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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…

I always saw myself as the climb-to-the-top office type.  But, after I graduated college, there were no ‘remote’ opportunities or flexibility in the workplace by any means. So I dove in – all in – to the corporate life, and I became a self-proclaimed workaholic. Years later, in a leadership role at…

Over the past six months, much has changed in Cisco AMP for Endpoints. We have added new capabilities in the product, and increased our presence within the industry as a true name in next generation endpoint security. Industry analysts have taken notice too:  2018 was the first year multiple analyst…

Earlier this morning, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Duo Security. In and of itself, this acquisition has been several months in the making by an impressive team of professionals who understood exactly what could be accomplished together. For me personally, it marks a strategic milestone on a…

14 colleagues. Habitat for Humanity. Cambodia. This was a recent volunteer trip we set out on, and our team name became Facta Non Verba. It means, “Deeds rather than words”. But I do have some words to share about the deeds we just accomplished in Cambodia. As recruiter at Cisco, my job is to share…

With the recent availability of Istio 1.0 it is not surprising that it continues to capture much attention from the technical press and developer community. As an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices, Istio promises to make it much easier to build and operate micro-service base…

While digital technology is opening entirely new ways of doing business, some organizations fall short of their ambitions and instead settle on improving existing ways of operating. In fact, analyst reports are predicting some $2 trillion dollars will be spent in 2019 worldwide on digital transforma…

Let’s get this out of the way. I’m Carmen, and I’m a Harry Potter nerd. When times are dark, wise Dumbledore reminds me that I need only to turn on the light (Lumos!) Professor Lupin helps me remember that even if you’re “different,” you’re important.  Hermione helps me stand in my strength knowing…

Do you dread interactions with customer service? Are you tired of identifying yourself, your problem and all your interactions with the product or services to multiple agents? Do you wish call centers were more respectful of your time? Well, you are not alone. As both an enterprise technology invest…