ISR

July 23, 2014

NETWORKING

#IWANWed: Harness the Power of Web Within the Enterprise Branch

2 min read

In the ever-changing world of enterprise branch environments, a high number of businesses are planning to migrate their WAN to the Internet. To be exact, Nemertes Research (Benchmark 2012–13 Emerging WAN Trends) estimates that number to be close to 50%.  That’s 50% of businesses migrating to Internet for WAN. And why is that happening? Enterprises […]

July 2, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: What’s more important? Uptime or Cost?

1 min read

“Location, Location, Location” is what you need to keep in mind for real estate in the physical world.  But in today’s enterprise environment where everything is virtual and many critical apps are in  the data center or cloud, the most important thing is connectivity. So welcome to the era of connectivity, connectivity, connectivity! As connectivity is […]

April 30, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: The Case for Direct Internet Breakout at Branch and IWAN

3 min read

Cloud services and SaaS applications is enabling customers to accelerate their business processes and improve employee productivity while lowering their total IT spending. The Cisco IWAN solution is helping organizations adopt cloud applications with an improved user experience by enabling local internet breakout from the branch environment, thus helping eliminate the need to backhaul internet-bound traffic […]

April 16, 2014

NETWORKING

Unlock the Hidden Capabilities Your Cisco Integrated Services Routers

2 min read

If you have a Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) in your branch – which most companies do – you won’t want to miss the April 23rdwebinar on hidden capabilities of the ISR. These routers are the Swiss army knife of networking, and come loaded with so many features that it is almost impossible to know […]

March 12, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wednesday: (Webinar) Enhance your branch with UCS E-Series

2 min read

For the last 3 weeks, my colleagues have written on the topic of IWAN and its various components.  Ido wrote about the basics (and more) about IWAN, Kiran on how to get twice the bandwidth with PfR, and Hector on how Glue Networks improves the IWAN experience for IT.   As the name suggests, the ‘WAN’ […]

January 28, 2014

NETWORKING

WAN Management – Not on Your Watch

3 min read

Network Operations Centers can be somber places.  I’ve seen quite a few during my last two decades in technology.  To monitor and manage a vast network is equal parts nerve racking and mind numbing boredom as you stare at wall-to-wall screens, waiting for an alarm to go off. Over the years, networks have grown to […]

January 26, 2014

NETWORKING

Giving Wings to Soar – Run for a Cause

2 min read

How many times have we done something for others? Something for people we don’t even know. We all love doing things either for ourselves, family or friends but participating in a cause, which is entirely for people who do not currently enjoy the beautiful morning walks, running or playing is another dimension and fills us […]

December 13, 2013

NETWORKING

Using the Internet for Your Enterprise WAN

5 min read

What is all of this talk coming from Cisco of using Internet links to run an Enterprise-class network? Has Cisco lost its mind? We’re taught from the time we’re young Network Engineers sitting on our parents’ knees that Enterprise Networks are special. So what is the thinking with IWAN?

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 […]