Networking

Cisco’s $15B backlog: China COVID worries, impact of war in Ukraine

On Cisco's news of flat Q3 revenue the company and competitors Juniper, Arista and others take a stock hit.

Surprise! The internet of things doesn’t necessarily include the internet

Connected devices need a safe, reliable network of things (NoT) that ties them together, but that glue is likely IoT-specific protocols, not the internet.

What is a private cloud?

Here's a clear definition of private cloud that should help lift some of misconceptions about what private cloud is and is not, and reaffirm that private cloud is definitely not dead.

Nokia launches SaaS services to tackle energy consumption and home device management

Nokia has launched two new software-as-a-service products to help customers improve their energy efficiency and manage smart devices.

Automate SD-WAN in AWS in 3 Steps

How to deal with network-operations brain drain

If you can’t find qualified candidates for NetOps jobs, automate what you can, and hire someone smart and willing to learn who can train for the job you need filled.

4 networking best practices learned from the Atlassian network outage

Software vendor posts detailed analysis of what went wrong to help others avoid the same fate

The case for declarative network automation

Some network teams are finding power and simplicity in the shift from telling devices what to do, using imperative programming, to describing what they should be, using declarative programming.

Cisco preps technology to predict enterprise-network problems

Cisco says it's developed a predictive engine that analyzes switch and router telemetry to reduce unplanned downtime and outages.

Cisco urges software update to thwart counterfeit switches

Semiconductor material shortages and other supply chain disruptions are contributing to a spike in counterfeit IT gear, Cisco warns.