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Allison Park

Product Marketing Manager

Enterprise Networks

Allison is a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Cisco’s Enterprise Networks supporing Cisco's Enterprise Wireless and Switching portfolio. She also has experience in product management, competitive analysis, market research, and business operations. Allison holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Ajou University in Korea and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Articles

July 9, 2014

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IWAN Wed: Say “Yes” and “Now” with Akamai Connect

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Has this happened to you? The line of business comes to you one day and says they have this great new idea to train the sales teams.  “Let’s use YouTube videos”, they say.  Or the CMO comes to you and says, “digital signage will increase our revenue if we can promote this next new line […]

June 11, 2014

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IWAN Wed: (Webinar) Is Your Branch Ready For Innovation?

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Response to our Cisco Intelligent WAN with Akamai Connect launch in April and at Cisco Live has been overwhelmingly positive.  Thank you to all who came by our demo in the World of Solution as well as all our sessions!  We met with numerous IT Managers, Directors and Architects who recognized the need for an […]

May 14, 2014

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IWAN Wed: Intelligent WAN @ Cisco Live!

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The long awaited Cisco Live in San Francisco is only four days away.  There is a lot in store for our customers including hundreds of technical sessions, keynotes from executives and industry guests, product and solutions demos at World of Solutions and more. One of the most important topics, in my opinion, that I believe […]

March 12, 2014

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IWAN Wednesday: (Webinar) Enhance your branch with UCS E-Series

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For the last 3 weeks, my colleagues have written on the topic of IWAN and its various components.  Ido wrote about the basics (and more) about IWAN, Kiran on how to get twice the bandwidth with PfR, and Hector on how Glue Networks improves the IWAN experience for IT.   As the name suggests, the ‘WAN’ […]

October 31, 2013

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Save with UCS E-Series | Inside the Branch

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For me, Halloween, October 31st, marks the start of the joyful holiday season.  Continuing onto Thanksgiving and Christmas, this time of year is full of family, friends and relaxation. For retailers on the other hand, today (technically tomorrow) is the start of a very busy season.  According to NRF (National Retail Federation), it is when […]

October 24, 2013

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UCS E-series Meets Applications | Inside the Branch

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Needle and thread. Fire and wood.  Peanut butter and jelly.  Just a few things that are essential together so that you can sew, keep warm and well, is just yummy.  So what happens when the data center-class server blade for the branch meets applications?  That’s the topic discussed in the 2nd episode of the Inside […]

October 17, 2013

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Inside the Branch: UCS E-series 101

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Recently, I was chatting with Hugo Vliegen, Director of Technical marketing, Enterprise Networks, and he was telling me all of the questions he had been getting from customers about the Cisco UCS E-Series.  Questions such as: What’s this rumor I’ve heard that Cisco has a server that sits on a branch router? You’re telling me […]

September 17, 2013

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Is Your WAN Ready For iOS7? 2 Steps You Should Take To Identify and Tame Applications

3 min read

If you have an iPhone or you are due for a mobile phone refresh, you would have tuned into Apple’s announcement on the new iPhones as well as the new OS, iOS7.  I’ve had my iPhone4 for more than 3 years now so it definitely is decision time. While we, as the phones’ users, are […]

September 9, 2013

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Webinar: Service Containers Transforms the Router

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#GameChanger is the one word we used to describe the new branch router: ISR 4451-X.  We said it was designed from the ground up with rich services and application delivery in mind.  How did we do that?  Two words: Service Containers. Service Containers are embedded into the router hardware itself, making it easy for you […]

May 17, 2013

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Bridging the App Gap with ISR-AX

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A few weeks ago, I went to Tokyo for the first time. I wanted to try the various cuisines this city had to offer.  After all, it is the city with the most Michelin star restaurants in the world.  For recommendations, I turned to my trusted sources: friends, family and the Internet.   I was able to gather […]

April 18, 2013

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Application Experience at CA World 2013 Las Vegas

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Last month, Cisco announced ISR-AX. This new application delivery platform provides granular application visibility, control and optimization, integrated in a single box.  ISR-AX helps customers enhance end-user productivity, lower WAN bandwidth costs and simplify IT. In discussing this new role of the router, application performance management becomes a key component.  ISR-AX and AVC (Application Visibility […]

December 11, 2012

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Cisco WAAS 5.0 Achieves SAP-Certified Integration with SAP NetWeaver®

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Today, I am pleased to share the news that Cisco WAAS 5.0 has been certified by SAP for integration with the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform 7.0.  Cisco WAAS 5.0  on the Cisco WAVE-594 appliance has been tested for performance preservation, secure encrypted communication, reliability, and functional correctness with SAP NetWeaver 7.0.  The WAN bandwidth utilization […]

November 14, 2012

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Bringing Data Center Class Compute Infrastructure to the Branch

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A BrightTALK Channel Today’s guest article is from Vidya Venkat, Product Manager in SRG for the UCS E-Series.  Vidya describes how UCS E-Series helps our customers deploy Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with optimal user experience and performance. The main branch office trend today, and really for the past 5 years, has been application and infrastructure centralization.  […]