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Since launching Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) – Cisco’s innovative solution that turns the network into a platform for delivering location-aware, in-venue services – customers have been intrigued. However, CMX could not exist without the Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE), a location-aware network appliance to provide location-aware capabilities as well as deep wireless security.

Before I get into the new pricing details, here’s a quick recap of what the MSE can do:

The MSE is a network appliance that takes your wireless network and turns into a platform for delivering cool and innovative location-based services that provide unique business value through online, onsite and social analytics. For example, you can now leverage your wireless network to see how many customers are visiting your store? Are they new or repeat customers? Are long wait times at checkout hurting my business? With the MSE, organizations can even communicate directly with visitors in their venue through their mobile devices. You can now provide wayfinding (indoor GPS) and push relevant content such as offers or coupons directly to your visitors, which in turn can drive revenue gains for the venue.

The MSE does more than location based services – it also has a rich set of network security tools (known collectively as wIPS – wireless intrusion prevention system) that help protect the network from all kinds of attacks.  The MSE can not only tell you that there is an attack taking place, but it will tell you which type of attack (“honeypot”), where the attack is coming from, and will also enable the network fight back against the attack (“flood the attacking device with traffic making it impossible for him to do anything”).

We wanted to make this great functionality more accessible and affordable for our customers, so I am happy to announce that we are offering a new pricing promotion for MSE licenses starting now until April 2014.

Here are the basics of the promotion: Continue reading “Advanced Wireless Functionality for a Fraction of the Price”



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Evyatar Ram

Product Manager

Enterprise Networking Group

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More and more we are seeing the education landscape change to include more technology for collaboration and mobile learning. Colleges and universities are enabling secure networks for staff and students to access resources on-campus and off. With October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) and Educause next week, we are hearing a lot of talk about the importance of campus network security and threats. Continue reading “Security: Vital for Technology-enabled Education”



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Kerry Best

Marketing Manager

Public Sector Marketing

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Partner-Weekly-Rewind-v2Every Friday, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories of the week, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week:

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Cisco completed its acquisition of Sourcefire this week. This move brings Sourcefire’s competitive technology and talent into the Cisco family, but what does that mean to partners?

Ken Trombetta took some time this week to offer his thoughts on the Sourcefire acquisition’s effect on channel partners. He also affirmed Cisco’s commitment to making the integration as seamless as possible for Cisco Channel Partners.

Be sure to check out Ken’s blog and give us your thoughts on the Sourcefire acquisition. Continue reading “Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – October 11, 2013”



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David Durham

Content Strategist

Channels

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This month, we are marking the tenth anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). The goal is to raise awareness and educate Americans about the importance of cyber security. Agencies and organizations are holding events and driving initiatives to engage Americans in a discussion about how to establish safer practices.

NCSAM sheds light on the most pressing topics in security, including mobility, education, cyber crime and critical infrastructure.  In alignment with NCSAM’s mission, we are sharing our own cyber security best practices, advice and resources.

Continue reading “National Cyber Security Awareness Month”



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Patrick Finn

No Longer at Cisco

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Later this year, many URLs on Cisco.com are going to change. But don’t worry: We’re putting a mechanism in place that will take you to the right location even if you have bookmarks or are coming from external references.

These redirects will be automatic, but if you’re curious, here’s how the URLs will change:

Before:  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps10536/index.html

After:  http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/3900-series-routers/index.html (by the way, this link won’t work yet)

We want to reassure you that even though some links are changing, we’re vigilant about avoiding broken links.  We’ve made a lot of progress on this area in the last year, as you’ve read via Bill Skeet’s recent blog post about link quality.

Please let us know questions or concerns you have, and we’ll keep you updated as we get closer to the go-live dates.

