2017

January 29, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

2017 in Snort Signatures.

2017 was an eventful year for cyber security with high profile vulnerabilities that allowed self-replicating worm attacks such as WannaCry and BadRabbit to impact organizations throughout the world. In 2017, Talos researchers discovered many new attacks including backdoors in legitimate software suc…

February 24, 2017

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

#ItsTIME to Collaborate, Lead, and Inspire: March 1 CiscoChat — Women of Impact

On March 8, Cisco will host its 5th annual Women of Impact (WOI) Conference. Some 12,000 Cisco employees, partners, and customers are expected to participate this year in over 90 sites and 30 countries across the globe. This year’s conference theme is IT’S TIME — time to lead, collaborate and inspir…

January 10, 2017

INNOVATION

Trends to Be Part of in 2017

For many people, 2016 was a year full of surprises. Not only did the world lose some of the most famous names in music and film, but the outcomes of both the EU referendum and the US presidential elections caught many of the so-called “experts” off guard. What does this have to do with innovation? M…

January 9, 2017

NETWORKING

2017 Enterprise Network Security Trends

In 2016, there seemed to be constant reminders in the news about the latest hack or newest type of attack. As a result, the security market experienced a significant amount of growth. Gartner expects the cybersecurity market to cross $100 billion in 2019 from $76 billion in 2015. To take advantage o…

January 3, 2017

NETWORKING

2017 Predictions for SD-WAN (#sdwan)

For me, 2016 can be described as “SD-WAN euphoria.” Everyone was talking about SD-WAN. But when listening to analysts, attending tradeshows or presenting to customers, one of the most common questions I asked, or was asked, is “What exactly is SD-WAN?” To highlight just how much opinions differ, IDC…

December 14, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Trends in Enterprise Networking for 2017

2016 has been a fascinating year for networking. We are obligated to say that every year, but this year truly has seen some landmark innovations. The industry has made some great strides with digital transformation and Cisco has been at the forefront with multiple network innovations and awards. In…

December 12, 2016

PARTNER

How You Can Drive More Repeatable and Predictable Revenue in 2017

I’ve been putting my Amazon Echo through its paces lately. Its voice recognition service, Alexa, and I have established a pretty close relationship: “Alexa, call Uber”, “Alexa, buy How Far Can You Go? by John Maclean”, “Alexa, it’s a little chilly, raise the temperature to 70 degrees.” You get the i…

November 1, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

Cisco Champion 2017 Applications Now Open

Do your peers consider you to be a thought leader based on your strong technical knowledge of Cisco products and technologies? Do you maintain an active online or social presence to interact with others and share what you know? Cisco Champions are regarded as experts in Cisco products and technologi…