The holy grail of policy control is consistent, secure, end-to-end control. That means identifying users or end devices at the point they connect to the network, assigning policy, and enforcing that policy through to the end target.
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Today, the big emphasis in IT seems to be on “software defining” everything: SD-WAN, SD access, intuitive networks, switches and routers that run containers and programming languages. Are network engineers going to be dinosaurs?
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I haven’t had a regular office for 17 years. When I was teaching for Global Knowledge, instructors were never in one city long enough to need an office, so I created a nook in my home that I used when I was there.
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Accurate information about the applications in your data center leads to precise planning and design. Here’s how to get it with Cisco Tetration Analytics.
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I’ve been talking a lot lately about how to better align IT initiatives with true business challenges – mostly because virtually all IT initiatives are intended to help drive organizational outcomes, but also because lately, it seems like the perceived disconnect between IT and business value is growing. IT departments are best appreciated (and funded) […]
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Here’s why it’s vital that IT professionals learn to communicate with business leaders using the language of business, and how to get started.
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After 20 years of leadership, John Chambers is retiring. Denise Donohue reflects on the best lesson she learned from the past CEO of Cisco.
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Will your IT project succeed or fail? If you only look at the project’s budget and timeline, then your definition of success is incomplete.
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Peter Welcher
Carole Warner Reece
Terry Slattery
William Bell
Renee Wagner
Paul Smith
Denise Donohue
David Yarashus
Stephen Fala
Paul H. Mauritz
Carl King
Mike Blunt
John Cavanaugh
Samuel Bickham
Joe LaRosa
Virgilio “Bong” has sixteen years of professional experience in IT industry from academe, technical and customer support, pre-sales, post sales, project management, training and enablement. He has worked in Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as a member of the WAN and LAN Switching team. Bong now works for Tech Data as the Field Solutions Architect with a focus on Cisco Security and holds a few Cisco certifications including Fire Jumper Elite.
John is our CTO and the practice lead for a talented team of consultants focused on designing and delivering scalable and secure infrastructure solutions to customers across multiple industry verticals and technologies. Previously he has held several positions including Executive Director/Chief Architect for Global Network Services at JPMorgan Chase. In that capacity, he led a team managing network architecture and services. Prior to his role at JPMorgan Chase, John was a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco working across a number of verticals including Higher Education, Finance, Retail, Government, and Health Care.
He is an expert in working with groups to identify business needs, and align technology strategies to enable business strategies, building in agility and scalability to allow for future changes. John is experienced in the architecture and design of highly available, secure, network infrastructure and data centers, and has worked on projects worldwide. He has worked in both the business and regulatory environments for the design and deployment of complex IT infrastructures.