It's great to see, hear and read various points of view on the evolution of networking. It's a hot topic right now, highlighting the fact that the network is at the center of the market transitions driven by Mobile, Cloud, n...
T-Mobile USA has been one of the first carriers to widely deploy IPv6, seeking to overcome the lack of IPv4 addresses and to lay the foundation for their network for the Internet of Everything. However, one of the headaches they'v...
In Part 1 of this blog series, I introduced Gartner's definition of Fabric based infrastructure (FBI). I explained the benefit of data center fabrics with the promise of continuing in a follow on blog. Some readers rig...
This week features another exciting double edition for Engineers Unplugged, complete with a whiteboarding game to help you hone your craft. But first, business. Listen in as Brian Gracely (VirtuStream, @bgracely) and Jase McCarty ...
The Catalyst Compact Switch gives you the the flexibility of connecting and powering networking devices without running long Ethernet cables from the wiring closet. It is a small form factor switch that can be powered over Et...
Today, I am pleased to announce Cisco's intent to acquire Ubiquisys, a privately-held company headquartered in Swindon, UK for$310 million in cash and employee retention incentives. Ubiquisys is a leading provider of intellig...
To continue the MSE Blog Series, I'm going to take you on a journey to dig deep into one of the features of Release 7.4, wIPS! With the increasing popularity of BYOD, wireless security has become an eminent concern for Network Adm...
Why the Network Will Drive the Next Wave of Mobility Forty years ago, the first phone call was placed on a handheld mobile phone. The call was placed by Martin Cooper at Motorola's Communications Systems Division, who phoned a com...
On March 19th, 2013 Cisco announced thebest 2-socket virtualized SAP SalesandDistribution (SD) Benchmark resultina Linux environment with the Cisco Unified Computing System? (Cisco UCS?)deliveringhigh scalabilityandlow latencyinvi...
By Steve Simlo, IPv6 Product Manager, Cisco Network Operating Systems Technology Group We've been actively promoting the adoption of IPv6 at various venues -back in January at Cisco Live London, and a few weeks ago at the V6 Worl...
Dan Goodin, editor at Ars Technica, has been tracking and compiling info on an elusive series of website compromises that could be impacting tens of thousands of otherwise perfectly legitimate sites. While various resear...
For those of you familiar with the movie "This is Spinal Tap" the volume on SDN has been turned up to 11 for some time. However, too much of the sound is around the technology and not on the benefits to network operators. In fact,...