Wayne Cullen

This post is the second in a three-part series. Read the first post about the benefits of SD-WAN here. Today, many businesses are shifting from a centralized infrastructure to decentralized applications that run in many clouds. The workload is also shifting from the corporate data center to the edge…

Today, businesses in almost every industry must manage more users, devices, mobility, and applications than ever before. Most business applications have moved to the cloud or been replaced by cloud-based SaaS applications. But in the business environment, it’s not just one cloud, it’s many. At the s…

The modern workforce is highly distributed – more users, devices, locations. Applications are more decentralized across multiple clouds and data centers.  The security perimeter has greatly expanded; more difficult to protect. A large business opportunity awaits the service provider – how will you g…

June 11-14 2018 saw another hugely successful Cisco Live US event in Orlando FL.  If you missed it, you can access most of the sessions through the on-demand library. During and around Cisco Live US, there was a lot of activity and several exciting announcements one of which I wrote about then ̵…

Today marks another milestone in the journey to Intent-based Networking. Today is good news for Managed Service Providers! First though, some data points regarding the current state of managed network services. There are fewer than 25% of US businesses using managed LAN/WLAN services from providers.…

OK, if you’re not thinking that I have lost my mind you are perhaps thinking, “How can my customers guide me with SDN and NFV?”.  If you look at it from the technology viewpoint, you are correct!  Your customers don’t specifically care about SDN and NFV nor any other technological mumbo jumbo and mo…

The excitement, the energy, the sore feet once again engulfed us in the beautiful city of Barcelona for arguably the greatest show on Earth – Mobile World Congress.  Well, for those of us in networking, anyway. The theme for Mobile World Congress 2017 is: The Next Element. Upon reading “The Next Ele…

Written by Cisco Senior Marketing Manager Wayne Cullen and Cisco Marketing Manager Melissa Zelyez Enterprise demands for fast, adaptable networks are at an all-time high. Some service providers are struggling to keep pace. So how can you ensure you’re not one of them? The answer is simple: virtual m…

Delivering Managed network services now costs less than ever. Whole new markets are ready and waiting for the benefits they bring. It took years for alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar power, to become affordable to consumers and profitable for providers. The same is true of managed n…