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We’ve been examining the benefits of Intent-Based Networking and seeing how organizations are using Cisco’s programmable network platform to improve application performance and transform rigid business processes into flexible digital workflows. Wireless access, in particular, plays a significant rol…

Research is critical to the mission of every land-grant university, and Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, Mont., is recognized nationally among leading public research universities for its prominence in research. The university ranks in the top 3 percent of colleges and universities for res…

The healthcare industry today is on the cusp of full digitization adoption, and healthcare providers are focusing on patient experiences and patient outcomes to generate competitive advantages. Healthcare environments present some unique challenges and require network architectures that are secure a…

  Contributing author: Matthias Falkner, Distinguished Technical Marketing Engineer    Previous blogs in this series have gone “under-the-hood” of intent-based networking and explored how software-defined networking (SDN) is a foundational element of an intent-based network. In this blog,…

What’s Really Out There in IoT Cyberspace? Do you know what is connected to your network right now? If you don’t, your network is vulnerable to attacks you might never see coming. You can’t protect what you don’t know exists. You’re in good company if you’re mistaken about what’s connecting to…

Today marks another milestone in the journey to Intent-based Networking. Today is good news for Managed Service Providers! First though, some data points regarding the current state of managed network services. There are fewer than 25% of US businesses using managed LAN/WLAN services from providers.…

Embrace the future of enterprise security, scale and management by protecting IoT endpoint devices as if they were inside the building-networking closet. “Growth, growth and more growth” describes the exponential explosion of the global IoT market growing from $157B in 2016 to $457B by 2020, attaini…

Our customers have come to rely on Cisco’s ability to deliver infrastructure built to last, even while growing and changing to meet the next generation of business demands. The innovations we announced today at Partner Connection Week are specifically focused on both expanding the capacity and exten…

The Internet of Things has changed the game for network professionals. Instead of being responsible for keeping people’s computers and smartphones online and keeping the data on servers secure, on today’s networks, network professionals are becoming responsible for keeping new kinds of devices – and…