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Earlier this year Cisco released their new Digital Network Architecture (DNA), which they are calling “intent-based networking”. Cisco DNA is an open, programmable architecture that turns business intent into business results, and is the foundation for The Network. Intuitive. Cisco also released their Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) solution, which is the “industry’s first intent-based...

Rejuvenated, inspired, and re-energized. Those three words best describe how I felt leaving INBOUND 2017. And, what perfect timing for a new gust of wind in my marketing sails! Every year in June and July we see a burst of new energy in our industry as Cisco releases new technologies at Cisco Live, and as they close their fiscal year. As that momentum begins to slow a fresh burst of energy and...

The final day of INBOUND 2017 kicked off with a keynote featuring Pixar Animation Studios co-founder, Dr. Ed Catmull. Catmull shared his success and failures at Pixar, as well as his insights about creativity today. He discussed the importance of change, responding to challenges, listening, empathizing, and making mistakes. The goal when founding Pixar was to build a sustainable culture. He...

Day 2 of INBOUND 2017 has come to an end, and it has been one for the books. The day began at 6:45am in line to see Michelle Obama’s keynote at 9am. All I can say about that is her keynote was worth the wait! I could write an entire blog about her insights, demeanor, and control of the room, but for the sake of this post I will keep it to my key takeaways.

INBOUND is HubSpot’s annual marketing conference, and I am in Boston this week for INBOUND take two! The conference kicked off last night with an inspirational keynote featuring best-selling author Brenē Brown. She spoke about her new book, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone. She also talked about how true belonging doesn’t require us to change who...

In this Fireside Chat CEO, Sean Barr, sits down with Solutions Architect, Marshall Hill, to discuss two-factor authentication, and the best practice to ensure that the person accessing your data really is who they say they are. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this Fireside Chat.

Earlier this month Cisco released their 2017 Mid-year Cybersecurity Report. Cisco has been publishing this comprehensive cybersecurity report for nearly a decade with the goal to keep security teams updated on the latest cybersecurity threats and steps they can take to improve security and cyber-resiliency. The latest report highlights the “rapid evolution of threats and the magnitude of the...

Cisco Live 2017 has come and gone. Our team of engineers arrived in Las Vegas in style, spent the week attending presentations, networking, listening to keynote speakers, exploring the new technologies at the World of Solutions, and came back to California with an overload of information. Now that they have had some time to digest everything they took in at Cisco Live they are ready to share...

In this Fireside Chat CEO, Sean Barr, sits down with Tegile Co-Founder, Justin Cheen, to discuss Tegile Storage and the solutions it offers to customers. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this Fireside Chat.  

It's been 4 amazing days in Las Vegas at Cisco Live 2017. Day 4 may have been shorter than days 1-3, but that didn't stop Cisco from going out with a bang! Today didn't start off with a keynote - it started with some great showcase sessions: