Application Hosting
Cisco DNA, NetBeez Agents, and App Hosting on Cat9K
The author of this blog is Stefano Gridelli, Co-Founder and CEO at NetBeez, Inc. You can learn more about the Cisco DNA integration with NetBeez at his live webinar, October 14. In a previous post, I wrote about Cisco App Hosting and how it enabled running NetBeez network monitoring agents on top of…
“Code for Catalyst Challenge” is Now Open!
Create an original Docker container application for the Cisco Catalyst Switch 9300, and WIN! Calling all tech lovers, participate in a virtual challenge for a chance to win exciting prizes! I love a good challenge and have taken part in a good few of these, whether this is a hackathon, hotdog eati…
Applications Running on Network Switches?
Why would anyone want to run applications on their network switches? It starts with acknowledging just how much data we are all dealing with. Massive. That data needs to be collected and analyzed so that it can be acted upon. Faster. It’s become unwieldy to do this processing in remote servers…
New XR Programmability Learning Labs and Sandbox Let You Explore
Get your free DevNet account for access to our developer resources, learning labs, and sandbox. Turning team focus to network automation and programmability I came from a network service provider background. Then, when I starting working at Cisco, I was working on the Cisco Security network team. Th…
The Why, What, and How of App Hosting on Routers
What if every time you wanted to roll out an app, you didn’t need to figure out what new computer/server you were going to put it on? What if I told you that there were compute resources built into your network? And, what if I told you they even had access to serial ports for IoT devices? Shall we t…
The New Network – It’s for Developers!
With Open IOS XE, Cisco is Changing the Game Old-school network engineers probably remember the Cisco 2500-series router. It ran a slow Motorola 68000 CPU, the monolithic IOS operating system, and did one thing only: route packets. Routers and switches have certainly sped up since then, and the ope…
There’s Never Been a Better Time for Cisco ACI-Enabled Data Center Providers #NeverBetter
I didn’t quite appreciate it, however over the years, I’ve become a data center geek! My job doesn’t involved working daily in a data center, but when I do get to visit one, I find the facilities and energy design principles and practices employed absolutely fascinating! I jumped, then, when I had…
Oh, How Far We’ve Come in Building Cloud-Scale Networking
It’s been a year since I wrote this blog detailing our software innovations aimed at helping Service Providers address the ever-increasing challenges imposed by digitization. IOS XR for cloud-scale networking has really taken flight since then and I am proud to share with you some highlights from th…
Cisco and Ansible Team up to Demonstrate How to Manage Cloud-Scale Networks
We’ve talked about how Cisco is helping network operators leverage the tools of the data center to better manage the network. To show a real world example of this a few weeks back Cisco and Ansible teamed up for SDx Demo Friday. We showed how to manage large-scale networks using Cisco IOS XR applica…