I find Linux containers among the most fascinating technology trends of recent past. Containers couple lightweight, high performance isolation and security with the ability to easily package services and deploy them in a flexible ...
Last month's earthquake in Napa Valley got me thinking. In earthquake-prone areas, new construction is being built to move dynamically to withstand shocks and tremors. Innovative materials and designs sway and bend to provide bett...
Welcome back! Thanks for your interest in our journey from that painful"you wasted our engineering"moment to the product we announced on Sep 4th-UCS M-series Modular Servers. There's good pain and there's bad pain. This pain was t...
In the hyper-competitive Internet of Everything (IoE) era, every company must be ready for rapid innovation, sudden market transitions and ever-changing security threats. But IoE - the explosion in network connections among people...
Data traffic has grown dramatically in the recent years, leading to increased deployment of network service appliances and servers in enterprise, data center, and cloud environments. To address the corresponding business needs, n...
In an announcement earlier today, we introduced Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services, the industry's first threat-focused next-generation firewall. We also are announcing the continued evolution of Cisco's Security Channel Partner Pr...
Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, the U.S. Department of Transportation. It's no surprise why they were front and center at the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Congress which wrapped up in Detroit last week.  ...
IDC's SMB Survey comparing IT spending priorities in 2012 and 2013 concluded that the top three requirements for the network are performance, security and capacity. How is designing a network different for a giant auctionee...
As new technologies emerge and replace traditional ones, IT teams are discovering that building an infrastructure around new functionality is advantageous in a slew of ways. One such disruptive technology gaining ground is softwar...
Cisco is a strong proponent for shifting the mindset regarding the capabilities a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) must provide to stay relevant in a world that is dealing with dynamic threats. While nothing is technically wrong wi...
Watch on-demand webcast "Simplifying Network Security with Cisco Catalyst Switches"Do you feel that you've been hearing a lot about data breaches lately? You are right! Take a look at the chart below. There is plenty of time ...
I have been studying for my CCIE Security since late last year, with a short hiatus after Cisco Live due to health issues -more on that in a later post. When I saw that Natalie Timms -former manager for the CCIE Security exam prog...