Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a powerful tool for providing cybersecurity and networking teams with visibility into the identity of users accessing their networks. I’ve spent the past few years working with CDW customers deploying ISE in a wide variety of environments. During that time, I’ve learned a few lessons that can help organizations…

Cloud has been on many minds when it comes to contact centers. Cisco has its Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) platform, which is a part of its on-premises software to run in partner data centers and function as if it were a cloud. Many have considered this more of a haze than a cloud. But it…

Cisco SD-WAN is the new name for Viptela, post-Cisco acquisition. I spent more than two years deploying Cisco IWAN, seeing the good and the bad. After spending some time with Cisco SD-WAN, I’m extremely impressed with this new solution. I’d like to share my top three reasons why I’m excited for the arrival of Cisco…

Want to get a better night’s sleep? Most of us do. For IT admins, it’s all too easy to lie in bed at night haunted by the fear of waking up to learn that your organization just got hacked. Or maybe you’re worrying about how you’ll find enough time to configure all those new switches,…

Over the last few years, hyperconverged infrastructure has grown from a niche product to a solution that should be seriously considered by any enterprise seeking to deploy a private or hybrid cloud. But what is HCI, and how can it benefit your organization? Simply put, HCI eliminates traditional storage area networks and uses internal or…

For those who have not heard, Cisco Systems is shifting its licensing strategies. Gone — well, almost gone — are the days of PAK keys and questions on when to use it or not. The company has moved to a new licensing model, referred to as smart licensing. I say almost gone because not every…