Software Defined Networking is at the center of many discussions and debates regarding networking, and right fully so. It means many different things to many different people, and there is a lot of confusion and discrepancy in th...
Bryan Williams on TechWIseTVOne of my favorite unsung hero's for making life easier with what seems like all of your Cisco devices: Smart Call Home. Machine to machine communication that is disabled by default...but just a few qui...
Two of the biggest problems that prison staff must face every day are security and cost. From visitation to healthcare to education, cost-efficient technology solutions can make the lives of inmates safer and better. Cisco? Connec...
"It's not secure enough... so we are not going to allow it to happen." Does this phrase seem all too familiar? Today, IT and business leaders are faced with the challenge of securing any userfromany location on any device with acc...
RATS in the Data Center, a recent blog post by Cisco's Tom Hogue, highlighted the current threat landscape for data centers. Tom was referring to Remote Access Toolkits, not the disease-carrying vermin that likely started the plag...
So after reading my last blog, you've finally come to the realization that you now need to start getting serious about creating video for your organization as the return on investment is certainly a compelling one. But where do yo...
The landscape in higher education continues to change. In September, the U.S. Census Bureau released statistics showing that college enrollment declined for the first time in six years in the fall of 2012. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/2...
Innovations in mobility have made it possible for us all to connect from pretty much anywhere in the world, turning wherever we are in to our office. And mobile connections show no signs of slowing. By the end of 2014, the number ...
Last week I spent some time at the "Software Defined Networking 2014" conference in London. It's a relatively small conference I would say however given the growing interest in SDN and rapid progress of the technology it's a...
Solid State Drives (SSD) 101 In part one of this series we covered the internals of HDDs and some basic techniques manufacturers use to increase performance. In part two we are going into a deep dive of Solid State Drives (SSD), h...
Solid State Drives (SSD) 101 In part one of this series we covered the internals of HDDs and some basic techniques manufacturers use to increase performance. In part two we are going into a deep dive of Solid State Drives (SSD), h...
On a typical day, we hold in our hands a portal to our civilization's entire trove of information and entertainment - and a window into our finances, our health, and the lives of our friends. Not to mention, the ability to make a ...