Networking

Do you ever wish you could predict the future? What if I told you that you don’t have to be a wizard from the Harry Potter books, visit a tarot card reader, or take a silly BuzzFeed quiz to predict the future? And what if I told you divination is not just a fictional magic term? (For those not so lo…

Wireless network complexity is on the rise, increasing with each new device that’s added. IT teams need solutions that streamline their maintenance and troubleshooting processes, and that’s exactly the topic of our upcoming #CiscoChat Live on May 31! More and more time is spent troubleshooting to fi…

To function properly, most cloud based applications need good bandwidth and low latency and in large-scale WAN deployments, latency, bandwidth constraints, and packet loss are inevitable.  SDWAN promises to overcome application performance bottlenecks associated with network architectures that were…

Wireless has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years. The way that Wi-Fi is used in our everyday life today could not be envisioned at the turn of the century. The explosion of personal devices, IoT and the applications that drive today’s business can be attributed to wireless. Part of this grow…

Suppose you wanted to have the ability to know where hundreds of ship-board guests were spending their time on a cruise—pool-side, buffet, bar, theatre—to improve the guest experience. Or in a healthcare environment, you need to know where critical medical equipment is located in real time. In a mul…

This blog post was collaboratively written with Dinesh Shadrach. Dinesh Shadrach is a Sr. Product Manager in Cisco’s Security & Networking Business group where he oversees the design and evolution of Cisco’s cross-architecture software buying programs.    Security breaches dominate the hea…

Co-Author: Sven Jirgal, VP WW Sales and Field Marketing, Cisco Capital. The subscription economy has flipped many industries on their heads – redefining the business landscape in which traditional pay-per-product companies are moving toward subscription-based business models. To compete in the digit…

I’m going to bet that you’ve been in this predicament before. You’re attending a conference, taking notes on your phone/tablet/laptop. An urgent question arises that you know you have the answer to in your email and so you hit search. Wheels spin, cursors blink, and nothing happens. Looking around y…

Over the last few years, Wi-Fi has become the primary mode for network access. This is especially true in the consumer market where the rapid adoption of Smart Home technology, streaming media and IoT devices has increased the number of devices in the home. The need for flexible workspace and ubiqui…