networking

This post was co-authored by Gonzalo Albaladejo. Cisco is a BIG workplace. With about 70,000 employees worldwide – we are the most connected company and, yet, at the same time we often don’t know who the other employee is sitting directly next to us in the office. We’re all busy, and often work in s…

Many of you know Lauren Malhoit our incredible co-host of TechWiseTV. She asked for my help getting this blog out and who am I to say no even though you know me as the UCS/TCO blogger? There are many things we think about when considering Software Defined Networking. Mostly, it’s the controllers, a…

Today, Cisco completed the acquisition of Viptela, which further accelerates our Network Intuitive vision we launched in June. Viptela provides a world-class, cloud-first SD-WAN solution with advanced routing, segmentation, and security capabilities for interconnecting complex enterprise networks. I…

Have you heard of Vector Packet Processing? You know, VPP? If you haven’t, you will soon, because this particular technology allows networks to move information much faster than they’ve been able to up until now. I know, I know—the network is always getting faster. Making it faster is our job. But s…

Intuition. It is one of the key traits that makes us human. What if we could make the network intuitive in translating intent into network configuration? Could a network learn to defend itself against malware and threats? In a digital world, enterprises networks are under the onslaught of a myriad o…

Digitization has resulted in an explosion of people, devices and processes interacting with each other. The current network, built to connect just people, is clearly incapable of meeting this demand. There is a need for unprecedented scale, automation, seamless mobility, visibility and security in t…

When it comes to healthcare, falling behind the curve isn’t an option. Given the fast pace of technology advancements, there is a growing need to transform healthcare to meet patient and clinician expectations in an increasingly digital world. This means using digital technology to enable better car…

Just over a year ago, David McGrew, one of Cisco’s fellows, walked into my office to brief me on a project he was working on. The next 45 minutes were pretty unforgettable. He explained to me that he and his team had discovered how to solve one of the biggest challenges in network security: They had…

Digitization has opened up a myriad of new applications, efficiencies and innovations. Along with all this progress, however, comes a continued and urgent need for more advanced and effective security at the very foundational level–the network node and network systems. From phishing and malware atta…