A Cisco report on IT trends says new jobs to address changing IT needs include business translator, network guardian and network detective. The future of IT networking jobs is being shaped in part by the current demands created by the way businesses handle the COVID-19 situation but also by the rapid change in the way … Read more
A comparison of Zoom, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, and Google Meet in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here’s how they stack up. As COVID-19 keeps office workers at home, businesses in every country are having to find new ways to help their employees stay in contact with … Read more
Cisco, Dell, HPE, and Nutanix craft payment deferrals, lower initial payments and trade-in deals as short-term sweeteners for businesses that need new gear but whose budgets are pinched by COVID-19. Enterprise equipment vendors are rolling out financing and relaxed payment plans in an effort to keep customers buying during the COVID-19 lockdown that might be … Read more
Cisco posted 17 security warnings about authentication vulnerabilities in its Unified Computing System. Cisco has posted a package of 17 critical security warnings about authentication vulnerabilities in its Unified Computing System that could let attackers break into systems or cause denial of service troubles. Specifically the problems are with Cisco’s UCS Director and Express which let customers … Read more
Several big-name vendors, including Microsoft, Google, Cisco and LogMeIn, are making some of their chat and video-conferencing services free as demand for remote working booms. Major collaboration and video conferencing software vendors are now offering products to users at no extra cost in response to the spread of the coronavirus. Concerns about the COVID-19 virus … Read more
Cisco details security vulnerability warnings with Firepower firewall (FXOS), Unified Computing System software and Nexus (NX-OS) switch operating system. Cisco has issued another batch of security warnings that include problems in its Firepower firewall (FXOS), Unified Computing System (UCS) software and Nexus switch operating system (NX-OS). The firewall and UCS vulnerabilities all have a severity level … Read more
Cisco fixes vulnerabilities in its Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) that could let remote attackers take over products without any user interaction. Cisco has issued fixes for five security glitches that can be found in a wealth of its networked enterprise products – from switches and routers to web cameras and desktop VoIP phones. The problems … Read more
Cisco security architecture learns customer IIoT environment, keeps watch for anomalies. Cisco is looking to better protect myriad edge-attached IoT devices with new security software that promises to protect industrial assets in one of the most disparate of network environments. The company rolled out what it called an overarching security architecture for Industrial IoT (IIoT) … Read more
Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments. Cisco and IBM have rolled out a pair of managed private-cloud services aimed at customers looking for the utility of a public cloud delivered on premises. Cisco and IBM Services have partnered to offer a Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service powered by Cisco’s … Read more
Cisco warns of vulnerabilities that can let attackers issue arbitrary actions with administrative permissions. Cisco this week issued software to address multiple critical authentication exposures in its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software for its Nexus data center switches. DCNM is a central management dashboard for data-center fabrics based on Cisco Nexus switches and handles a number of core duties … Read more
