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March 5, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: What is Intelligent WAN?

4 min read

Imagine that you have several branch offices that are using WAN demanding applications like Salesforce.com, Office 365, Virtual Desktops, Video Teleconferencing and more.  You are using those expensive MPLS/VPN WAN connections as you don’t want to risk it and probably because when you started to work there it was already there and … why mess […]

February 26, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: Get 2X Bandwidth with PfR

2 min read

As part of our IWAN series, I wanted to provide a deeper dive into PfR. Why PfR? It is a fundamental feature that helps customers protect critical apps while increasing bandwidth utilization. I think it is fair to say, every organization can benefit tremendously from this powerful capability. PfR or Performance Routing is a feature […]

December 24, 2013

NETWORKING

IWAN Starter Kit and CiscoChampions

3 min read

Over the weekend I had a brief twitter chat with someone who mentioned he had been wondering 'what the heck is IWAN?' (I'm paraphrasing here) and...

November 14, 2013

NETWORKING

UCS E-Series: The Survivability Guide | Inside the Branch

2 min read

It goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway): reliability is important, as well as ensuring that you have a backup plan to continue that reliability. Just yesterday as I was embarking on my 50-mile commute into the office, I discovered that one of my car tires was completely flat. A spare tire, a standard […]

November 7, 2013

NETWORKING

UCS E-Series: A Platform for Innovation | Inside the Branch

1 min read

We’re in November now, so of course it’s getting chilly outside – even here in California! This means the holidays are right around the corner and retailers are gearing up for their busiest time of year. A growing trend these days is that more than half of holiday shoppers with smartphones plan to use these […]

October 1, 2013

NETWORKING

A Brave New World for IT: Internet as WAN

5 min read

Today’s IT organizations are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Most face an avalanche of new bandwidth requirements hitting their networks, yet too few resources to support the business’ needs.  In 2013, three out of four organizations will not have any additional wide area network (WAN) budget (Nemertes Research). That means 75% of […]

September 17, 2013

NETWORKING

Is Your WAN Ready For iOS7? 2 Steps You Should Take To Identify and Tame Applications

3 min read

If you have an iPhone or you are due for a mobile phone refresh, you would have tuned into Apple’s announcement on the new iPhones as well as the new OS, iOS7.  I’ve had my iPhone4 for more than 3 years now so it definitely is decision time. While we, as the phones’ users, are […]

June 19, 2013

NETWORKING

AVC You in Orlando: There’s nothing Mickey Mouse about AVC!

2 min read

I hope everyone is getting excited to take the Journey to the Sunshine State and have packed a few sets of mouse ears. A quick blog post this week as I have already run out of puns. I’d like to encourage you all to check out our Application Visibility and Control (AVC) partners at Cisco […]

June 11, 2013

NETWORKING

Rule the World of Application QoS with Cisco AVC and ActionPacked! Networks

1 min read

What if you could apply application based Quality of Service (QoS) with just a couple clicks? Seriously. If you’ve read this far, I’ll tell you: ActionPacked! Networks, a Cisco Developer Network (CDN) registered partner, recently hosted my colleague, Bob Nusbaum for an awesome webinar and demo. Bob described Cisco’s perspective on the future of routing – it’s […]