Networking

Take A Few Tips From Gartner… Analyst reports are a valuable tool I often use to help me better gauge the market and plan out my team’s strategy and goals. I relish taking a deep dive into industry intelligence and insights to help shape my approach to enterprise networking – and at times chal…

I’m excited to announce the Podcast Domain – a podcasting space at Cisco Live! This is a place where Cisco Live attendees can come to record their podcast with some of our best and brightest Cisco experts as guests. If you have a podcast and would like to be considered for a slot leave a note…

Almost two years ago, I wrote The Modernization of Network Software, a perspective published in Software Magazine intended to foreshadow changes underway within networking infrastructure (routing, switching, wireless, etc.) with the transition to software-based models.  While I encourage you to read…

I was at a survival training team activity recently. My biggest insight (besides the fact that Darwin would have written me off!) was how many different ways a wooden plank could be used to aid in survival. The plank truly became the foundation for a series of innovative use cases that could potenti…

Design Considerations for Branch Virtualization with NFV In the 1st blog on Enterprise NFV Design we discussed the concept of network function virtualization and its benefits, what are the foundation blocks when planning for branch virtualization with NFV? Let’s look closely into each foundation blo…

Not everyone works at a hospital, but understanding how the IT department at London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London in Ontario, Canada transformed their wireless network is important, no matter what industry you work in. The crux of the hospital’s problem was this: over 15…

Everyday networks are being hammered with multiple types of threats, coming from a variety of sources. To make matters worse, these threats often use sophisticated techniques to be undetected by traditional security methods. Proliferation of IoT devices increase these risks as most IoT devices often…

Upgrading your hardware is a great way to strengthen your network without spending a lot of money. Mexico’s Universidad Panamericana recently found itself in a tough situation when the college’s IT staff determined that their patchwork network couldn’t cope with the demands of its users. Universidad…

Digitization has opened up a myriad of new applications, efficiencies and innovations. Along with all this progress, however, comes a continued and urgent need for more advanced and effective security at the very foundational level–the network node and network systems. From phishing and malware atta…