easy to get lost in all the superlatives of these recent announcements…they can border on hyperbole.  It is important to remember that much of the recent Intuitive Network, New Era of Networking announcement is purposefully taking the long view.  DO NOT miss the fact that there is a…

In order to react faster in a world of accelerating change, the winners of the digital economy must evolve their enterprise networks. And nowhere is this need to change more apparent than at the network edge. The edge is where you deliver transformative applications and services to your users. It’s…

What if the world’s leading mobile devices communicated at a deeper, more trusting level with the world’s leading corporate networks? That was the question that Apple and Cisco asked themselves when they announced their new partnership last year. Their answer: a faster, more engaging user experienc…

“Location, location, location.” It’s no longer just the rallying cry of the real estate industry. Today, businesses of all stripes are tracking the location of smartphones—presumably attached to people roaming their stores, facilities and offices—to gain critical insights into how, when, and why the…

As many of you may already know, we do a ‘live workshop’ as a companion to every TechWiseTV episode we release.  These workshops are NOT using video at all..but they do feature a solid hour of demos, explanations and two-way Q&A with some of the best engineers in Cisco. The recent show we did on…

Same battle, different day: Our branch offices demand speedy access to the same flexible capabilities as everyone back at corporate—mobility, BYOD, guest Wi-Fi, cloud services—but they don’t have corporate’s expertise or the space to run full security operations. Speed, flexibility, costs, and secur…