networking

July 25, 2014

NETWORKING

Not All 802.11ac AP’s are Created Equal: Demand the Full Story

2 min read

It’s always interesting and often entertaining to observe how competitors promote their products and what they choose to focus on—and more importantly, what they choose not to focus on and...

July 23, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S6|Ep1: Behind the Scenes with Cisco Networking Academy

1 min read

Welcome back! In the season premiere of Engineers Unplugged, Roving Reporter Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) talks to Cisco Networking Academy Dream Team Member Tylor Kytasaari (@TylorKytasaari) about network topology and what it takes to keep the bandwidth flowing at an event the size of Cisco Live US! Great tech talk with a side of practical information. […]

May 15, 2014

DATA CENTER

What is Dynamic FCoE?

8 min read

It’s been a very busy few weeks. The Data Storage Innovations (DSI) conference, the Ethernet Summit conference, EMCWorld, and next week at CiscoLive, I’ve been starting to talk about a new concept in Data Center storage networks called Dynamic FCoE. Understandably, there have been a lot of questions about it, and I wanted to try […]

April 28, 2014

DATA CENTER

Two Resources on Nexus Programmability

2 min read

As I start to explore more and more information about Software-Defined Networking and Programmability in the Nexus portfolio, I’ve been fortunate that there have been a lot of people helping me learn along the way.  I thought I’d share some of these as it gave me a bit more insight into some of the more […]

March 12, 2014

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S5|Ep2: ACI and Traditional Networking

1 min read

This is an amazing episode of Engineers Unplugged, where two technologists from the community, Hal Rottenberg (@halr9000) and Colin Lynch (@ucsguru) discuss how ACI disrupts traditional...

January 13, 2014

NETWORKING

HDX Blog Series #2: Scaling with Turbo Performance

2 min read

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four-part deep dive series into High Density Experience (HDX), Cisco’s latest solution suite designed for high density environments and next-generation wireless technologies....

January 8, 2014

NETWORKING

HDX Blog Series #1: Why Spectrum Intelligence Still Matters

2 min read

Editor's Note: This is the first of a four-part deep dive series into High Density Experience (HDX), Cisco's latest solution suite designed for high density environments and next-generation wireless technologies....

January 7, 2014

NETWORKING

Prepare Your Networks for High Density without Compromising on Performance

1 min read

A new year means new users and new devices. More devices means more network crowding. Mobile users demand bandwidth and speed, while the network is increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer...