intent-based networking

If you’re like most IT people, never does a day go by that you’re not working on multiple tasks at once: ensuring on prem data centers and public cloud networks are running smoothly; monitoring the consistency of network security policies; and making sure all of it meets compliance demands. And that…

Part of navigating the world of New IT is understanding and capitalizing on New Network. Today, intent-based networking capabilities are helping companies keep pace with the demands of digital and cloud transformation. But effectively using those capabilities which seek to closely and continuously a…

The data center is one of the most dynamic realms in technology today. As applications and devices proliferate and produce a dizzying array of physical, virtualized and highly distributed workloads, we see the explosion of raw data. That data – if properly refined – holds a wealth of inv…

Customers are saying that network automation is becoming a necessity rather than a nice-to-have. According to a recent IDG survey[1] of IT leaders, automation is fast expanding into areas such as network provisioning and orchestration (56%), policy configuration (54%), and issue resolution (50%). Th…

Co-author: Srini Jasti In our last blog, we discussed how Cisco delivers consistency and simplicity, with integrated security, across Enterprise domains. Now we’ll discuss in more detail how this is done. “People who are serious about software should make their own hardware” – Alan Kay Cisco uniquel…

Intent-Based Networking is rapidly gaining converts as IT takes advantage of the multiple benefits it brings to managing both wired and wireless enterprise network fabrics. From data centers to campus to multi-domain cloud platforms and secure branch deployments, Intent-Based Networks provide the au…

We had an incredible week at this year’s Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona! Thousands of attendees from all over the world explored our latest Cisco IoT innovations. At Cisco Live we announced some IoT game changers – the industry’s first integrated network architecture that extends intent-based…

It is that time of the year again.  Summer in Australia is in full swing! I have just come back from an amazing Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona. Now, I am turning my attention to the upcoming Cisco Live in Melbourne  (March 5-8). This is one of my favorite events! Cisco Live Melbourne is in my home…

I talk to so many of our 50,000 Cisco IoT customers across various industries like manufacturing, energy, transportation and smart cities and what do I find? They struggle with the same three challenges in deploying IoT — project complexity, scale, and end-to-end security. Take one of our customers…