security

December 11, 2018

SECURITY

Cryptomining: A sheep or a wolf?

One of, if not the, most prominent motivators for threat actors is money. Whether it’s botnet owners renting out their services for DDoS attacks, tech support scammers cold-calling people to convince them there are problems with their computers, or point-of-sale Trojan horses siphoning off credit ca…

December 6, 2018

SECURITY

Making Data Work for Businesses and Citizens with Data Curation and Sound Data Privacy Practices

Interest in data privacy has never been higher on the heels of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and a constant rash of serious data privacy breaches making the news. The trend will continue, and it’s important for everyone to understand that the lens through which we view data priv…

December 4, 2018

NETWORKING

Cisco Smart Software Licensing: Five Myths Debunked

Co-authored by Lisa Morway, Enterprise Software Marketing, Cisco By now, you have probably heard of Cisco’s new approach to software licensing. Smart Licensing was created to simplify the customer experience and provide greater insight into software license ownership and consumption so you know what…

December 4, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Global IP Networks Focus on Sharpening Their Edge

According to the latest VNI forecast, global service provider networks are getting edgier. By 2022, a third of service provider network capacity will be at the edge or within the metro, growing up from 27 percent in 2017.  While the capacity in core regional networks will be 24 percent (down from 25…

November 28, 2018

INSIDE CISCO IT

Seis Maneras de Mantenerse Seguro con un Presupuesto

El Malware ha evolucionado drásticamente en los últimos 20 años, desde niños malintencionados con códigos maliciosos que rompen cosas solo por diversión, pasando por el espionaje corporativo y nacional, hasta una industria multimillonaria. Ninguna empresa, ningún hogar, ningún lugar con electrónica…

November 27, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

2018 Complete VNI Forecast Update – What’s Trending?

2018 Complete VNI Forecast Update – What’s Trending? This week, we released our annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, which covers global, regional, and country-level projections and trends associated with fixed and mobile networks. The full report includes information and an…

November 20, 2018

COLLABORATION

The IP Phone. Still a Superstar.

I build IP phones for a living (among a few other things). The design and craftsmanship our engineers apply to them make me proud. The high quality construction of our flagship Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series stands out among our competitors. I will keep building great IP phones. Why?  Because customers…

November 12, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Managing Service Provider Megatrends

The pace of change is accelerating, with multiple trends converging to stress service providers’ network and IT infrastructure as we move towards 2019. The average service provider infrastructure must carry a heavier workload in the next few years. Globally, each customer is expected to be carrying…

November 8, 2018

COLLABORATION

Cisco Webex Teams Security Keeps Data and Teams Safe

I’d like to start by saying hello! I joined the Cisco collaboration team recently, having spent my entire career working on a variety of SaaS products. This is my first blog for Cisco, and as my colleague Lorrissa writes, we are working hard to make Webex the solution of choice for every company in…