Tag: networking

July 1, 2020

Over the years, the changing cyberattack landscape has caused security teams to deploy dozens of point solutions. Layer on the associated monitoring tools and consoles from multiple vendors, and the result is unmanageable complexity. In fact, 86% of organizations are […]

June 30, 2020

The value of any IoT deployment starts with the data. After all, that’s part of the reason we deploy IoT in the first place – to collect data. But an IoT deployment is a sizable investment, so, how do you […]

June 25, 2020

The old normal has left the building. Whether empty, reduced capacity or reconfigured, we all know classrooms, offices and other business/institutions are operating under completely different conditions. Distance is the operative word – from on-line learning and remote exercising, to […]

June 24, 2020

A set of serious network security vulnerabilities collectively known as Ripple20 roiled the IoT landscape when they came to light last week, and the problems they pose for IoT-equipped businesses could be both dangerous and difficult to solve. Ripple20 was […]

June 22, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term that conveys a lot of thoughts on technology. We often talk about it in terms of the number of devices connected to our world. For example, “Sometime in the near-to-far future, there […]

June 19, 2020

The FCC has made deploying 5G easier by limiting the influence cities have over whether the wireless infrastructure is too unsightly or obtrusive. Recent rule changes enable the major mobile network operators to modify existing base stations and build new […]

June 16, 2020

To help data centers scale with the increasing networking demands being placed on them, Cisco is making dramatic improvements in the capacity and manageability of our Nexus switching platforms. Today we are announcing the next generation of Cisco’s Cloud Scale […]

June 16, 2020

There’s rarely a dull moment for security leaders. Many technology-related things are constantly evolving — the threat landscape, attack surface, business needs, and access to specific skill sets. That’s why every security approach must enable both agility and stability — […]

June 11, 2020

Most people are aware of the wireless icon symbol on a computer or smartphone that indicates a successful wireless LAN connection, but fewer understand the origins of the technology that has been dubbed as Wi-Fi. Interestingly, the term Wi-Fi originally […]

June 8, 2020

In my first blog in this new Who Disaggregated My RAN? series, “How it All Falls in Place,” I provided the background that led to the industry’s push for the adoption of an open and disaggregated RAN. Based on my […]