Out of the classroom and into the clouds For a long time, teaching has been confined to the four walls of a room, strictly associated with a teacher, accompanied by a whiteboard, and taught through textbooks. There is nothing wron...
From OS to Industry-leading Software Stack Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) was developed in the 1980s for the company's first routers that had only 256 KB of memory and low CPU processing power. But what a differen...
Security Stories podcastAfter a bit of a break, the Security Stories podcast is back! Our guest this week is Dr. Christine Izuakor (@Stineology). She is the founder of Cyber Pop Up, which helps small businesses with their cybersec...
Delivering an optimal user experience for business-critical applications is a non-negotiable element for successful businesses. Architecting infrastructure that meets application and SLA requirements is vital to delivering the sup...
I recently had a virtual chat with PacketFabric CEO, Dave Ward. If you're not familiar with PacketFabric, you will be soon. They are quickly becoming an industry mover and shaker in the Network-as-a-Service and next-gen Service Pr...
In Part 1 of my blog series, I gently introduced the concept of congestion and proposed an analogy between a storage area network and the highway system. In this Part 2, I will now provide some scenarios to compare. Congestion sce...
I did not sleep well last night. My rest was disturbed by oneiric memories of old situations where I wasted multiple hours in a queue, locked in my car under the sun and without an option to reach the nearby exit. Unpleasant feeli...
We just wrapped up our virtual world tour of Cisco Live 2021. Teams from across Cisco presented more than 450 sessionsanddemonstrations on the best of Cisco's technologies to a worldwide audience of over a hundred thousand viewers...
I still remember the day.It was a Friday in March2020, just shortly after the world had changed.We stood in line,waiting to enterthe drug store.After a walk home,with mixed feelings,wetookthe pregnancy test-positive.Wow.We're bec...
Time has buzzed by -especially if you are a Cisco honeybee. Last year, we installed beehives near our Research Triangle Park campus, in partnership with Bee Downtown and the RTP Foundation, to support the growing pollinator popula...
At|Cisco,|I work with a number of partners and customers who build apps for IOx, which is capable of running container instances on some Cisco routers and switches. In my experience there are several best practices to ensuring tha...
Hannover Messe Digital Edition: Home of the Industrial Pioneers The pace of transformation in manufacturing has drastically accelerated to meet the needs of today's changing world. Businesses like yours are prioritizing...