Cisco DNA

By sheer necessity, there is an increasingly interdependent role between NetOps and SecOps in many enterprises. Cisco has been monitoring three trends: Networks are connecting ever more devices, locations and users. The complexity of managing them is creating openings for new threats. As advanced t…

Today marks another milestone in the journey to Intent-based Networking. Today is good news for Managed Service Providers! First though, some data points regarding the current state of managed network services. There are fewer than 25% of US businesses using managed LAN/WLAN services from providers.…

This week, thousands of Cisco customers and partners are meeting in Orlando, Florida – the best location I can think of for sparking the imagination. From Walt Disney World to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, everywhere you go offers a creative, immersive, and often personalized experience. So i…

For more than 20 years, organizations have been running their networks pretty much the same way. But recently, that way has become increasingly difficult, fragmented, and expensive. Modern networks need to be both more integrated, and yet more flexible. So a year ago, we launched our most ambitious…

Back in 2014, we started DevNet, Cisco’s developer program. We knew that software, APIs, and programmability would become core to the network, and we knew that we were going to drive programmability into our products in the years ahead.  There was buzz around SDN in the research community, but we kn…

Throughout history, mankind has proven that great achievements are built by pushing the limits. From the first rocket that orbited earth to the lunar landing mission (Apollo 11), those that defy boundaries today will own the possibilities tomorrow. In networking, as in space exploration, we break mo…

The one thing that I remember most about being a kid, was the feeling I’d get the day before we got our report cards. I was a pretty good student, but at the same time, there’s always that trepidation of the unknown that would leave my stomach in knots until I received my marks. That fea…

Innovation, quality and customer focus are part of Cisco DNA. Our customers expressed the need to have a platform that is compact, dense, flexible, feature rich and supports programmability. I’m thrilled to announce the availability of ASR 9901 – a compact Two-Rack-Unit (2RU) platform designed for a…

Let’s focus on the Zero Trust approach first. If your infrastructure was on the Internet, how would you design your organization’s cybersecurity framework? Authentication to confirm who logs into your infrastructure and multi factor authentication for your Admins? Would you encrypt everything? VPN…