Content protection technology used to be selected by the video service provider, and was typically based on a controlled proprietary solution. That is no longer the case. Consumers today enjoy all kinds of content on a myriad of d...
The fundamental security problem that many defenders face is securing their environment in a world of continuous change. IT environments change. Threats change. But today's threat detection technology doesn't change. It's stuck in...
Enterprises are seeking ways to improve their overall profitability, cut costs, reduce risk and more through better leverage of their data assets. Significant volumes of complex, diverse data spread across various technology and a...
Arguably 2014 is already turning out to be a big year for cloud. Some have even called it "The Year of the Cloud." Cloud implementation continues to play an essential role in overall IT strategy: A recent report says 80% of c...
Imagine what a city could and should look like in several years. What do you see? What will be top of mind for citizens? How will citizens be accessing information and engaging with city agencies? What tools will be needed in ...
For years, many IT organizations have been addressing slow application performance by adding more bandwidth. With broadband speeds available at over 100 Mbps, and the future of Fiber-optic at 1 Gbps, you would think bandwidth woul...
Storage 101 Less than a year ago, October 29th 2013, Cisco acquired Whiptail , a high performance scalable solid-state memory system. Shortly after its acquisition, the product lines were renamed UCS Invicta. The idea behind UCS I...
HITEC 2014 takes place this week in Los Angeles, where the brightest minds and hottest technology in the Hospitality industry congregate in one place, with over 300 companies displaying the latest technology solutions to the indus...
Recently at our Cisco Live user event, I had the opportunity to talk to many IT organizations about managing and maintaining their data center environment, and the common theme I heard time and again was "how do I get the most val...
With just under two million customers, BC Hydro is deploying the first standards based multi-services in production FAN network with IPv6 802.15.4/RPL mesh to manage the Automated Metering Infrastructure(AMI), Distribution Automat...
It's great to stay in shape at the gym and pick out stylish clothes. But more and more, the personal image that really counts is digital. That's because the Internet of Everything (IoE) era demands new ways of looking at, well, ju...
Following last week's New Cities Summit, I have renewed interest in some of the technologies being implemented to improve citizen services. For example, as a citizen of the Dallas metroplex, I was intrigued by many of the solution...