catalyst

June 4, 2015

NETWORKING

Scan. Analyze. Improve! Introducing Switching and Wireless Best Practices on Cisco Active Advisor

2 min read

In a recent post, we discussed Dimension Data’s 6th Network Barometer Report and its recommendations. Detailed in this exhaustive report, Dimension Data has found that 32% – about 1/3 – of all Service incidents are related to Human Error*. (* 6% Configuration Errors and 26% Other human errors) We’re all human and we all make mistakes […]

January 28, 2015

NETWORKING

Enterprise Networks Taking Center Stage at Cisco Live Milan

1 min read

It is clear being an IT professional today is not easy, there are ever increasing demands on the network and on IT resources. Just look at some of the data out there: According to a report posted on Information Age 70% of businesses say that IT operations are holding them back. Research from the Cisco […]

September 15, 2014

NETWORKING

Prepare for Data Breaches! They Will Happen … to Anyone

1 min read

Do you feel that you’ve been hearing a lot about data breaches lately? You are right! Take a look at the chart below. There is plenty of time left in September, but the data breach calendar is already filled with victim names. And August? I don’t even have enough space to put down all the […]

August 14, 2014

NETWORKING

Back By Popular Demand – Learning Opportunity on Catalyst 3650

1 min read

A few months ago we had a webcast on the Catalyst 3650 and it was so popular, there were so many questions, we thought we’d host another one! This webcast is being held on August 19th at 10am PT and you can register here!  Tweet Topics to be discussed include: Top of mind IT issues […]

July 17, 2014

NETWORKING

Securing Your Network Before BYOD or IoT

2 min read

If you’re a network engineer or have been following some of the recent trends in network security space, you may have come across terms such as “erosion of trust”, “zero trust ecosystem”, “the increased attack surface” and “new attack vectors”. What this means for a network engineer is that as application migrate from on-prem to […]

April 14, 2014

NETWORKING

How A School District Prepares for PARCC and More

2 min read

Indian Prairie School district, the third largest school district in Illinois, conducted an in-depth investigation to develop an execution plan...

March 27, 2014

NETWORKING

Why Upgrade Campus & Branch Switching & Wireless Infrastructure?

3 min read

Many of the existing switch and wireless infrastructures that were deployed 5 or more years ago were not designed for BYOD, pervasive mobility, advanced security, SDN and more. Let us look at these trends and the benefits of upgrading the network infrastructure to the latest switching and wireless products. BYOD and Mobility There are multiple […]

March 17, 2014

NETWORKING

High-Tech Hotel Receives Cisco Upgrade and “Powers Up” Guest Experience

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Traveling can be stressful – for business or leisure – and hoteliers do their best to make sure that the hotel in which you choose to stay during your time away from home provides the best worry-free conveniences available.  High-tech hotels are taking steps in the right direction by offering in-room automation, loyalty perks, mobile […]