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Did you know that the day following the Big Game is one of the most common days of the year for Americans to call in sick to work? Now, don’t get any ideas – but the point is that in the U.S. we take the Big Game very seriously. It’s become a de-facto holiday of sorts, complete with elaborate menus,…

Infrastructure Is Relevant to Developers As we enter 2018, the lines between infrastructure and software continue to blur. In some ways software is getting further and further away from the underlying hardware that makes it work. We have seen this with the introduction of IaaS, then PaaS, and now Fu…

Imagine a network that is adaptable, constantly learning, dynamically changing and reconfiguring itself, and all of this while detecting malware in encrypted traffic. But wait, we’ve had adaptable networks dynamically changing for a while now. All the way back in the Routing Information Protoc…

Cisco’s Innovation Strategy In this episode of #TheGrubbCast, I set the stage by talking about Cisco’s Five-Way Strategy for innovation – Build, Buy, Partner, Invest, Co-Develop. Build refers to Cisco’s 19,000+ engineers and $6.3B investment in Research & Development – but of course no on…

Many of us often gravitate to the “bargain”.  We’re intrigued by one-day only deals.  However, when it comes to long-term purchases, we’re typically guided by quality, brand, and safety.  We don’t want to “go cheap” when building a house or buying a car.  We recognize the importance of a strong foun…

Ok, we’re not talking fancy giveaway bags – sorry. But we are here to make your life a little easier, at least when it comes to digital marketing. Our end goal is to accelerate your marketing effectiveness. And we have two digital marketing services to help you engage your customers like never befor…

The role of IT and networking specifically as we know it, is changing in the eyes of many Cisco stakeholders, primarily: (1) IT Experts and (2) Business Leaders. This combined with the changing expectations of the millennial generation will have a huge impact on the next market transition. Simplisti…

Today’s network was devised decades ago. Over the years, it has been stretched to meet the ever-growing needs of enterprises – tinkered, tweaked and extended. It is time for a major reset. To take on this major shift in networking, we at Cisco introduced the Network Intuitive earlier this year…

Over the past 9 years, the Integrated Services Router (ISR) G2 router portfolio has helped tens of thousands of Enterprise and Service Provider customers build, secure, grow, and transform their businesses. It has been the most successful router product line in the history of branch networking. Intr…