SD-WAN
Get Started with Cisco SD-WAN Ansible Pipeline
With my webinar, you can learn how to apply modern agile methods and tools to the deployment of Cisco SD-WAN topologies. Take a step towards NetDevOps by using Ansible and VIRL to build test environments, create infrastructure-as-code, and automate Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 configurations. If you miss…
Accelerate Ideas to Audience
The IBC Conference is here again, and it’s a good time to examine the changes in the media industry. Although nothing drastic has changed, there is just more–much more of the changes that started a few years ago. I want to start with a small confession. I used to be addicted to reading; it’s w…
Network automation: offering choices now key
In June 2017, as the Software Defined Networking (SDN) hype-machine was in full-force, I wrote a blog that targeted the various options that existed for customers looking to dive into the world of network automation. More specifically, I discussed Cisco’s approach to SDN and automation that offers o…
Rapid Evolution of Cisco SD-WAN is a Revolution for Enterprises with a Cloud-First Strategy
Just a few years ago, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) was a “new” technology just breaking into the awareness of the IT market. It arrived at the time when enterprises were changing from moving applications and data to “a” cloud platform, to expanding to multiple clouds. SaaS applicat…
Johnsonville Sausage: How the IT Sausage Is Made
If you’re not familiar with Johnsonville Sausage, you’re either a vegetarian or from another planet. Johnsonville is as ubiquitous in grocery store refrigerators as pigs are on farms. The company provides consumers with great-tasting, high-quality sausage while staying committed to the well-being o…
No Network, No Cloud
I’ve been working on software-defined networking opportunities over the past five years or so, and it continues to amaze me how many enterprise network departments are only embarking on the software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) journey because they are either told to do so by analysts or because of perceive…
And That’s a Wrap – Big 5G Event
Well the Big 5G Event in Denver has come to a close for this year. Cisco was the Diamond sponsor at the Big 5G Event in Denver this week. This event is a merger of Light Reading’s Big Communications Event and Informa’s 5G North America. This event focuses the industry conversation on the…
Optimizing Multi-Cloud Connectivity with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for CoLocation
Enterprises are busy implementing SD-WAN to provide cost-effective, secure, and application-aware connectivity to multiple cloud platforms for branches and remote offices. The results are clear: a distributed workforce obtains superior Quality of Experience (QoE) for multi-cloud and SaaS application…
Five Easy Steps to Selling SD-WAN
There is always a lot of innovation coming out of Cisco, and most of that innovation is ideal for our 2-tier (2T) partners to take to their customers. But the downside of leading innovation – if there is a downside – is that it can get confusing. I’m here to help as a 2T partner advocate. In fact, w…
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