Catalyst 9300 gains Cisco Secure Firewall ASA, packaged as a Docker container, to enable more simplified, secure segmentation of network resources.
Other 2023 Cisco acquisitions include Accedian for network performance monitoring, Armorblox for large language models, and SamKnows for monitoring broadband networks.
The Kyndryl Bridge integration platform is set to gain dozens more enterprise infrastructure-management tools in the coming months.
Microsoft is adding to its Entra suite to offer an SSE package, joining a slew of competitors including Netskope, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler.
Cisco’s updated Secure Network Analytics platform has higher capacity, supports more data flows, and generates more detailed security alerts.
Cisco recommends using AES-CBC for encryption and SHA1 for authentication to protect against performance risks to some of its Catalyst and ASR gear.
The Cisco Encrypted Visibility Engine can identify threats and applications in encrypted traffic without requiring decryption.
SamKnows technology will be integrated into Cisco’s ThousandEyes cloud-based network-intelligence software.
Accedian is already a Cisco partner that provides Skylight software to speed up deployment of network services, spot performance problems, and fix them.
Cisco adds two new high-end programmable Silicon One devices that can support massive GPU clusters for AI/ML workloads.
