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Byron Magrane

Product Manager, Marketing

A writer by trade, Byron Magrane is a Product Marketing Manager with over a decade of experience in the technology world. His primary duties include the support of both the Cisco wireless and switching product families.

Byron originally hails from Massachusetts and along with his wife and two daughters, calls the commonwealth his home.

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November 10, 2021

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Cisco Takes a “Byte” out of Wi-Fi 6E

Join Cisco Principal Wireless Architect Mark Krischer as he hosts a special edition of the Cisco Insiders Series for Networking podcast as he discusses Wi-Fi 6E with two of Cisco’s wireless experts: Technical Leader from the Technical Marketing Engineering team Jim Florwick and Product Marketing Manager David Wolf.

November 2, 2021

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Cisco Aironet APs to Sunset, Replaced by Cisco Catalyst APs

The end-of-life for the certain Aironet 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) Access Points provides the perfect opportunity to upgrade to the Cisco Catalyst 9100 WI-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Access Points. With the ability to handle increased mobile traffic and support IoT at scale, Cisco’s Wi-Fi 6 access points have superior RF innovations that expand wireless access and provide an uninterrupted network experience that is intelligent, reliable and secure.

October 21, 2021

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Wi-Fi 6E is coming soon, but don’t forget about Cisco Wi-Fi 6 solutions

You may have noticed that in the last few weeks, the industry has been talking a lot about Wi-Fi 6E. Count Cisco among the conversation starters about Wi-Fi 6E too. But what about Wi-Fi 6? What’s going on with that standard? WE talk a little about that now.

September 29, 2021

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How Wi-Fi 6E is driving innovations across industries

Any organization would want more security, faster speeds, lower latency and higher reliability. You get that with Wi-Fi 6E. But what other use cases is Wi-Fi 6E good for? Find out here.

July 22, 2021

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Cisco DNA Center, AIOps and You

The AI/ML of a wireless network is getting to where it needs to be and it’s being driven there by Cisco DNA Center.

June 16, 2021

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Cisco explains newly released security advisory

Security researchers have discovered that some Wi-Fi devices have standards and implementations that can be vulnerable to outside interference. What's going on and how can it affect your network? Cisco explains.

June 17, 2021

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Cisco Feeling the Love for the AireOS Controllers

As the sun sets on the AireOS controllers, #rememberingAireOS helps us remember and celebrate our journey thus far. We know that transitioning to a new OS can be scary, but we bet that any fear will be eclipsed by the excitement over the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Controller family.

April 1, 2021

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RAI Amsterdam Conference Center goes all in with Cisco

If you have made your way to Amsterdam for a conference, there’s a really good chance that you’ve been to RAI Amsterdam. Each year, this convention center will play host to 1.5 million visitors over 500 events and they’ve been doing it for over 125 years. They wanted an Wi-Fi 6 upgrade, Cisco provided the solution.

March 22, 2021

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Meet the Users Who Use User Defined Network

During a recent Educause webinar, Cisco Architect Stephen Orr moderated a discussion of Cisco User Defined Network (UDN) between representatives from two universities who discussed deploying the solution at their schools and how it changed the way their students connect to the network.

March 18, 2021

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Miercom Reports All Aces for Cisco Catalyst 9100 APs and Cisco DNA Center

Recently the Cisco Access Points Cisco DNA Center were compared against products from our competition, by independent testing lab Miercom. In all instances, the Cisco products came out on top.

March 31, 2021

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The Great Outdoors AP, Presenting the Catalyst 9124

Presenting the Cisco Catalyst 9124 Access Point. The new Catalyst 9124 brings the Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard technology outdoors. This AP supports up to 400 devices and come equipped with up to three radios 2.4GHz and 5GHz (both 4x4:4) and a built-in BLE radio

February 1, 2021

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After 15 years, Cisco Wireless AireOS Controllers are going away

Cisco AireOS controllers have served us well through many iterations of the Wi-Fi standard, from the early days of 802.11n, to 802.11ac waves 1 and 2 and now with 802.11ax or Wi-Fi 6 Cisco. But with the latest standard in place and the Cisco Catalyst Controllers paving the way, Cisco recently announced that their Wireless AireOS Controllers have gone End-of-Life.

November 19, 2020

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Listen All About It! Cisco releases new Catalyst Access Point!

Join Cisco employees Byron Magrane, Leslie Van Zee and Cristian Raducanu as they discuss the newest access point release from Cisco, the Catalyst 9105 in a brand new podcast.

August 10, 2020

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Miercom concludes: Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller easy to deploy, powerful and an excellent value

Cisco released the Embedded Wireless Controller (EWC) last year to a lot of fanfare and we are happy to report that Miercom, an independent, nonpartisan testing lab, has given us really high marks in their latest assessment.

July 21, 2020

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Understanding the Wi-Fi 6 Standard with Cisco’s Latest Podcast

Join Byron Magrane, Cisco Wireless Product Marketing Manager, and Cristian Raducanu, Cisco Wireless Product Manager and Wi-Fi 6 expert, as they discuss Wi-Fi 6 in the newest Cisco podcast called ‘Connect with Wi-Fi 6.’

January 28, 2020

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Certifiably awesome! Cisco Catalyst APs officially Wi-Fi 6 certified by WFA

Two new certified access points join the Cisco Catalyst 9130 access point. With so many choices of certified access points, no matter what network size, customers now are able to find the right Cisco solution for their organization.