Webex gets makeover: to Webex or to Zoom, that’s the question
How do you get a platform like Webex, which fell behind to the competition, back up to date? Cisco may not be there yet, but in the past 12 months it has taken very large steps in the right direction. We discuss the developments of the past year with Jeetu Patel, the SVP at Cisco responsible for (a... Read more
Cisco launches Webex Leap, a new accelerator program
Cisco is one of the biggest players in the rather populous collaboration tools market. The Cisco Webex brand itself is more than two decades old and even after all that time, is still one of the fastest-growing. The Webex portfolio keeps evolving and in June, Cisco introduced hundreds of new featur... Read more
Cisco AppDynamics study reveals risk of getting digital wrong
The Cisco AppDynamics group recently released the results of its App Attention Index used to gauges how customers respond to its digital services and applications.
It comes as no surprise that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a sharp rise in the number of digital services being used... Read more
Cisco’s Webex gaining new audience engagement capabilities
Cisco’s Webex Suite introduces some exciting updates after the acquisition of Slido s.r.o and Socio Labs Inc. Audience engagement capabilities will be a groundbreaking addition for those still working from home.
Why is Cisco updating the Webex suite?
Cisco Systems Inc.’s collaboration and... Read more
Cisco acquires security company Kenna Security
Cisco has announced its plans to acquire Kenna Security. Kenna makes a platform for vulnerability management, which Cisco wants to incorporate into its own SecureX offering.
Kenna's market is called risk-based vulnerability management. The company uses a combination of machine learning and other... Read more
Cisco acquires Sedona to deliver automated routed optical networking
The acquisition will accelerate Cisco's move into optical and nonoptical solutions to help CSPs.
Cisco Systems this week announced plans to acquire Sedona Systems. The new acquisition is a startup that helps software tcompanies monitor the health of their networks and simulate changes. The terms... Read more
Cisco HyperFlex web interface has critical vulnerabilities
Cisco has revealed that there are some critical bugs in its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure product. CVE-2021-1497 affects the HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine and means a remote hacker could perform a command injection attack.
The attack would be targeted to hit a web management c... Read more
Cisco also pessimistic about short-term chip supply
Cisco expects the chip shortages to affect global supply chains for at least another six months. Even after that, it will be some time before the problems are really solved.
In an interview with the BBC, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says that the company does not expect any relief in the short term. ... Read more
Cisco, Dell and Lenovo reveal Ice Lake servers
Following the announcement of the new Intel Ice Lake server processors, several manufacturers have unveiled their updated server line-up. In large part, these are modifications to existing servers in order to be able to work with the new processors.
Cisco comes with three new models: the UCS B20... Read more
Cisco introduces subscription model for hardware
Cisco has introduced Cisco Plus. This is a subscription model that allows customers to purchase Cisco equipment and pay for it periodically.
Cisco Plus makes it possible to purchase computer, network and storage equipment via an as-a-service model. In combination with Cisco's growing software po... Read more