I took my Cisco CCIE around 18 years ago now, but like everyone who's attempted the lab, you don't forget it quickly! Passing the lab is no easy feat - there's a pre-qualification exam, followed by the lab itself. I've heard it said that 80% of people that start the CCIE journey never pass, so there's a reason it's right up there with the hardest[…]

The world is talking about the benefits that Machine Learning and AI will bring to us. Often hyped up and part of a story warning us of out of control robots, the future use of these technologies in networking is rather more benign – they will help us to monitor and maintain a network.

Managing both your wired and wireless networks is a key requirement for every network administrator. If you need to make the case for why you should invest in the Cisco Catalyst Center platform, in this blog we will explore the top 6 reasons to deploy Cisco Catalyst Center to manage your network.

Security is always about a key principle of defenence in depth and wireless security is no different. In this blog, we are going to take a look at some of the key principles of security for Cisco wireless network, as well as some of the specific tools you can use.

Wi-Fi continues to evolve at a considerable pace. Few innovations in the Wi-Fi space have been quite as ground-breaking though as the introduction of the 6GHz spectrum in Wi-Fi 6E. Wi-Fi 6E is game changing – but there are some considerations and things you need to know in deploying 6E.

Pretty much every business these days relies on cloud applications. Those applications of course are delivered across not only your internal network infrastructure, but the internet. If you are a larger enterprise, this WAN connectivity it likely to be over an SD-WAN overlay. There’s a lot to go wrong with all that, so when your users complain of poor[…]

Cisco Meraki Access Points are a great tool to simplify the implementation of your network - cloud controlled, easy meshing and simple installation. They look great - and offer high speeds. Coupled with auto code upgrades.. what's not to love?

Cisco Artificial Intelligence allows for deep learning to take place on your network. What does that buy you? This means that rather than just having threshold alarms (that keep generating alarms on every issue), you can intelligently decide when to alert - based on the normal network baseline. This cuts down false alarms and let's you focus on real[…]

One of the most common issues we see when fixing up poor performing Wi-Fi networks, is lack of APs. Sufficient AP density and placement are the basics of proper Wi-Fi RF Design.

We have invested quite heavily in training and ensuring we're ready to roll out Cisco SDA Fabric deployments at scale. One of the big ticket items on this journey is to have a full fabric lab. We've built this lab and ready to share with our customer base.