Catalyst Switches

January 7, 2020

NETWORKING

Enterprise Networking Business 2019 Year in Review

7 min read

Towards the end of this busy and innovative year, Cisco leadership decided to combine several businesses under one leader, SVP/GM Scott Harrell, to create the Intent-Based Networking Group. So, what is the meaning in a change of names? The new organization consists of engineering and product marketing teams from Enterprise Networking and Data Center, with […]

September 13, 2019

PARTNER

Wi-Fi 6 and Winning in the Mobile-First World

2 min read

This edition of the Fast Five series focuses on the Catalyst 9100 series, the next stage in Cisco Intent-Based Networking, and how to prepare customers for Wi-Fi 6.

November 1, 2017

NETWORKING

Wired Infrastructure: Optimized and Secure Switching Resources

4 min read

Cisco commissioned Miercom to conduct an independent performance test on Huawei’s Agile Campus Network architecture. The test report consists of wired and wireless test cases. For the wired test cases, Huawei’s S5720-HI Series Agile Switch was compared and validated against the Cisco Catalyst 9300 and 3850 Series switches. This blog will take a deeper look […]

April 10, 2017

NETWORKING

Network Programmability – Bringing the Digital Revolution to Network Programming

2 min read

The next time you fly, look at the instrument panel the pilots are using to fly the plane. Gone are the quivering dials and cloudy gauges. Flight decks are now dominated by sleek, digital displays and advanced on-board systems that allow pilots to focus on flying the plane rather than managing the instrumentation. The digital […]

February 27, 2017

SECURITY

Cisco PSIRT – Mitigating and Detecting Potential Abuse of Cisco Smart Install Feature

5 min read

A Cisco Security Response alerts about possible abuse of the Smart Install feature. While not considered a vulnerability, the Response provides guidance on how to protect their networks against abuse.

January 20, 2016

NETWORKING

Tune in to Networking Field Day 11 – Switching Innovation—Everything Runs on Switching

2 min read

Networking Field Day 11 is tomorrow and will be live streaming this Thursday, January 21st, from 2:00-4:00pm. For the uninitiated, Tech Field Day is an event hosted by Cisco where delegates come and listen to a technical deep dive by a Cisco expert in a presentation and discussion format. These delegates range from bloggers, speakers, […]

August 31, 2015

NETWORKING

Improve Your Backbone, Improve Your Business

2 min read

Cisco recently announced the Cisco Catalyst 6840-X backbone switch to address new network backbone needs, especially in space constrained deployments. According to the Visual Networking Index, Network traffic has grown exponentially over the last several years, and this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. By 2018, there will be over 20 billion […]

December 2, 2014

NETWORKING

Defeat IT Complexity To Free Time For Innovation

1 min read

When Apple Pay was announced in September this year, it brought a lot of attention to the digital payment business. But this is certainly not the first sign that we are moving rapidly towards a digital society. For example, Starbucks has been doing this for years by handling millions of mobile wallet payments every week. […]

October 20, 2014

NETWORKING

Three Deciding Factors To Reach A New Digital World

2 min read

In a Technology Vision 2014 report, consulting firm Accenture discussed major trends that drive a dramatic transformation for every business to enter a digital world....