Cisco's Catalyst Center is a management platform for the software defined networking era. Graphical management, guided fault finding, streaming telemetry and the ability to manage and deploy Software Defined Access (SD-Access) networks. It needs some experience to install and get the most from Catalyst Center though - and that's where the Catalyst[…]

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?

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.

Retail Warehousing is going through a revolution currently. There are many more robotic and automated warehouses in the pipeline, especially for supermarkets, where the supply chain is so important and critical for everyone. Here's my rundown on key technologies for the retail warehouse.

Cisco's ThousandEyes is a tool used to monitor your network experience. When you get those very hard to diagnose issues, typically where users are complaining that the experience isn't very good, it can be very hard to find the root cause. This is where ThousandEyes comes in.

Cisco Powered Managed Services means that we have met the stringent requirements from Cisco to offer approved managed services for Cisco and Meraki networks.

The Cisco Partner Summit is the place for Cisco partners to hear about the vision on Cisco on the next year ahead and further. It’s great to get the insights and hear direct from the people in the Cisco leadership team – so let’s take a look at some insights for 2023.

At IPTel, we're a Cisco Premier partner (one down from Gold). The Gold partners are the "big boys" in the market, but there's space for smaller, specialised partners - and that's where we come in. Being a partner, we get access to the Cisco Partner Summit, and in this blog, I'll lift the curtain a little on some of the themes from this year. Enjoy!

Cisco have announced the end-of-life of the Cisco 5508 wireless controller, as of August 2018. If you already have SmartNet on your product, support will continue until October 2020. After that, you're on your own. For us as a Company, the 5508 has proved a solid and reliable product over the years, a benchmark if you like by which all other[…]

It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t enjoy dealing with any kind of licensing fulfilment because the experience can be somewhat daunting. Cisco offers the use of Cisco Smart Licensing as a way to ease the burden of network device licensing.