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Marc Nagao

Product Manager

Small Business RV Series Routers

Marc Nagao has two decades in high tech, with a mix of Storage, Managed Services software and of course Networking.

Today he is the Product Manager for the Cisco RV Series Portfolio of Routers.

Outside of work, family and friends are the main focus. He enjoys activities such as surfing, snowboarding, tennis, cooking and especially eating.

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Cisco WAP150 competitive performance test

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Happy New Year all! As we settle comfortably into January, making the turn into 2017, we look forward to what the year promises. 2016 was a good year, with new models announced, nice opportunities closed, and new plans put in place. With new hopes at the start of the year, comes the refreshing excitement to […]

Happy Holidays!

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It is Christmas Eve here, and my family is making cookies. Soon, more family will be coming over. We have a whole list of things that need to be cut, prepared and cooked. And, I cannot wait. My family indeed enjoys this time of year, especially when we will be at Mammoth Mountain next week! […]

New Cisco Video Product Short – RV320 and RV325 with Web Filtering

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Hello and Happy Holidays to you around the world. As we get closer to the end of 2016, we thought it would be fun to highlight a new medium for you that we have been working on. We are lucky to have an incredible group of interns at the University of Santa Cruz, led by […]

New Cisco FindIT Network Management Platform

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Friends, The team is excited, especially our FindIT Product Manager, David Harper for the announcement of his Network Monitoring and Management Platform. But why? Today’s market offers businesses a wide range of networking options. There’s more than a handful of ways to provide your business backbone with a robust routing, switching and wireless solution. It […]

New Cisco Smart Network Application Video

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The Team is excited to present a new SNA video. SNA is a free network level monitoring and management tool for our line of Cisco Switches. A fluid interface is accessible via browser on any 550X, 350X, and 350 Series Switches. SNA will manage the new generation of 550X, 350X, 350 and 250 Series, as […]

New Cisco WAP361 Indoor Mounting Video now available

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Hello friends! Just a quick note to let you know there is a new Cisco WAP361 Video available. If you didn’t hear about this new model, here are some quick details about this new 11ac, Dual Radio dynamo. With speeds up to 1.2Gbps, this new model offers a 5-port switch, of which one is a […]

New Cisco WAP Installation Videos

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Today is National Dog Day. There seems to be a day for just about everything these days. Which makes today a perfect day to let you all know about three new videos our wonderful team at the University of Santa Cruz just posted. These short videos show just how easy the process is to get […]

Team Updates including new programs, recent launches and a new video

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Hello all. I trust it has been a good week for you. I am happy to report I am back in-country here in Southern California after a week in Shanghai. I went to visit my fantastic technical product team as we kicked off a new program that will bring five new models in the next […]

Cisco Small Business Wireless Update

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I wanted to let you all know more about the new, exciting wireless access points coming out. So I asked the wireless Product Managers, Nasser and Brian to help me with this blog. Let’s do this. Cisco is expanding the wireless portfolio with four new models. Two 500 Series, one 300, and one 100 series. […]

New RV Series Emulators: RV320 and RV325 with Web Filtering

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Hello and Happy Friday. Just a quick note to let you know that our RV320 and RV325 with web filtering user interface emulators are available. Take a look, you will see how in less than 5 minutes, you can configure the feature, keeping your users and business away from malicious sites, and keep web policies […]

New Cisco Small Business Routers: The RV320 and RV325 with web filtering

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Like mentioned last week, there will be a number of new Cisco Small Business products coming out in the next few weeks and months. The theme we are using is “Connect More”. But why, “Connect More”? The new Cisco Small Business products, including new switching, wireless access points, and of course the routers, help you […]

Small Business Update

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Hello all, Welcome to 2016. I wanted to provide a quick update as we start the new year. First off, if you did not know, we have a fantastic

Let’s talk about the new Cisco WAP131

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It is now March. It actually hailed here in Huntington Beach, but we’ll call it snow for the novelty. It’s always neat to see things like this happen here in Southern California mainly because things like snow rarely seems to happen. We freak out on rainbows. Get the picture? Well to keep things sane here […]

New Wireless Models, PoE PD and PoE PSE, and Switching Updates

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Greetings all. February is here. Winter is in full swing on this side of the equator. Summer is grasping the other. I know it’s been a warm one so far for our friends in Australia. But snowfall amounts in the Northeast has our ski areas in Northern California and the Rockies so envious. Such is […]

Happy Thanksgiving

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Just a quick note from our Cisco Team as we enter the Holiday Season. Thank you all for your support this year. The team looks forward to launching more new products in the near future as well as some solid firmware updates. We hope you enjoy this holiday season. From the Entire Cisco Small Business […]