 



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Martin Hardee

Director, Cisco.com

Cisco.com

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lgarzaBy Lisa Garza, Service Provider Mobility Marketing Manger

The annual Small Cells event for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) took place this week. It featured regional innovators like Saudi Telecom, Etisalat, Zain and du, in addition to the global small cell pioneers like AT&T and SoftBank. Here’s what we took from the event

1. Mobile data growth and reducing cost-per-bit is a global challenge
The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) shows that mobile IP traffic in MENA region is set to grow 10x over the next four years. Revenues are not set to grow at anything like this pace.  Service providers are responding to the capacity challenge by augmenting macro networks, by adding new spectrum and by introducing more efficient cellular technologies like LTE.  But these steps alone will not povide all of the capacity required, and some, like LTE introduction, will accelerate data usage by encouraging video consumption. The big capacity gains come from reusing cellular spectrum and by offloading to Wi-Fi – that’s what small cells are all about, and they’re a hot topic because the capacity they add comes at a fraction of the cost-per-bit of traditional radio technologies.1

2. Small cells are becoming central to network transformation strategies
These small cells conferences are a barometer of service provider, analyst and vendor thinking.  This year, Continue reading “Small Cells Summit in Dubai: 5 things you should know”



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Are you passionate about Data Center and Cloud Technology? Do you love sharing your knowledge? Do you want access to Cisco experts? Today is your lucky day.

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Share your passion as a Cisco Data Center Champion!

I’m happy to announce the call for nominations for the all-new Cisco Champions for Data Center. From now until October 31, 2013, nominate yourself, a friend, a mentor, a luminary in the community for inclusion in this program.

Here’s what’s in it for you (aside from Internet fame, of course): http://www.cisco.com/go/ciscochampions

Here are the rules.

Submit your nomination today to cisco_champions@external.cisco.com! Be sure to mention “Data Center” in your nomination, so it will be routed correctly. All Cisco Champions for Data Center will be selected and alerted no later than November 15, 2013.

 



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Survey results from an IDC study recently revealed that people are relying more and more on their smart mobile device as their primary tool for communication and connecting.

The study, sponsored by Facebook, highlights some compelling insights about mobility including:

  • Half of the total US population uses smartphones
  • A “sense of being connected” is the strongest sentiment for driving mobile social usage
  • The most popular activities on smartphones are email (78%), Web browsing (73%) and Facebook (70%)

alwaysconnectedEveryday we are seamlessly integrating mobility features into our daily lives. We use mobile devices for tasks such as email, mobile shopping and making social connections. According to the IDC study, nearly 80 percent of us reach for our phone within 15 minutes of waking up for the day – I am part of this statistic!

It’s clear that mobility and the increasing use of social media creates new ways for us to interact and connect, but it’s also creating new security concerns. With the influx of personal data on our social media news feeds and our purchasing habits sitting in our smartphone’s browsing history, how can we make sure our personal information is secure? In addition, as the lines between personal and work devices blur, how can enterprises make sure employee-owned social networks aren’t opening the door for the latest network threat? An essential part of our mobile future will depend on enterprises and individuals developing a comprehensive approach to protecting sensitive data and privacy. Continue reading “As Mobile Social Usage and Constant Connectivity Increases, Security A Top Concern”



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Michael Fuhrman

Vice President

Security Services and Cloud Operations

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maywongBy Maywun Wong, Service Provider Mobility Marketing Manager 

Cisco was thrilled to part of one of the most historic comebacks in sports history, the 34th America’s Cup. The Oracle Team USA team, trailing by 1-8 to Team New Zealand at one point, came back with eight consecutive races to win 9-8 in the series.  With this unbelievable comeback, attendees and fans of the race relied on the Wi-Fi Network at the Americas Cup to follow the latest race results and information.

The America’s Cup Event Authority chose Cisco as the official networking technology supplier of the event.  They installed hundreds of access points as part of the Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi solution for attendees and the media in San Francisco.

The Cisco Wi-Fi network supported Continue reading “Cisco Makes Waves At America’s Cup As Official Networking Technology Supplier”