Application and desktop virtualization have dramatically improved end-user productivity and data security. They have also simplified the work of IT administrators and decreased overall computing costs. Yet the flexibility businesses need to ensure they are competitive means IT must now consider:
How to ensure the...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
Many on-premise phone system (PBX) manufacturers claim that the five-year costs of their systems are lower than an equivalent cloud alternative.
What they don’t tell you about are the extra hidden costs that come with the hardware and software limitations in their systems.
This guide will give you some...
Published: Aug 14, 2018
What do you do when your employees conduct company business on their personal devices.
It’s not an easy balance: Your business needs control over costs, corporate wireless policy, regulatory compliance and ultimately, the numbers themselves.
Your employees want the freedom to use the devices they love to...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
You want your people to get maximum benefit from mobility, and welcoming employee-owned devices is a way to make that happen.
But getting a “Bring Your Own Device” initiative off the ground can be hard. It’s a difficult balancing act between what the business needs and what employees want. Your business...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
We’re doing business in a bold new world.
Technology, data and digitalization are changing the way we work, and it’s all crashing together to drive skyrocketing demands on the corporate network.
With the widespread adoption of cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, IoT and big data, today’s...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
The way enterprises use their networks has changed. Mobile lets more people work remotely.
The Internet of Things means more devices are connected.The cloud puts more critical information beyond the firewall. And the demand for bandwidth is only growing.
Each one of these trends is big.
Put together, they’ve...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
As businesses become both more geographically dispersed and increasingly connected by mobile communications, organizations face the challenges of maintaining continuity of workflows, compliance reporting, and reimbursement accounting when employees use personal devices for business....
Published: Aug 15, 2018
It isn’t just that enterprise IT is changing rapidly — it’s that it’s changing in a number of different ways, all at the same time.
The confluence of the cloud, mobile, IoT and big data have made it very clear: these new opportunities demand a new network infrastructure. The many digital transformation...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
Let’s cut to the chase: the challenges you face today, the demands of IoT, big data, cloud and mobile — force your IT department to ask more of your traditional network than
it can deliver. If you want to innovate, and take advantage of new opportunities, you need a network that’s agile, secure,...
Published: Aug 15, 2018
You want to keep network security high and costs low.
The right network management system does that by preventing human error, the cause of most security failures, and reducing operational expenses.
Learn how you can decrease network complexity and help your IT staff do their jobs better and faster.
Published: Apr 04, 2017
Today’s branch office requires the same level of rich application services as the company headquarters.
Why are these services needed? What impact do they have on the network, IT staff and service provider? What is the best way to boost the branch-office network to optimum levels—both technically and tactfully—if...
Published: Oct 24, 2013
Today’s threat landscape is nothing like that of just 10 years ago. Simple attacks that caused containable damage have given way to modern cybercrime operations that are sophisticated, well-funded, and capable of causing major disruptions to organizations and the national infrastructure. Not only are these advanced...
Published: Sep 12, 2014
Enterprises are being stretched too thin due to the lack of the skills, personnel, time and resources needed to implement an effective network security operations strategy.
Legacy network security operations must be modernized to improve responsiveness, streamline network security operations, and mitigate IT and business...
Published: Jun 12, 2017
“Bring your own device” (BYOD) is the new mantra of employees who are empowered to innovate the way they work, using the technology tools they prefer. This growing trend has been well-documented.
In our original research on BYOD, described in “BYOD: A Global Perspective,” the Cisco Internet...
Published: Jan 16, 2014