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By now, you’ve probably heard that the network is open for business with Cisco DNA Center. But, before we get into what that really means, let’s take a walk down the Cisco DNA Center memory lane. DNA Center is a complete software-based network automation and assurance solution in the form of a 360 d…

When you think of the word innovation, what comes to mind? Better, faster, technology, robots… And what about entrepreneurship? Risk, bold, opportunity, unicorns… While all these ring true, we often forget the most important factor of success for each: the problem solving itself. To create a c…

Scaling up to train more partners and customers on Cisco APIs Some of you reading this post might know what a DevNet Express event is, but you probably don’t know the history behind it. Let me give you a bit of background on how DevNet Express events came to be and what they actually are. We f…

You have probably noticed the new DNA Center sandbox that we have been updating over the past few months.  If so, your next question is probably, “how can I take advantage of the APIs exposed?” Well, we have an answer for that. We have released a couple of new REST API labs for DNA Cente…

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…