I recently wrote a blog post about Steria, one of our Cisco Prime Service Catalog customers (you can also read their case study here). Today, I'm proud to introduce another case study on an IT service provider customer u...
LiveAction 4.0, shipped in late June 2014, brings increased scalability to enable users the ability to see thousands of devices across their entire network on a single pane of glass. It provides centralized visibility and manageme...
Noted business management author Peter Drucker famously said, "What's measured is improved." When applied to the world of security, meaningful security metrics can literally transform an organization and solve real business proble...
Recently Sprinklr asked me how companies today are in trouble if they're not keeping up with social disruption. Which led me to consider: What makes a company smart when it comes to being social? Answer: Smart companie...
The IT market is changing. Fast. As a result, customers expect their IT suppliers to offer capabilities beyond products and services, and deliveractualbusiness outcomes. That's why we're evolving the Cisco Partner Ecosystem. By ex...
Today at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC 2014) in Washington D.C. we entered into a new phase of our Microsoft relationship. Together Cisco and Microsoft announced a multi-year, worldwide sales and channel ...
This year's Cisco Live! was tremendous, with 25,000 attendees on-site and another 200,000 attending virtually. There was a lot of excitement around all things cloud, from how the Internet of Everything will change the way we...
Overview Phishing attacks use social engineering in an attempt to lure victims to fake websites. The websites could allow the attacker to retrieve sensitive or private information such as usernames, passwords, and credi...
Hurricane season is upon us, and storms have already begun to harass the Gulf Coast with torrential rains and violent winds. The threat of such a storm doesn't cross my mind as I sit in my cubicle in San Jose, enjoying the comfort...
If you've ever had a situation where you urgently need new switching features or critical bug fixes, you'll know why a new Cisco IOS software release is as precious as gold. In fact, a new software release can create big impact be...
If it's mid-July then it is time once again for Microsoft's annual worldwide partner conference -WPC. For 2014, we find Cisco's Microsoft team in Washington D.C. joining around ~16,000 other Microsoft partners. The partners come ...
"The FCC, under the leadership of Chairman Tom Wheeler, has taken a vital first step toward E-rate modernization and reform today." It's critical that we modernize and reform the E-Rate program to connect all classrooms across the...