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How a Multicloud World is Changing the WAN
Organizations worldwide are on an irreversible march towards embracing multiple clouds, drawn by the greater agility and flexibility, the specific functionality each one offers, as well as improved efficiencies and the ability to adapt to the fast-moving digital way of doing business. Numbers from I…
Welcome to Cisco Krakow – Celebrating our 6th Anniversary!
Next month, Cisco’s Krakow, Poland campus will celebrate its 6th anniversary! It’s Europe’s second largest Cisco office, and if you haven’t gotten a chance to visit us yet – here’s why you should! Up first! Fun facts about Cisco Poland: The Krakow site is home to 1400+ Cisco employees. We are the…
An Inspiring Conversation with Global Problem Solvers
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and Elizabeth Nyeko, two socially minded young women who exemplify the mindset of a Global Problem Solver. They joined me on stage in San Jose at the Women of Impact conference, where we spoke to more than 16,000 glob…
People Are the Network: Inclusion, Diversity, and Empowerment at Cisco
A few years ago, my senior colleague Anand Oswal wrote a blog about the role of women in technology and engineering. Since then, several high-profile events have rippled through our industry and social fabric, as women have found the strength to speak out against the forces that have been holding th…
In Search of the Perfect Network Experience
We spend a lot of time talking about Wi-Fi coverage, SD-WAN tunneling, switching redundancy, etc., but the true measure of quality isn’t a perfectly deployed network… it’s an excellent user experience. As with all things, it’s often more difficult to diagnose the problem than to fix it. With more an…
Under the vAnalytics Hood: Enabling Total Network Visibility, Total Network Control
As WAN network administrators, we have all run into that situation where a business group wants to roll out a new service, and we realize there is not enough bandwidth available in many of our locations. It then typically will take 90 – 120 days to add new bandwidth and then hours of dealing w…
Overcoming the Bravery Deficit
This post was guest-written by Reshma Saujani, the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the perception of programmers. Originally, Girls Who Code was an experiment with a single mission: to close the gender gap…
My Cisco Story Begins: The First 2 Weeks and 3 Tips
One day, long into the future, I will likely re-read this post and a smile will cross my face. This is the beginning, my very first days at Cisco. And years from now, the memories from this September 1 will dance through my mind. This is when I started my internship in Marketing and Communications a…
Extending Intent-Based Networking to the WAN
How often does IT receive the complaint “the network is slow?” End users complaining about application problems can be frustrating, especially when it is not always the network that is the cause. When those complaints come from remote sites, eliminating the WAN as the cause of the proble…
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