The New Family of Cisco Smart Switches: Built to Power What’s Next

The blog introduces the new Cisco smart switch family, purpose-built for the AI-powered campus with blazing performance, quantum-secure encryption, and radically simplified operations. It highlights how these switches redefine enterprise networking to meet the demands of AI, automation, and an evolving threat landscape—future-proofing infrastructure for what’s next.

Wi-Fi for the AI Enterprise: Scalability, Security, and Simplicity in Every Environment

Cisco introduces cutting-edge wireless solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of AI-driven enterprises. Innovative new solutions include the CW9179F Wi-Fi 7 Access Point for stadiums, Cisco Campus Gateway for cloud transitions, and Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) technology for critical applications. These solutions deliver scalability, security, and simplicity for high-density and mission-critical environments.

Meet the Cisco Deep Network Model: Trained by the Experts, Purpose-Built for the Network

Cisco’s Deep Network Model is a purpose-built large language model (LLM) designed specifically for network operations, leveraging decades of Cisco expertise to deliver highly accurate troubleshooting, configuration, and automation capabilities. The Deep Network Model powers AgenticOps by enabling real-time insights, seamless collaboration across domains, and continuously evolving network management solutions.

N4N031: When Is It Time For a Routing Protocol?

If you need to route in your network, you can program static routes into all your routing-capable devices. And this can work. But at some point, you’re probably going to want to switch to a dynamic routing protocol. On today’s N Is For Networking, Ethan and Holly discuss the differences between static and dynamic routes,…

PP067: Protecting Secrets With Vault and TruffleHog

Secrets trickle out through misconfigurations, poor tooling, and rushed Git commits. Today’s guest, John Howard, joins us on Packet Protector to walk through practical secrets management with Vault and TruffleHog to help make sure you don’t expose your privates. John discusses work he’s done to build an automated process in his organization for developers and…

HS106: Planning for the Epochalypse

IT teams deal with technology lifecycle issues all the time–including Y2K, which enterprises across the world grappled with for years. The Epochalypse, or Year 2038 Problem, is similar. Specifically, some Linux systems’ date-time counters will go from positive to negative at a specific date in 2038, potentially wreaking havoc on embedded systems and any other…