General Networking

Cisco Futurist Dave Evans shares his predictions for the future, discusses the explosion of data and explores the coming Internet of Things – in which everyday objects such as thermometers, cars, light switches and more will have IP addresses and be connected to the Internet.

We were taping two TechWiseTV episodes at Cisco Live this year. To get ready for a show, it takes a ton of set up and config time for all of us. Because of that we are on the show floor before it opens and stay until long after it closes. One day we were setting up our gear and someone told us to be quiet because John Chambers was on and they wanted to hear it. Read more

Bowling shirts...check, obscure reference T-shirts...check, all 16 episodes of Firefly on Blue Ray...check! All right who is heading out to Cisco Live this year in Vegas? This is Cisco's premier geek event for folks like us. Great training, cool announcements and normally some good music in the evening. Robb and I are packing up our stuff (separately...but we do share the same calf-high sports striped...

Robert Pepper, Vice President of Global Technology Policy, takes your questions about the global demand for broadband. He discusses how it is growing everywhere and how it is driven by video.

David Holland, SVP and GM of Cisco's Sports and Entertainment Group, talks about leadership in sports technology and how business models are changing the way teams share the game and fans experience it. Read More.

I received an interesting e-mail the other day to speak to a group of folks getting ready to graduate from a Cisco Academy in Michigan. (Baker College you are awesome!!!) The instructions were simple; speak about anything you want and we'll buy you lunch! Color me there baby! Plus, I get to take the Lake Express high-speed ferry across Lake Michigan! Oh mercy! I kinda felt a little like being in my...

Murali Sitaram talks about enterprise social software and collaboration in the enterprise. He'll discuss the future of social networking, enterprise 2.0 and new ways to work.

Whenever I see a new product come on the market, I always wonder; "Who comes up with these names?" I would have LOVED to have been in the meeting when the names; 666 Cold and Flu Medication, Jos. A. Bank (who abbreviates a first name?). Although I like the name Microsoft Kin...reminds me of down home! I hope it comes with cornbread and fried tators! So when we were approached to do a TechWiseTV show...

Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, reported its third quarter fiscal year 2010 financial results for the period ending Saturday, May 1.

Back when I was younger and my waist size wasn't bigger then my leg length, we used to have a Dude's code. With stuff like Lt. Uhura being the hottest possible woman alive, Wingman etiquette and girls dated by your close friends are off limits even after they have broken up. Anybody But them. As I traveled along in life, I noticed that same theory of; "Anybody But..." in many things. In circuit design...

Ray Smets, Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Wireless Networking Business Unit talks about the borderless mobility experience. Watch, Listen, Engage.

Hard to believe that I ever thought I would be sitting here wondering about the state of security as a viable career path. I have built my career up as a security dude/hacker for years, but lately I have been noticing a few things. - Vendors are getting really good at detecting network anomalies and the interfaces are getting easier and easier to program. - Threat vectors have become so large that...

I love prototyping gear. That initial start up to check if what I designed works like I planned it to. The answer most of the time is NO, but that is a good thing. Many of the things I have developed have came about by trying to design something else. I credit a Technical Writing Prof I had in college (OK OK, insert joke here...) that said he does not believe in writers block. You are either burnt...