“Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza” Customer Experience and Cisco Context Service
Due to a middle school crush, I became a fan of Elton John during the most prolific point in his career, releasing a series of records I still...
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Manufacturing Customer IoE/IoT Globe Trotting: Part 1
From my home in North Carolina to San Diego, to Atlanta and all the way to Greater China—Shanghai, Shenzhen and Taipei—throughout April, I am presenting at several Manufacturing industry, Supply Chain executive, and Internet of Things (IoT) regional
Tour the Cisco Allen Data Center
I had been looking forward to revisiting one of my favorite data center's. We had done this first back in 2011 and that video continues to do pretty...
Myth-busting: Is Cisco’s Approach to SDN Open?
In our continuing myth-busting series, Cisco SDN expert Frank D’Agostino and I are debunking trendy technology myths around SDN. The more I speak to customers these days, the more I hear them talk about open. Customers want an infrastructure that is
Threat Spotlight: Upatre – Say No to Drones, Say Yes to Malware
This post was authored by Nick Biasini and Joel Esler Talos has observed an explosion of malicious downloaders in 2015 which we’ve documented on several occasions on our blog. These downloaders provide a method for attackers to push different types of
Is Your Network Cloud Ready?
Is your network cloud ready? We at NetCraftsmen, a Cisco Gold Partner, are hearing this question more often. Let’s discuss how to tell if your network is cloud ready, and how to get there if you’re not. Even if your organization already has a public
20 Years Hence – What Do Oil, Dating, Digital, and Analytics Have In Common?
How often do you think about the linkage of today’s digital Internet technologies with the gas that we put into our cars and the fuels that heat our homes? Probably not very often. In fact, for many years, I envisioned them as two separate
#CiscoChat Recap: Why the World Needs More Girls in Tech
The number of women in the ICT workforce is unfortunately very low – hovering around 30 percent. But if the insightful
Beyond the Theory of IoT: Real Solutions and Answers
At this year’s Hannover Messe International (HMI), the world’s largest industrial fair, it was more about how industrial companies are leveraging the Internet of