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As marketers, we’ve come a long way in becoming data-driven experts when it comes to creating more engaging personalized marketing experiences. GDPR is making us think more critically about how we leverage data, maintain customers’ trust, ensure compliance, all while still being able to effectively…

As security practitioners, we have the seemingly impossible task of defending an ever-changing environment. It seems like every time we get close to compliance, new vulnerabilities and threat vectors are discovered. So, we continually practice and plan, knowing that we have to be right all the time,…

Background I have written a number of blogs on Network Plug and Play (PnP) on APIC-EM and wanted to provide an update of the new improved PnP in Cisco DNA Center. This new series covers the changes and enhancements made to PnP on Cisco DNA Center 1.2.   The PnP application was not officially exposed…

Time is critical when facing an incoming attack. Security analysts and incident responders must quickly detect, investigate, understand, and react quickly to limit any potential damage. They sift through threat intelligence information from multiple sources and event logs from multiple devices to de…

I was born and raised in a beautiful city in Northeast China called Dalian. It’s a small town – with about 7 million people. One of the reasons I love my hometown is because this where my career started. I was selected as the second intern in 2008 to work at the first wafer fab in Dalian. I soon joi…

The week in Florida at Cisco Live flew by. I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with Cisco customers, partners, and colleagues from around the world. It was an exciting and uplifting event. Here are a few highlights: The closing keynote was amazing. Dr. Michio Kaku (theoretical physicist and fut…

We enjoy a wonderful array of freedoms in our nation. But with the ever-shrinking news cycle and flurry of daily life, that fact is often ignored. It’s easy to forget that our freedoms started with thousands of farmers, small business owners, laborers, and other colonists seeking self-governance. To…

Service providers know that if they want to support the agile services that their customers are increasingly demanding, they need a new approach to networking. One that simplifies and streamlines the way their systems operate. That’s why they’re investing in developing their networks. But it’s not e…

Think back to the first day at your first job. If you’re like me, you woke up early, gave yourself extra time to get to the office in case of traffic, and arrived ready to hit the ground running. You spent your first day getting your badge, meeting new colleagues, and setting up your computer. Somet…