switches

Co-author: Bhavana Anklesaria, Product Manager – Enterprise Switching Enterprises are currently being challenged to transform their long-standing business models to keep up with the new digital evolution. Security, user experience, and seamless connectivity have become the key driving factors…

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…

The Cisco Small Business Switching Team is excited to announce the availability of 2.3.5 software release, delivering significant feature updates to the 250 Series Smart Switches. We have added Static routing (IPv4/IPv6) Security with ACL QoS with ACL CLI through Telnet/SSH Dual image Time based…

This month, we made another big step in completing our full vision of next generation SMB switches. The Cisco Small Business Team is pleased to announce 19 new models in the successful 550X and 350X series switching product line. These new models provide Gigabit or Fast Ethernet with 10-Gigabit upli…

Written by Ray Nering, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco We’re excited to announce that Cisco will have two demonstrations of the QSFP-DD form factor at OFC 2017. The QSFP-DD standard is important because it supports the continued growth in network bandwidth demand and datacenter traffic, by quadrupl…

I know, I know – It’s a topic that’s been kicked around for years. However machine builders, OEM’s, and even end users continue to put unmanaged switches in applications where a managed switch is clearly a better choice. Helping guarantee your machine performs its best, has maximum uptime, and doesn…

Today is the 17 year anniversary of my first video download. In September 1999, I was so excited to use the new robust 802.11a for an incredible 11 mbps download. Do you remember wireless networking 1999? Back then, if you had challenges at 11 mbps to download a video what did you do? You went to lo…

Let me begin with some nostalgia. Allow me to transport you back to the 1990s… when fashion got rid of shoulder pads, a new rock sound was coming out of Seattle, South Park and The Simpsons brought crude humor to the masses, and the Internet became more available. Access became faster and cheaper, a…

We’ve all watched as companies like Uber, Airbnb, Square and even Amazon have fundamentally changed the way we interact, consume and buy. Traditional business models have been completely flipped on their heads and the lines between business sectors have become blurred. Whether you are an IT network…