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Ever wondered what Life at Cisco is like? Through the employee stories that appear on this blog twice a week throughout the year, that is exactly what we hope to share with you.  A glimpse into what the culture, technology, and heart of Cisco (our people!) are like. Most of the stories shared here a…

Hello Friends and Colleagues, Big Game tonight with the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs square off for the final game, Game 7, in Boston Garden! Always a great time of year with Basketball and Hockey Playoffs, Baseball Season is in high gear, tennis is happening in Barcelona, with Roland G…

Friends, The team is excited, especially our FindIT Product Manager, David Harper for the announcement of his Network Monitoring and Management Platform. But why? Today’s market offers businesses a wide range of networking options. There’s more than a handful of ways to provide your business b…

Blogs can be tricky. They are a great asset until you realize you haven’t posted in a week. Or, one day you wake up and there are 13 blogs you have to review and approve. An essential component to any social media strategy at a company is a good blog program. We have an open blogging system and auth…

For an IT department, big data may be the largest and most complex challenge that comes with the Internet of Everything (IoE). We must be able to manage, process, and make that data available to many users and applications so they can turn it into valuable business insights.…

We have only seen a glimpse of what Internet of Everything (IoE) has in store for the planet. The change is much bigger than technology alone. The new IoE economy will profoundly affect people, things, data, and processes. Find out more in this short video, based on my article, The Internet of Every…

Look at the operating costs for your data centers and you’ll likely see a big amount for the electrical power to run the servers, storage, networking components, and cooling systems. Since power consumption is an area where even small changes can add up to big savings over time, we want to take adva…

It is Friday the 13th and we have a full moon, perfect time to provide a quick update from the Cisco SMB Team. First off, we have posted a Teaser Announcement providing a quick view of some new products that are coming out later this month. The entire Cisco SMB Team has been working hard on this new…

Erich Latchford In the days before data centers were virtualized, the licensing model for operating systems and application software was simple: 1 server = 1 license. But this model doesn’t work in an environment where a single physical server can host multiple virtual servers. //…