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In my last blog, I unveiled how Cisco is engaging our Strategic Partners to help create competitive advantages for our joint customers. I made some pretty bold statements, like this one… “I truly believe that our team maximizes the value that Cisco and our Strategic Partners bring to customers, and…

Does your business care about the number of connected IoT devices? Most of you would say no, not anymore. Rather, you have shifted the focus onto harnessing IoT data to run your business. Imagine if you had complete visibility to all aspects of your business: starting with an inventory of connected…

An Incredible Year for Cisco Collaboration  It’s 2020 already? Wow, time flies when you’re busy and having fun, which certainly describes 2019 for Cisco Collaboration.  2019 was an incredible year and our team worked really, really hard to deliver more amazing technology and help customers leverage…

Cisco has collaborated closely with Microsoft to drive large scale networking. Today, at the launch of Cisco Silicon One and the Cisco 8000, we are happy to share progress we have made together on the fundamental building blocks of open networking. In in 2016, to address the requirements of r…

Earlier this month at the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2019 general availability. Microsoft has positioned SQL 2019 as their “highest performing SQL Server release to date,” and SQL Server 2019 addresses many of the needs for a modern database, including: AI/ML integr…

When I meet CIOs in small and large enterprises, they almost always ask if Cisco can do more to help their employees get the best application experience in cloud apps and services, while maintaining high security. While the internet is rapidly becoming the preferred method of connectivity due to cos…

Over the past few months, Microsoft has released several security updates for critical Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)-related security bugs. These bugs are significant for IT infrastructure because they are classified as “wormable,” meaning future malware that exploits them could spread f…

Containers are an important technology for customers in their efforts to accelerate application innovation. At Cisco, we’ve been working across our ecosystem to offer solutions to help our customers deploy and manage container infrastructure and applications across on-premises and our partner’s clou…

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 69 vulnerabilities, 20 of which are rated “critical,” 46 that are considered “important” and three that are “moderate.” This release also includes…