Cisco DNA

Wireless has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years. The way that Wi-Fi is used in our everyday life today could not be envisioned at the turn of the century. The explosion of personal devices, IoT and the applications that drive today’s business can be attributed to wireless. Part of this grow…

Suppose you wanted to have the ability to know where hundreds of ship-board guests were spending their time on a cruise—pool-side, buffet, bar, theatre—to improve the guest experience. Or in a healthcare environment, you need to know where critical medical equipment is located in real time. In a mul…

For several years now, Cisco has been advocating for Fog Computing as an essential element of a scalable, reliable and cost effective IoT architecture. By developing Industrial IoT solutions based on Cisco IOx, data originating from “things” can be locally filtered, analyzed and manipulated on IIoT…

Over the past year, we’ve continued to expand our solutions to deliver Intent-Based Networking to our customers. Our years of designing, building, and operating networks tells us that you just can’t add automation to existing processes. The scale, complexity and new security threat vectors have grow…

Back in January 2018 I wrote a blog post about the inroads I was making in discovering what the network intuitive is, and setting up Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center and Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) for Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona. I also promised I’d come back with an…

The scene: My doctor’s office, late morning, the exam room. I watch the minutes tick by as I sit and wait, drumming my fingers on the table and trying not to think about my overwhelming to-do list for the day. Mere minutes before, things seemed to be going smoothly. Appointments were running o…

In an industry where open networking is increasingly valued by Service Providers, the need for interoperable solutions becomes even more important. At Cisco, innovation is in our DNA. Each year, we spend a significant amount of revenue on research and development (R&D) – up to 12.8 percent in 20…

I’m going to bet that you’ve been in this predicament before. You’re attending a conference, taking notes on your phone/tablet/laptop. An urgent question arises that you know you have the answer to in your email and so you hit search. Wheels spin, cursors blink, and nothing happens. Looking around y…

DevNet is now on Mars! OK, not really. But DevNet is now in the Mars Network Challenge game. Have you tried it? It’s great! What got me interested was a discussion we were having around the NetDevOps trend and I jokingly inquired with the Mars Network Challenge team, “so what happens when there is a…