mobility

April 4, 2013

SECURITY

Consider the Best Approach for Your BYOD Mobility Environment

4 min read

Mobile devices have quickly become a mainstay in enterprise environments and continue to be consumer driven, and yet they find their way into our day-to-day business lives. As these new devices are being brought into the work environment by employees, enterprise IT is increasingly being forced to accommodate for business use. This is not new news. We observe this pattern through our customers today and live this phenomenon within our own everyday work environment at Cisco. Here at Cisco, employees have the flexibility to choose their device and to securely connect to voice, video and data services from anywhere under an Any Device policy. Cisco manages over 64,000 mobile devices today.

April 4, 2013

SECURITY

Securing a BYOD Environment Requires Deployment Flexibility

3 min read

When Cisco integrated our Identity Services Engine (ISE) platform with leading mobile device management (MDM) systems, it was clear from the start that we had struck a chord among IT administrators trying to wrestle with the onslaught of employee-owned mobile devices accessing their networks. First and foremost for IT organizations was gaining visibility to all mobile devices — rogue or authorized — that were present on the wireless network. Cisco ISE delivered that capability, providing IT staff with a detailed view of what types of mobile devices were on the network. Coupling that with ISE's native BYOD enrollment capabilities or the active management capabilities of MDM platforms — as well as network intelligence from the Cisco Wireless Network — was key to gaining full control over this Wild West of mobile devices

April 3, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Ubiquisys

1 min read

Today, I am pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Ubiquisys, a privately-held company headquartered in Swindon, UK for $310 million in cash and employee retention incentives. Ubiquisys is...

April 3, 2013

NETWORKING

MSE Blog Series Part 4: wIPS

2 min read

To continue the MSE Blog Series, I'm going to take you on a journey to dig deep into one of the features of Release 7.4, wIPS! With the increasing popularity...

April 2, 2013

NETWORKING

Looking Beyond the Mobile Phone

2 min read

Why the Network Will Drive the Next Wave of Mobility Forty years ago, the first phone call was placed on a handheld mobile phone. The call was placed by Martin Cooper at Motorola’s Communications Systems Division, who phoned a competitor at Bell Labs—and launched a new era. The brick-like prototype he used weighed two pounds […]

April 2, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Cisco Sizzle – March Edition

1 min read

Welcome to the Cisco Sizzle! Each month, we’re rounding up the best of the best from across our social media channels for your reading pleasure. From the most read blog posts to the top engaging content on Facebook or LinkedIn, catch up on things you might have missed, or on the articles you just want […]

April 1, 2013

NETWORKING

Network Threats Are Hitching a Ride in Mobile Environments [Crosspost]

1 min read

Protecting Your Business in an “Any to Any” World Innovation never stops in the mobile world, and that rule applies to security threats as well. Network attacks are becoming more sophisticated and even high-tech businesses with the most advanced security may find themselves in the crosshairs as we shift to more devices and anywhere access. […]

April 1, 2013

NETWORKING

Have you registered for Part 1 of “Activate the IT Transformation with Unified Access” Webinar Series?

1 min read

This Wednesday, we're kicking off a great webinar series that will walk you through the Cisco Unified Access solution. With the five-part series, we're breaking down the one policy,...