intent-based networking

Last year, Cisco made history. Intent-based networking promised a revolution in network automation, advanced analytics and assurance, data security, and licensing. And we delivered! The Catalyst 9000 was recognized by CRN as the overall network product of 2017. Analysts, partners, and Wall Street ar…

You were only six (and you may not remember this …), when you intended to be an astronaut. Intent is a wonderful thing, but for an astronaut, it ain’t enough to survive outer space. Imagine yourself entering Venus’s atmosphere when you suddenly hear a beep. Your spacesuit’s heat shield &…

Capture your network’s intent, accelerate change, predict outages and assure policy compliance As digital enterprise rapidly accelerates, we’ve seen an explosion of new applications – housed across containers, virtualized environments, and clouds  – acting on massive datasets…

Today at Cisco Live Barcelona, we rolled out the next chapter of our strategy to reinvent the network for the digital era. We announced powerful new software innovations for the data center and enterprise focused squarely on assurance, ones that will enable the network to quickly identify the root c…

It’s hard to believe Wi-Fi has been with us for two decades. In that time the technology has evolved from novelty, to convenience, to necessity. Now, mobile devices comfortably dominate the networking world and many of us are moving to wireless-only access in 2018. If Wi-Fi and mobile networking is…

Businesses thrive when they create value for their shareholder and stakeholders by maximizing revenues and minimizing costs. Technology, especially wireless and IoT, can be invaluable tools to achieve these goals. But, when it comes to operating costs, these IT pillars, while incredibly valuable, on…

Many of us often gravitate to the “bargain”.  We’re intrigued by one-day only deals.  However, when it comes to long-term purchases, we’re typically guided by quality, brand, and safety.  We don’t want to “go cheap” when building a house or buying a car.  We recognize the importance of a strong foun…

2017 has been a year of incredible progress and change for Enterprise Networking at Cisco. We redefined networking this year with the world’s first intent-based networking system. We believe that intent based networking is the future of networking – fundamentally changing how we think about networks…

Today’s network was devised decades ago. Over the years, it has been stretched to meet the ever-growing needs of enterprises – tinkered, tweaked and extended. It is time for a major reset. To take on this major shift in networking, we at Cisco introduced the Network Intuitive earlier this year…