Networking

Today’s mobile devices and applications not only demand tremendous amounts of data but the user experience must be superior regardless of traffic type, network type or user location. Network administrators desire to deliver this elevated user and application experience BUT not at the cost of added c…

You use an app to figure out the fastest ways around town. Why not an app that allows your mobile device to use your wireless network’s fast lane? Technology is best realized when its entities can be visualized and are tangible. With this principle of simplicity, business app prioritization, or “fas…

Today, very few business leaders need convincing evidence about the benefits of digitization. That’s because they no longer ask “why” digitalization should be a business imperative. They’re at the “what” needs to be done stage – what are the steps IT must take to build a strong network foundation, o…

Market disruptions don’t occur every day or even in all industries. However, when they occur, for the most part, they end up vastly improving the experience or product that consumers benefit from. Nothing exemplifies this transformation more than the ride sharing market. Several large upstarts have…

When was the last time you filled an ice cube tray? It’s probably been awhile hasn’t it? When you want a cold beverage, you open up your freezer or click a button and boom, instant ice cubes. Why should your wireless network be any different? With Cisco Flexible Radio Assignment (FRA), found in the…

Proliferation of mobile devices, cloud moving enterprises and data hungry applications are creating the need for the next generation of enterprise campus infrastructure. Cisco is always ahead of the curve when it comes to providing all these capabilities way before the competition. Cisco Digital Net…

Network programmability is such a generic term, like SDN and the whole Software Defined X paradigm, that it means different things to different people. Not so long ago network programmability was synonymous with Openflow but as time passed and pragmatism kicked in, the industry settled around a comm…

ONUG is here again and next week I will be heading to San Francisco to participate in the Spring conference. This will be the fourth ONUG conference I am attending and it has been fascinating to see the event evolve from defining the SD-WAN business requirements, and expanding to Cloud, Security and…

What is Cisco Network Plug & Play? Cisco Network Plug & Play (PnP) is a secure and scalable solution for simple day-zero provisioning across all Cisco Enterprise platforms (routers, switches and wireless access points). The PnP application runs on top of Cisco Enterprise SDN Controller ̵…