How-To Video’s on Demand

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Hello all, I hope everyone’s week has been a fruitful one. Alike many product teams, ours sometimes have a tendency sometimes to keep a large amount of focus churning out new products with all of the features and performance characteristics our customers want in quality networking products. While one of our product traits is #useability, […]

Product Transitions

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We made it! It is Friday afternoon and the weekend is almost upon us. But before closing up shop, it is a good time to bring up some product transitions that we have going on. First off the wireless team has this update: The popular WAP4410N model is no longer available. There are options: The […]

The Cisco RV130W – A Small Business Review

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Hello all, I hope the week is going well for all of you. I had a Small Business owner reach out to me yesterday to let me know how her experience was in setting up and configuring her new Cisco RV130W wireless router for her small business she started a couple of years ago. She […]

Updating your Cisco Small Business Router Firmware

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Hello all, Hope you all are enjoying a productive week. This week I thought it would be prudent to talk about upgrading router (+switch and wireless access point) firmware. The firmware is software that is embedded on the router. This firmware is normally updated to include new features and enhancements to the device. All of […]

A Partner Experience with the new Cisco WAP371 802.11ac Wireless Access Point

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Hello all, Hello all, I trust everyone’s week is going well. Today we get to hear from Michiel Beenen, the founder of TechConnect, based in the Netherlands. Michiel recently heard about the new Cisco WAP371 and wanted to see if this new 802.11ac wireless access point hit the mark. He has already deployed the WAP321 […]

Small Business Profile: Auto Union Tuning

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Hello all, Out here in Southern California, in a town called Huntington Beach, is a growing Auto Shop called Auto Union Tuning. It is a special place where the owners, Dave and Raz specialize in car care, maintenance and tuning of VW, Audi and Porsche automobiles. On any day, you will find a combination of […]

Is your Business ready for 802.11ac?

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This week we finished our biggest product announcement in recent memory.The various teams worked hard to bring out to our partners and customers products that delivered maximum quality, flexibility and value. One of the products included was the new Cisco Small Business WAP371 Wireless Access Point. This Access Point is the first 802.11ac model in […]

Small Business Team Update: Friday the 13th

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It is Friday the 13th and we have a full moon, perfect time to provide a quick update from the Cisco SMB Team. First off, we have posted a Teaser Announcement providing a quick view of some new products that are coming out later this month. The entire Cisco SMB Team has been working hard […]

Automatic Software Delivery now available on the Cisco Small Business RV215W VPN Router

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You may not realize this, but Cisco has a thriving business building and selling networking products specifically designed for Small Businesses. Unfortunately, we know dealing with Cisco can sometimes be challenging for some smaller customers, a good example of this is managing software. Sometimes, it can be quite challenging to finding out whether equipment is […]

Introducing FindIT, Cisco Small Business Automated Software Delivery Service

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Hello again, Marc Nagao and the Cisco Small Business Team. Over the weekend, my family and I were in Indian Wells to watch the world’s best tennis players play at the BNP Paribas Open. I have to say, watching them play live, at competition speed, is something to behold. It’s difficult to comprehend the speed, […]

Cisco Small Business Extending Services and Support in Latin America

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Happy Wednesday! Did you watch the Academy Awards this week? It sure would been great to get my mug in Ellen’s selfie shot. I could have been Bradley right? ..and a slice of pizza would have been great with Julia, Harrison, and “Marty”. Certainly this year’s Oscars was the best one in years. Speaking of […]

Big News from the Cisco Small Business Team

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Happy Thursday all. Yesterday, my brethren Product Manager, Ivor Diedricks announced his new 10 Gigabit Small Business Switch. This is the first 10 Gigabit Switch in the Small Business Series. This is an important announcement in that we are the only one (save one) to come to market with such a product for the SMB […]

Which Cisco Small Business Router is the right one for your business?

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2014 seems to be flying by. I cannot seem to keep up. The blur started with, well, Thanksgiving, the Holiday Season, New Years, Chinese New Year, and now Valentine’s Day is on Friday. You made that dinner reservation right? We often get questions from folks about which model is right for their small business, whether […]

Configuring Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points using Single Point Setup

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  As we head towards Thanksgiving, it amazes me how fast time flies. 4th of July was a few weeks ago, right? I have yet to start holiday shopping, although the conversation at least came up this week. Wait! There is so much to get done before Christmas, so much to do with the Cisco […]

Cisco Small Business Online Device Emulators

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How do you get a feel for things? Perhaps a little research online, a review or two, maybe a referral from a friend or co-worker. But big purchases, such as a new car may require more; more information.  So you go to take a test drive. Well, we have something similar to a test drive. […]

Picking a Networking Solution for a Fast-Growing Small Business

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Network Connectivity is a big concern for any size of business, let alone a small, growing business. Picking the right solution to address  growth is a key decision. There are...