IWAN
Networking Field Day 10 Recap 2 – Deep Dive into IWAN Policy Automation along with Application Visibility and Protecti …
On August 19th twelve delegates came into Cisco for a deep dive session on multiple topics including IWAN Policy Automation and IWAN Application Visibility and Protection. This session is known as Networking Field Day where bloggers, speakers, podcasters, and influential leaders come into Cisco for…
Tunneling: Faster, More Secure, and Cost-Effective Connectivity for Your Network
No, I’m not talking about schematics for the Hyperloop (although I’m pretty excited about flying through California in a suction pipe). I’m talking about an even more important network in today’s digitized world: the WAN. Recent trends such as bring-your-own-device, mobility, and cloud computing hav…
SD-WAN and ACI Momentum at Open Networking User Group
Next week (3rd-5th November) the Open Networking User Group (ONUG) meets at New York University in New York for its fall conference. For those of you not familiar with ONUG, it is a community of IT business leaders who exchange ideas and best practices for implementing Open Networking and Software-D…
Your Right to Never Visit a Branch Again
The SD-WAN Bill of Rights talks about your right to never visit a branch office again. Depending on the size of your organization, budget, and operational preference etc there are various ways to exercise this right: Option 1: Leave it to someone else Last month, Verizon announced a new SD-WAN servi…
Digital Vortex Part 2: Key Tenets of a Digital Business Network
Yesterday was “Back to the Future Day.” Michael J. Fox had a glimpse into his futuristic world. What if you too had the same capability? Imagine this: you’re an astronaut on a time travel space mission. You come upon a futuristic world years from today, and this is what you see. Armed with this visi…
iOS 9 – A Growth Hacking Opportunity Awaits
The Economics of Network Downtime Infonetics Research recently released a study that claims businesses (just in North America alone) lose as much as $100 million a year due to network downtime. Let us dissect that into numbers you and I can relate to. On average, businesses suffer from 14 (CA Techn…
Networking Field Day 10 Recap – Introduction to SD-WAN and Zero Touch Deployment
Last month we had the honor of hosting the first session of Networking Field Day 10. For the unitiated, the Tech Field Day folks bring independent bloggers, speakers, and podcasters to vendors for deep-dives. The 12 delegates of #NFD10 stopped by to discuss Cisco’s approach to SD-WAN. This was a gre…
Digital Vortex: How Not to Be the 40% That Will Fail!
At least 40% of businesses will fail at staying digitally agile. Among 941 business leaders in 12 industries surveyed, 43% percent confirms that they “either do not acknowledge the risk of digital disruption, or have not addressed it sufficiently.” This disquieting statistic is accompanied by anothe…
Verizon Becomes the First Service Provider To Offer Cisco IWAN
Verizon Becomes the First Service Provider to Offer Cisco IWAN Today, Verizon announced a new software-defined WAN service, becoming the first global carrier to incorporate Software Defined-WAN as a key component of their managed network service offers. We are excited that Verizon has chosen Cisco I…