ISR

November 7, 2013

NETWORKING

UCS E-Series: A Platform for Innovation | Inside the Branch

1 min read

We’re in November now, so of course it’s getting chilly outside – even here in California! This means the holidays are right around the corner and retailers are gearing up for their busiest time of year. A growing trend these days is that more than half of holiday shoppers with smartphones plan to use these […]

October 24, 2013

NETWORKING

UCS E-series Meets Applications | Inside the Branch

2 min read

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

NETWORKING

Inside the Branch: UCS E-series 101

1 min read

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 […]

October 9, 2013

NETWORKING

Another “Better Together” Combination: Cisco and Akamai

3 min read

Two Companies Agree to Improve Application Delivery Over the Internet and Hybrid WANs Today, Cisco and Akamai announced plans to work together to deliver the world’s first integrated Application Optimization solution for hybrid WANs, leveraging the Internet as a fast, reliable, and secure WAN option. The anticipated solution would leverage the most widely deployed enterprise […]

October 1, 2013

NETWORKING

A Brave New World for IT: Internet as WAN

5 min read

Today’s IT organizations are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Most face an avalanche of new bandwidth requirements hitting their networks, yet too few resources to support the business’ needs.  In 2013, three out of four organizations will not have any additional wide area network (WAN) budget (Nemertes Research). That means 75% of […]

September 25, 2013

NETWORKING

What the Heck is a Service Container?

4 min read

Virtualizing services within the network When we launched the new ISR 4451-X at Cisco Live a few months back, one of the Big New Things we talked about was the Service Container architecture.  Unless you were paying close attention to the 4451-X, you might have missed that whole thing.  So what the heck is a […]

September 9, 2013

NETWORKING

Webinar: Service Containers Transforms the Router

1 min read

#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 […]

March 27, 2013

NETWORKING

Cisco ISR-AX is Now a Part of the Integrated Services Router Family!

3 min read

On March 12th,  Cisco announced the ISR-AX and how Cisco is changing the game, reducing complexity and making it simpler for enterprises to deliver and manage application delivery to users. Cisco is expanding the role of our Integrated Service Routers (ISRs) to deliver application-centric networks that provide granular visibility, control, and optimization without additional devices […]

January 8, 2013

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Cisco NRF 2013 – Preview of Store-in-a-Box – Cisco Lean Retail Approach Demonstration

1 min read

This is our sixth preview of what Cisco will be showcasing at the 102nd National Retail Federation Convention and Expo on January 14 and 15, 2013 in New York City. Today’s retail stores need be more technology enabled than ever before supporting new generation of shoppers that expect a convergence of physical and digital experiences. […]