IWAN

June 25, 2014

NETWORKING

Bandwidth Alone Will Not Solve Branch Application Performance

3 min read

For years, many IT organizations have been addressing slow application performance by adding more bandwidth. With broadband speeds available at over 100 Mbps, and the future of Fiber-optic at 1 Gbps, you would think bandwidth would solve all our application problems. However, many organizations are quickly learning that bandwidth on its own is not the […]

June 18, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: Is FIFA supported on the ISR?

2 min read

Food for thought The other day, I went to the café to grab my lunch and notice something that got me thinking of an IT problem we’re going to see more and more. I’m not a soccer sport fan but of course I am aware of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ event that is happening. […]

May 14, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: Intelligent WAN @ Cisco Live!

2 min read

The long awaited Cisco Live in San Francisco is only four days away.  There is a lot in store for our customers including hundreds of technical sessions, keynotes from executives and industry guests, product and solutions demos at World of Solutions and more. One of the most important topics, in my opinion, that I believe […]

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 […]

April 9, 2014

NETWORKING

IWAN Wed: Securing Your Transport Independence with DMVPN

2 min read

In my last blog I talked about the value of Pfr to the IWAN solution. This week I wanted to talk about DMVPN and why it is going to be a critical component of your IWAN deployment. Your IWAN topology will most likely consist of one or more internet connections which means that your data […]

April 8, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep8 IWAN

3 min read

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Intelligent WAN (IWAN) with guest moderator, Cisco’s Lauren Friedman (@lauren) Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Hugo Vliegen, Director of Technical Marketing Highlights: How IWAN benefits business IWAN and Security IWAN […]

April 2, 2014

NETWORKING

Cisco ISR 4451-X Wins Best of Interop for Networking – No Fooling!

2 min read

 The Interop Las Vegas team chose April Fools’ as the day to announce the Best of Interop winners – a curious choice some may say. But, there was no fooling when the Interop team announced the Cisco ISR 4451-X Converged Branch Infrastructure for the Best of Interop Networking category. Here is what judge Kurt Marko […]

March 24, 2014

NETWORKING

Why Should I Care About Hybrid Networking?

2 min read

When customers ask me why they should care about hybrid networks, I ask them the following questions. Did the number of mobile devices in your enterprise increase? Did the number of applications on your datacenter increase? Do your employees and guests expect to stay continuously connected while in the office? If the answer is yes […]

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’ […]