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Cisco bolsters Tetration for better cloud, workload security

Cisco this week expanded its Tetration Analytics system to let users quickly detect software vulnerabilities and more easily manage the security of the key components in their data centers.Introduced in 2016, the Cisco Tetration Analytics system gathers information from hardware and software sensors and analyzes the information using big data analytics and machine learning to offer IT managers a deeper understanding of their data center resources. The idea behind Tetration includes the ability to dramatically improve enterprise security monitoring, simplify operational reliability and move along application migrations to Software Defined Networking.To read this article in full, please click here

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EdgeMicro announces 30-city edge-network deployment

There is quite a rush on to build out edge computing networks, that vital link between the massive amount of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and data centers. One of the companies involved is newcomer EdgeMicro, which announced plans to deploy micro-data centers in 30 cities around the U.S. for an unnamed cellular partner.EdgeMicro said “a leading North American mobile network operator” has begun verification tests of its technology. It did not name the operator, but if it’s a national operator covering 30 major cities, there are only four obvious candidates — Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile.To read this article in full, please click here

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Cisco bolsters Tetration for better cloud, workload security

Cisco this week expanded its Tetration Analytics system to let users quickly detect software vulnerabilities and more easily manage the security of the key components in their data centers.Introduced in 2016, the Cisco Tetration Analytics system gathers information from hardware and software sensors and analyzes the information using big data analytics and machine learning to offer IT managers a deeper understanding of their data center resources. The idea behind Tetration includes the ability to dramatically improve enterprise security monitoring, simplify operational reliability and move along application migrations to Software Defined Networking.To read this article in full, please click here

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EdgeMicro announces 30-city edge-network deployment

There is quite a rush on to build out edge computing networks, that vital link between the massive amount of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and data centers. One of the companies involved is newcomer EdgeMicro, which announced plans to deploy micro-data centers in 30 cities around the U.S. for an unnamed cellular partner.EdgeMicro said “a leading North American mobile network operator” has begun verification tests of its technology. It did not name the operator, but if it’s a national operator covering 30 major cities, there are only four obvious candidates — Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile.To read this article in full, please click here

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Who’s Pushing Layer-2 VPN Services?

Here’s another great point Tiziano Tofoni raised in his comment to my EVPN in small data center fabrics blog post:

I cannot understand the usefulness of L2 services. I think that the preference for L2 services has its origin in the enterprise world (pushed by well known $vendors) while ISPs tend to work at Layer 3 (L3) only, even if they are urged to offer L2 services by their customers.

Some (but not all) ISPs are really good at offering IP transport services with fixed endpoints. Some Service Providers are good at offering per-tenant IP routing services required by MPLS/VPN, but unfortunately many of them simply don’t have the skills needed to integrate with enterprise routing environments.

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Chatbots Gone Wild

I am pleased to publish an infographic called "Conquering The World - Chatbots Gone Wild". This infographic contains statistics that highlight the impact of Artificial Inteligence (AI) chatbots on business and other sectors. In online business they interact with customers and boost sales by saving time and cost. They become more and more useful as the customers are getting more comfortable with technology through voice commands.  According to the graphic, the business trust in chatbots is going to grow as the 80% of businesses claimed they already used or plan to use chatbots by 2020.

I am glad to thank BestVPNs for kind permission to republish the original infographic on my blog.

Note: Click image to enlarge.

 

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Chatbots Gone Wild

I am pleased to publish a link to infographic called "Conquering The World - Chatbots Gone Wild". This infographic contains statistics that highlight the impact of Artificial Inteligence (AI) chatbots on business and other sectors. In online business they interact with customers and boost sales by saving time and cost. They become more and more useful as the customers are getting more comfortable with technology through voice commands.  According to the graphic, the business trust in chatbots is going to grow as the 80% of businesses claimed they already used or plan to use chatbots by 2020.

The link below is published with the kind permission of 16best.net.

