WAN

October 22, 2015

NETWORKING

Digital Vortex Part 2: Key Tenets of a Digital Business Network

4 min read

Yesterday was “Back to the Future Day.” Michael J. Fox had a glimpse into his futuristic world. What if you too had the same capability? Imagine this: you’re an astronaut...

July 24, 2015

NETWORKING

#CiscoChat: Benefits of Software-Defined WAN Solutions

2 min read

Depending on the publications you favor or industry news sites you frequent, Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) are either the next best thing on the network horizon, or a tech innovation that still needs to be met with just a hint of skepticism. Regardless of your stance, the question on most people’s mind is […]

April 27, 2015

NETWORKING

Cisco Intelligent WAN with Akamai Connect At Interop

2 min read

Interop is just around the corner. I am sure there will be plenty of thought provoking content about how to transform IT, compelling demos, and SDN everywhere. But let’s not forget the reality of most IT organizations today. The majority face the fact that digital innovation is overwhelming their enterprise network. Everything from internal and […]

April 21, 2015

NETWORKING

Bringing Up a New Branch Site the Easy Way with Prime Infrastructure – Part 4

3 min read

Last week, I went through application assurance with Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Today, as the 4th post of a 5-part blog series, I’ll go into troubleshooting for your branch site with Prime. Again, as a quick recap, here’s my blog series on how to set up networking with Prime for a new branch site. WAN deployment […]

February 15, 2015

DATA CENTER

New Cisco APIC Software allows stretched ACI Fabric across long distances

1 min read

In the world of Cisco ACI, there is never a shortage of excitement and action. Today, we are pleased to bring to your attention news about the latest Cisco...

December 10, 2014

NETWORKING

Looking for cost savings? Start with the branch.

2 min read

Our 2013 IT Impact Survey highlighted the importance of collaboration between business leaders and IT as trends like BYOD, data center consolidation and Cloud applications put more pressure on the network. Why collaborate? The survey highlighted that 34% of application roll outs over the prior 12 months were delayed because of not enough budget. You […]

December 4, 2014

NETWORKING

What’s In Your Network? And What Are You Going to DO About it? Call Vodafone!

2 min read

Network customers have always bought networks for one and only one reason: to run their applications over them.  Yet for most of that time, those networks have been largely oblivious to the composition of the network traffic they carried.  Traditional network tools could tell you whether your network was having a lot of errors, or […]

November 4, 2014

NETWORKING

Built for the Last Mile: The new 800M Series ISR

1 min read

At CiscoLive Cancun we are introducing a new addition to the 800 ISR family, the new 800M Series. What does the “M” stand for? The “M” stands for modular, as this is the first 800 series platform with pluggable modules that give flexibility in the field.  Why do you need flexibility? The 800M is designed […]

October 23, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Pathway to a Cloud-Ready Wide-Area Network (WAN)

4 min read

Tighter Planning Cycles for Greater Efficiency with the Evolved Services Platform In the global geography of telecom, wide-area networks (WAN) are oceans of uncertainty. Resource-constrained and multivendor, WANs produce delays and outages in far-flung and sometimes remote areas, posing a special set of issues that are distinct from those we see in data centers and […]