Cisco SD-WAN

The next step in intent-based networking is putting it in more places. We launched our intent-based networking portfolio a year ago with the introduction of the Catalyst 9000 line of switches and Cisco DNA Center. These products support a new way to build and operate networks: They capture business…

New Developer Offers for SD-WAN, AWS Hybrid Cloud, Meraki, and Collaboration When I first joined Cisco, I learned that we had a secret weapon…our amazing partner community. Our partners build, manage, and operate mission critical infrastructures for our customers around the world. One of the g…

History of WAN circuits I still remember the mid to late 1990s and my first interactions with the Internet. At that time I had my Pentium personal computer for around a year and Windows 95 was all the rage. And while Solitaire and Minesweeper were fun enough, that Broadcom 56kbps modem really opened…

Posted on behalf of contributing author: Paul Kohler Paul Kohler leads Cisco SD-WAN Technology Alliance Partnerships within product management and held the same role at Viptela. He has two decades experience in the networking and cloud industry at Cisco, Viptela, VMware, Keynote Systems and Netcom w…

With Randy Benn and Ariane Ramas. In my last blog (read here) I was excited to introduce you to LoRaWAN, an exciting new protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). Today, I’d like to dive into a recent deployment, because who doesn’t love technical details? First, a recap. I have a dog (a Corgi) who…

Last year, Cisco defined a bold vision on a new Intent-based Networking architecture. It soon became apparent that WAN would be one of the strongest use cases for this new architecture mainly due to businesses rapidly adopting cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and cloud applications…

Digital technologies have forever altered the services that customers demand and the ways in which organizations operate. Customers are clamoring for more personalized, on-demand experiences, and organizations must adapt or risk disruption to their core business models. The branch is the epicenter o…

In both traditional and future SD-WAN network architectures, IPsec encryption performance is one of the most important technologies for secure delivery of customer traffic in branch routers. Higher IPsec throughput performance can also translate into improved customer experience and even revenue. Mi…

With Halloween fast approaching, here is some food for thought (and when I say ‘food’ I don’t mean mini sized Snickers from your kid’s Halloween bag). What if you could wake up on October 31st and easily dress up your traditional WAN infrastructure as a threat detecting, cost saving, remotely manage…