switching

August 8, 2016

GOVERNMENT

#ConnectedConventions By the Numbers

2 min read

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you might have realized that the U.S. National Conventions happened last month. As the Official Network Provider for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Cisco helped transform Cleveland and Philadelphia into mini smart, connected cities to help the conventions go off without a hitch. It wasn’t […]

September 29, 2015

DATA CENTER

What Du Can Do With ACI

2 min read

It seems people sometimes have this view of SDN as addressing rather esoteric use cases and situations. However, the reality is that while there are instances of ‘out there stuff’...

August 31, 2015

NETWORKING

Improve Your Backbone, Improve Your Business

2 min read

Cisco recently announced the Cisco Catalyst 6840-X backbone switch to address new network backbone needs, especially in space constrained deployments. According to the Visual Networking Index, Network traffic has grown exponentially over the last several years, and this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. By 2018, there will be over 20 billion […]

June 10, 2015

NETWORKING

Improve Your Network, Improve Your Business – Why it’s Time to Upgrade Your Campus Network

3 min read

Today, Cisco is announcing the Cisco Catalyst 6840-X and 3850 10G Fiber Series for campus backbones to address new network infrastructure needs, especially in space constrained deployments. According to the Visual Networking Index, traffic is expected to triple in the next four years. This means that many campus networks will lack the provisioned capacity to […]

June 4, 2015

NETWORKING

Scan. Analyze. Improve! Introducing Switching and Wireless Best Practices on Cisco Active Advisor

2 min read

In a recent post, we discussed Dimension Data’s 6th Network Barometer Report and its recommendations. Detailed in this exhaustive report, Dimension Data has found that 32% – about 1/3 – of all Service incidents are related to Human Error*. (* 6% Configuration Errors and 26% Other human errors) We’re all human and we all make mistakes […]

May 1, 2015

NETWORKING

Don’t be Bewitched by the Switch – What You Need to Know when You Evaluate Solutions

4 min read

It’s undeniable that the biggest convergence happening in the access layer is Wired/Wireless. Today, we’re no longer forced to treat wired and wireless any differently when it comes to network...

See Cisco’s Proof Of Concept, IP-based Video Switch at NAB

2 min read

  Guest Blog by – Peter Chave, Technical Engineering Leader, Cisco Video Software and Solutions For as long as there’s been...

December 22, 2014

DATA CENTER

Why Upgrade to MDS 9700

6 min read

MDS 9500 family has supported customers for more than a decade helping them  through FC speed transitions from 1G, 2G, 4G, 8G and 8G advanced without forklift upgrades. But as we look in the future the MDS 9700 makes more sense for a lot of data center designs.  Top four reasons for customers to upgrade are […]