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Recent Innovations in Cisco ACI – AlgoSec Solution for Network Security Policy Management
Recent Innovations in Cisco ACI – AlgoSec Solution for Network Security Policy Management
AlgoSec’s Security Management solutions for Cisco ACI extend ACI's policy-driven automation to security devices in ACI fabrics, provide visibility into the security posture of ACI, and helpensure continuous compliance across multi-cloud environments.

Cisco Storage Networking is 20 Years Young
Cisco Storage Networking is 20 Years Young
Twenty years ago, Cisco started shipping the Cisco MDS 9000 storage networking switches. Since then, Cisco has introduced a number of groundbreaking storage networking innovations like Nexus switching and management technologies. These innovations have benefited our customers for decades now and have advanced the storage networking industry at large.

Keeping Your Apps and Data Available With HyperFlex
Keeping Your Apps and Data Available With HyperFlex
The Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) is a distributed hyperconverged infrastructure system that has been built from inception to handle individual component failures across the spectrum of hardware elements without interruption in services. As a result, the system is highly available and capable of extensive failure handling.
Top Ten Benefits of Upgrading from DCNM to NDFC SAN
In January 2023, we launched the third major release (12.1.2) of NDFC SAN Controller. This makes the perfect time to upgrade from DCNM to NDFC not just because three is a magic number, but also because of ten reasons that I am sharing in this post.
ACI Segmentation and Migrations made easier with Endpoint Security Groups (ESG)
Endpoint Security Groups (ESGs) are the new network security component in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) which offer an alternate way of handling segmentation with the added flexibility of decoupling the earlier concepts of forwarding and security associated with Endpoint Groups (EPGs).
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Helps Accelerate Operations, Improve Efficiency and Enable Self-Service with ServiceNow Solutions
With the introduction of ServiceNow Connector for Nexus Dashboard, we bring ServiceNow incident management capabilities to Nexus Dashboard that enable network operators to manage the lifecycle of their ServiceNow incidents, track the incident updates and deliver their service requests on Nexus Dashboard.
Cisco Drives Simplified Operations and Energy Efficiency with Intersight and UCS X-Series
Cisco simplifies the purchase and procure processes for Intersight, consolidating licensing, each with a suite of functionality, making it easier to select the right tier for your businesses, plus a new offer that simplifies and accelerates deployment of more energy-efficient computing systems and operations in one convenient bundle.
Driving efficiency and innovation in the aged care industry
Cisco HyperFlex Edge, is designed for edge locations and can be managed centrally. The platform has accelerated server deployments from minutes to days, improved technology redundancy and resiliency, and future growth and innovation.
Passive infrastructure monitoring frees up time and resources for active business transformation
With speed and agility becoming increasingly paramount in the business world, it’s no wonder why many companies have shifted some or all of their IT resources to the cloud.
Network automation is being realized in different ways for different needs
Speed and agility can’t come at the expense of security or assurance, of course, especially for a highly regulated financial institution. That’s why ACI – with validated designs, built-in automation, and simplified operations – was the best choice for Great Southern Bank.
UCS X-Series Powers FlexPod for Horizon 8
Cisco just launched a new CVD for VDI Horizon 8 on Datacenter FlexPod with X-Series. This is an excellent design and deployment guide for customers desiring to implement FlexPod with X-Series managed by Cisco Intersight.
Cisco expands Cisco Intersight to EMEA for sovereignty and high performance
Cisco Live! is a premium event for Cisco and our partners to introduce and demonstrate new solutions, products, and capabilities. That’s what we’re doing this week with our technical preview of an expansion of Cisco Intersight tailored for our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) customers.
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