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Cisco: 32% of businesses are ‘highly reliant’ on AI for cybersecurity

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Malware sophistication is increasing and hackers are better evading detection with encryption, leading CISOs to rely more heavily on automation, according to Cisco. With malware growing increasingly sophisticated, CISOs are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to combat cyberthreats and protect their companies’ assets, according to a Wednesday security report from Cisco. Some 39% of CISOs said their … Read more

Cisco CEO: “We are still only on the front end” of a new version of the network

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Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins says intent-based networking still has a long way to go, but products to support its initial phase are the fastest selling new product in the history of the company. Fresh off a positive earnings call that saw Cisco report $11.9 billion in revenue for the 2Q 2018 — a 3 percent … Read more

How to negotiate a Cisco Enterprise Agreement that works for you

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Cisco EA

Cisco Enterprise agreements can provide long-term benefits and savings, but they must be scrutinized carefully case-by-case to see if they make sense. Cisco Enterprise Agreements (“EAs”) are becoming an increasingly popular vehicle for purchasing and consuming software products and services from Cisco. The general concept is that – rather than purchasing individual software products and associated … Read more

Cisco adds new capabilities to its IBN infrastructure

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Cisco has advanced its intent-based networking gear so now it can both verify that networks are actually running according to the intentions set by admins and also so it can help to find and resolve network problems faster on both wired and wireless networks. Cisco has advanced its intent-based networking gear so now it can … Read more

Cisco HyperFlex prepares businesses for a hybrid, multi-cloud world

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Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 includes several new features that let businesses migrate to a hybrid, multi-cloud model and maintain visibility, application performance and scalability. It’s been a busy hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) week for Cisco. Yesterday it announced its intent to acquire secure HCI vendor, Skyport Systems. Today it announced HyperFlex 3.0, which is the biggest update Cisco … Read more

How Cisco’s newest security tool can detect malware in encrypted traffic

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Cisco’s Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), which monitors network packet metadata to detect malicious traffic even if its encrypted, is now generally available. Cisco’s Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), a software platform that monitors network packet metadata to detect malicious traffic, even if its encrypted, is now generally available. The company initially launched ETA in June, 2017 … Read more

What to expect from Cisco in 2018

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Cisco

As Cisco transitions from hardware to software, it’s rolling out a whole new line of products for IoT and cloud. As the preeminent networking company shapes its plans for 2018, analysts and users say Cisco is at somewhat of an inflection point, transitioning from a hardware-based company to an integrated hardware and software-focused one. In … Read more

More Industrial Products at Risk of KRACK Attacks

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KRACK attacks on industrial products

Using industrial products from Cisco, Siemens, Rockwell Automation or Sierra Wireless? Then this article is a must-read for you. An increasing number of vendors have warned customers over the past weeks that their industrial networking products are vulnerable to the recently disclosed Wi-Fi attack method known as KRACK. The KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attack) flaws affect the WPA … Read more

Cisco Rolls out Cisco Enterprise Agreement for Software

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If you are a Cisco client, this concerns you directly. Check out the information below and let us know if you need any help navigating this brave new Cisco world. Software is now dominating IT spending. My research shows that the combination of SaaS and on-premises software is now a $650 billion market that has … Read more