ISR

November 3, 2015

NETWORKING

Tunneling: Faster, More Secure, and Cost-Effective Connectivity for Your Network

1 min read

No, I’m not talking about schematics for the Hyperloop (although I’m pretty excited about flying through California in a suction pipe). I’m talking about an even more important network in today’s digitized world: the WAN. Recent trends such as bring-your-own-device, mobility, and cloud computing have led to a surge in the number and types of […]

June 8, 2015

NETWORKING

“Security Everywhere” – Enterprise Branch Security for Direct Internet Access

2 min read

Two weeks ago, a leading global medical device manufacturer came to Cisco for advice. In an effort to streamline IT operations and reduce operating costs, the customer had recently migrated...

May 15, 2015

NETWORKING

Secrets to Ensuring Application Performance at the Branch

2 min read

Ensuring application experience at the branch is a daunting task. IT must look beyond traditional WAN challenges (like bandwidth, transport type, and speed) to applications experience. As time-to-market becomes a pillar of enterprise’s competitive advantages, application experience is key to ensuring fast service and high customer satisfaction. In today’s connected world, users demand instant connectivity […]

December 10, 2014

NETWORKING

Looking for cost savings? Start with the branch.

2 min read

Our 2013 IT Impact Survey highlighted the importance of collaboration between business leaders and IT as trends like BYOD, data center consolidation and Cloud applications put more pressure on the network. Why collaborate? The survey highlighted that 34% of application roll outs over the prior 12 months were delayed because of not enough budget. You […]

October 31, 2014

TECHWISETV

Smarter Routers for the Intelligent WAN

1 min read

I really don’t envy the Cisco ISR team. It is really tough to be a leader and still out perform yourselves on a consistent basis.  One could argue there is nowhere to go but down.  I think is cool that TechWiseTV has been around long enough to chronicle the changes over time.  Heck, many of […]

October 2, 2014

NETWORKING

Purpose-built for the Intelligent WAN. The new ISR 4000 Series

3 min read

Today, at Interop in New York, we are introducing to our customers and partners four new platforms that extend what we started with the award winning architecture of the Cisco ISR 4451 into a complete family of Cisco 4000 Series of Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) designed and priced for all branch offices sizes and needs. […]

October 2, 2014

NETWORKING

The ISR 4000 Series – One Platform to Rule Them All

4 min read

This week Cisco announced an entirely new approach to delivering rich services to the Enterprise branch office with the introduction of the ISR 4000 Series. For those folks paying attention...

August 13, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: Three reasons why you should consider Cisco WAAS

2 min read

There are a billion reasons (okay, I may be exaggerating but you get my point) why you should choose Cisco WAAS as THE WAN optimization solution for your company.  But today, I want to emphasize the following three: #1. Not your ordinary WAN optimization With Cisco WAAS, you’re not just getting WAN optimization but much […]