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When we released Cisco DNA Center last year, we knew that it was going to make a big splash in the industry. After reading the evaluation in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure, we now know it for sure. DNA Center is a complete software-based network…

Cisco is announcing another major milestone on the path to intent-based networking for the WAN. About a year ago, when we announced the acquisition of Viptela, the leader in software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) technologies, we promised integration of Viptela SD-WAN. The Cisco SD-WAN solution (based on Vip…

Your distributed office wide area networks are about to get disrupted—in a good way. Software-defined WANs are upgrading application performance to enable people in branch offices, stores, and clinics to operate at peak efficiency. But before today, many organization needed to upgrade their hardware…

The role of IT in enabling innovation and transformation continues to grow in importance. As your business navigates through digital transformation, you may be realizing a need for a new approach to your network infrastructure. And ways to fast-track IT while also overcoming complexity and navigatin…

I touched on the problem of Shadow IT in the expanding world of IoT in a previous blog A Security Fabric for IoT. But there is another ecosystem of applications and hardware besides IoT devices to manage in the realm of Shadow IT. From the old days of departments buying OTS packaged software for spe…

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by technologists for technologists. In this episode, Cisco Champions Pieter-Jan Nefkens and Rowell Dionicio discuss DevNet with Susie Wee and Hank Preston from Cisco Live in Orlando. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode in SoundCloud Check out all Season…

For twelve years, I have been at Cisco in the field of helping customers meet their needs.  Big customers, small customers and partners (that supply our solutions to customers) across all industries. The one constant in this sea of diversity, is that customers vote with their dollars. This is especi…

The healthcare industry today is on the cusp of full digitization adoption, and healthcare providers are focusing on patient experiences and patient outcomes to generate competitive advantages. Healthcare environments present some unique challenges and require network architectures that are secure a…

What do you do when you’re a part of a tiny support team but you’re responsible for a large, extremely mission critical wireless network? You look to Cisco to make sure that your job is a bit easier. Houston Methodist Hospital is the leading academic medical hospital in Texas and their w…