Catalyst 9000

Leading-edge networks—your network—can have the ability to comprehend business and application requirements and translate them to network and security policies. This ensures that your business critical services are continuously delivered and protected. We call it intent-based networking. Get started…

Part 1 of 2 Arthur C. Clarke’s famous witticism that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” could easily apply to the plethora of applications that are at our fingertips. By touching an icon on a piece of glass you can summon a ride, order a meal, show the wor…

The first blog in this series highlighted the benefits of Cisco DNA software subscriptions, and the second blog covered Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement and the exclusive Cisco DNA benefits. For the third in the series, we’ll do a deep-dive into Cisco DNA Software for Switching. What is the struc…

We can’t predict the future, but we can plan for the unknown. I think we can all agree that we are witnessing the real-time emergence of a new network. This is a network that must handle evolving technologies that brings IoT to the main stream, expands mobility to the back woods, and broadens horizo…

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…

The author of this blog is Stefano Gridelli, Co-Founder and CEO at NetBeez, Inc. I am happy to announce a new powerful integration between NetBeez and Cisco. Starting with Cisco IOS-XE version 16.12.1, Cisco users can install the NetBeez docker agent on Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. This new…

Few products in Cisco’s illustrious history deserve the title of  “game changer” more than the Cisco Catalyst 6500 switch series. The longevity of the platform is a testament to the continual focus Cisco places on providing our customers with the best in today’s technology. With this in mind, it is…

Co-author: Srini Jasti In our last blog, we discussed how Cisco delivers consistency and simplicity, with integrated security, across Enterprise domains. Now we’ll discuss in more detail how this is done. “People who are serious about software should make their own hardware” – Alan Kay Cisco uniquel…

Co-author: Srini Jasti, Sr. Product Manager – Enterprise Switching Enterprises are demanding more and more from their networks even with reducing budgets and increasing complexity. Today, IT teams are looking for effective, simpler solutions to deploy and operate their networks. Many are already won…