Conquering The World – Chatbots Gone Wild (Infographic)

https://www.16best.net/blog/chatbots-gone-wild/

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HTTP Analytics for 6M requests per second using ClickHouse

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Cisco Adds Workload Protection To Tetration

Cisco adds workload protection capabilities to its Tetration appliance via an agent that runs on application hosts.

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BrandPost: Your Roadblock to Becoming Digital: A 1990s Server Room

Digital transformation is fundamentally changing businesses of every size. Larger enterprises no longer have a unique advantage based purely on their scale. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) can utilize new applications and services that allow them to compete toe to toe against a business or organization of any size. Not only do your customers want the latest and greatest, but employees demand it as well. If your employees can’t get the digital tools they need to be successful, they’ll go where they’re available.The focus of management and employees today is on exciting new apps and services. However, without the appropriate IT infrastructure to support them, an organization will not be able to move forward on the digital transformation journey. New apps and new devices are dependent on the servers, storage, and network gear that provide the data and back-end services.  Unfortunately for many SMBs, IT equipment is stored in a 1990s server room that may be a repurposed conference room, cubicle, or spare office that cannot provide the physical environment the IT hardware needs to support a 21st century organization.To read this article in full, please click here

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Worth Reading: Security Disclosures

Ask any bug hunter what the most annoying part of their job is and they’ll likely point to vulnerability disclosure and vendor notification. —Lucian Constantin @The New Stack

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Startup ZincFive makes old battery technology new again

A startup called ZincFive is set to launch a modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for data center computers using the venerable nickel-zinc technology, which it claims is more efficient than lithium-ion.Nickel-zinc batteries were invented by Thomas Edison in 1901 but fell out of favor to newer designs due to their limitations, such as a low number of charge cycles and their inability to hold a charge for long.On the plus side, the batteries could hold a stronger charge and didn’t use toxic metals like other batteries that make them difficult to recycle. And they are not flammable, something lithium-ion batteries certainly can’t claim.To read this article in full, please click here

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Startup ZincFive makes old battery technology new again

A startup called ZincFive is set to launch a modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for data center computers using the venerable nickel-zinc technology, which it claims is more efficient than lithium-ion.Nickel-zinc batteries were invented by Thomas Edison in 1901 but fell out of favor to newer designs due to their limitations, such as a low number of charge cycles and their inability to hold a charge for long.On the plus side, the batteries could hold a stronger charge and didn’t use toxic metals like other batteries that make them difficult to recycle. And they are not flammable, something lithium-ion batteries certainly can’t claim.To read this article in full, please click here

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Kubernetes Project First to Earn a CNCF Diploma

The project was the first adopted by CNCF.

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Broadcom’s Jericho2 Programmable Chip Claims 10Tb/s Switching Capacity

AT&T's Chris Rice, SVP of Domain 2.0, praises the new chip.

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VMware SVP, GM Jeff Jennings Jumps Ship for Google

He'll report to VMware Founder and former CEO Diane Greene at Google Cloud.

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Don’t forget to tune into our CCNA Kickoff Session tomorrow!

Watch our March 2018 CCNA Kickoff Session with Keith Bogart TOMORROW at 1:30 PM EST.

 

This kickoff session for those who are interested in, or have started to study for the CCNA certification. In this free session, we will cover common trouble areas that most people experience when getting started with their certification. Topics include: how to approach making a study schedule, strategies for not becoming overwhelmed during the study process, deciding whether to take one test or two to get your CCNA, what to expect when you walk into the testing center, which topics to study and how in depth, and what study tools can be useful. Keith will also discuss the testing experience and the CCNA Certification test format.

When: March 7th at 10:30 am PST/ 1:30 pm EST

Estimated Length: 3 hours

Instructor: Keith Bogart CCIE #4923

Cost: FREE

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There’s a New SD-WAN Kid on the Block: Netsurion

Netsurion's SD-WAN is targeted to multi-tenant enterprises.

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NAT To Be Missed At SXSW

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Nokia Optical Chipset Pushes Limits of Speed, Efficiency

The new programmable chipset nears Shannon's limit in terms of performance.