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Adam Ozkan, expert in SDN and Cloud solutions wrote that “organizations embracing dynamic, cloud-based operating models position themselves better for cost optimization and increased competitiveness….However, embracing the cloud presents challenges especially for IT operations teams stru…

We know that big data is big business… And the use of on-premises and public cloud infrastructure is growing, according to the Cisco 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark Study. In the 2017 study, 27 percent of security professionals said they are using off-premises private clouds, compared with 25 p…

There’s no doubt that virtualized desktop infrastructure can help save money and give workers the tools they need to get their jobs done. There’s a “but” in this scenario, though. Which is that, in the case of graphics-intensive applications, virtualization has negatively impacted performance. What…

In response to growing customer expectations, service providers are changing the way they think about networking. Emerging services like 5G and ultra high definition video will require more bandwidth, speed and agility than many networks can currently support. Service providers are realising that th…

Analytics is the new source of competitive advantage.  Thomas H. Davenport, author of Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning,  has been writing about analytics for over 10 years.  Unfortunately, even when I attended Cisco Live Barcelona a few weeks ago, many customers from IT are still c…

As Cisco and our strong channel partner community lead market transitions and enable customers to embrace and capture new opportunities with digital transformation, the solutions we deliver grow progressively complex.  While accelerating partner growth is foundational to Cisco’s business model, simp…

Cloud represents incredible opportunity for our customers, and it’s fueling massive growth in multiple dimensions. The recent update of the Cisco Global Cloud Index (GCI) study predicts global cloud traffic to skyrocket to 19.5 ZB (1.6 ZB per month) by the end of 2021, growing 3.3-fold over the next…

The scale of the Internet is awe-inspiring. By 2021, there will be 4.6 billion people and 27 billion devices connected to the Internet, and Internet traffic will reach 2.8 trillion Gigabytes (or 2.8 Zettabytes) per year. (These numbers are published in our annual Visual Networking Index.) Even with…

The Super Bowl. It’s as much a part of American culture as the Fourth of July or Oprah Winfrey. It’s the culmination of the American football season, complete with intense rivalries, funny commercials, and stunning (sometimes controversial) half-time shows. Everyone knows it’s big business too. The…