Everyone knows that data is important. Modern enterprises compete with data and win with the agility and insight it provides. Thus the "Big Data Era" as metaphorically captured by terms such at Data Lakes, Data Reservoirs, Data Sw...
Beingfastis important this time of year. X-Wing Fighters in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" are fast. Avoiding that overly excited light saber wielding fan in line requires you to be fast. Holiday shoppers are snatching up de...
Over the past few years of being immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT), I have found that customers have very specific problems they are trying to solve; e.g. gaining energy efficiency, early fault detection or remote diagnosis...
This is Part 2 of our blog series about NG-Firewalls. See Part 1 here. Part 2: Enter Threat-Focused NG-Firewall What does a Threat-focused NG-Firewall do differently? Just about everything. Let's compare the most popular NGFW...
Do the names Linda Keith and Chas Chandler ring a bell? Well, without their influence, we may have never heard of Jim Hendrix. In May 1966, Keith ran into the then-obscure Hendrix playing at the Cheetah club in New York. "He...
I just recently returned from the Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in Dubai. This was the third annual IoTWF, which has quickly become the premiere event showcasing innovations and opportunities made possible by the Internet...
In case you haven't heard, 802.11ac Wave 2 is here. We've been shipping our first 802.11ac Wave 2 access points, the Aironet 1850 and 1830 since the the middle of 2015 and the list of 802.11ac Wave 2 client devices is growing almo...
Luuuuuke, I am your Faaather. And also, I need coffee.Cisco employees are really excited about the upcomingStar Warsmovie,The Force Awakens. Especially me. Opening night. I'm there. Which got me thinking, maybe I could channel Yod...
Co-authored with Dani Schrakamp We're ready, are you? We are now in an age so normalized by the proliferation of technology that the United Nations has declared access to the Internet a basic human right and securing ubiquitous ac...
One of my favorite things to do is to talk to Cisco customers, partners and industry analysts about common trends they are seeing in their business and the overall market. We look at trends similarly to why we conduct analytics, ...
I am a millennial and my entire financial life fits in my front pocket. Whether I am setting up automatic credit card payments, paying a friend back for a dinner he paid for, making my monthly rent payment, or buying the latest Wa...
Having spent several days last week at the Internet of Things World Forum in Dubai, I am more convinced than ever that the Internet of Things (IoT) is not some hyped-up futuristic vision of whatcouldbe, but a present-day reality t...