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The Network is Open for Business: Imagine New Possibilities with Cisco DNA Center’s Open Platform Capabilities
This week, thousands of Cisco customers and partners are meeting in Orlando, Florida – the best location I can think of for sparking the imagination. From Walt Disney World to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, everywhere you go offers a creative, immersive, and often personalized experience. So i…
Intent-Based Networking’s Next Evolution: The DNA Center Platform
For more than 20 years, organizations have been running their networks pretty much the same way. But recently, that way has become increasingly difficult, fragmented, and expensive. Modern networks need to be both more integrated, and yet more flexible. So a year ago, we launched our most ambitious…
The Future Belongs to Those Who Dare
Throughout history, mankind has proven that great achievements are built by pushing the limits. From the first rocket that orbited earth to the lunar landing mission (Apollo 11), those that defy boundaries today will own the possibilities tomorrow. In networking, as in space exploration, we break mo…
Cisco redefines Networking for the Audio-Video Industry
When Cisco embarked on its Intent Based Networking journey, many were a bit dubious to the idea of combining network hardware with the power of software. Like every “tectonic” shift in thinking, few saw the unique potential of a network that could continuously learn, adapt, and evolve. As we at Ci…
Why is intent-based networking good news for software-defined networking?
In a previous blog post Cisco Engineering teams looked “under the hood” at intent-based networking. A common question we receive is: “What is the relationship of software-defined networking (SDN) to intent-based networking?” In this blog we: Compare the model of SDN with intent-based networking: H…
See into the future with Network Assurance
Do you ever wish you could predict the future? What if I told you that you don’t have to be a wizard from the Harry Potter books, visit a tarot card reader, or take a silly BuzzFeed quiz to predict the future? And what if I told you divination is not just a fictional magic term? (For those not so lo…
Networking APIs: The New Currency of Networking
Opening the Gates to Intent-based Networking This is a guest post authored by Muninder Sambi, Senior Director of Product Management, Enterprise Networking Business. As I think about the transformation we, at Cisco, are trying to drive in the networking industry with intent-based Networking, I can’t…
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…