These are exciting times. Today Cisco announced the latest release of the Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) Smart Solution and I am very pleased to share this news with you. Cisco has unveiled a new so...
The Global Certification Team is proud to announce that the Cisco Catalyst 4500-X has earned USGv6 and Ready Logo certifications! The 4500-X was certified on IOS XE version 15.1(1)SG. The details of the individual...
A few weeks ago with the introduction of the 2012 Cisco Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR), we asked San Franciscans what they would give up in order to stay connected to the Internet and about what else they'd like to...
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, held last week in Las Vegas, has been called the "Super Bowl of Technology." This year's event was no exception. The largest in the 45-year history of CES, it featured 3,250 exhibitors, 150,00...
"We've|tried,| ?{it can't be automated!" I've heard this more times than I can keep track of and if you read my previous blog you will know that I just do not agree. I have written about automation with Linux utilities, UCS PowerT...
As we've all seen, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) made its way rather quickly into the public sector, and the challenges of implementing within government agencies has been well documented. In order to help agencies face these ...
2012 was a big year for technology in education, andas promised, I'll be diving into 5 of the top tech trends in education that are sure to take 2013 by storm! One of the biggest trends I hear teachers and administrators talking a...
As part of my work at Cisco, I get to talk to customers very often. Through these conversations, I learn what works for them and what concerns them. Lately, I've been hearing a common theme from a lot of customers: in many organiz...
Last quarter I had the chance to record a video webinar with Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), where we talked about the basics of virtual networking, as well as why organizations need consisten...
After a long day of showing the Cisco BYOD Smart Solution and Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences solutions at the 2013 National Retail Federation (NRF) trade show, I am waiting for a colleague to meet me for a well-deserved dinner...
Now that you've survived the annual gift-giving extravaganza (at least in the US) of the holidays, you have probably noticed some colleagues and employees showing up touting new smart phones, tablets, or random internet-connecting...
Several years ago, I had a conversation with an IT manager about his company's network security that I still remember today. He said: "We're losing our battle over internal network security. We cannot keep up with our vendors and ...