Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...

I've got a Palo Alto FW HA Active/Passive pair, connected to two different Cisco switches (one for Edge traffic, the other as a DMZ switch). The Cisco switch interface for one of the FW pairs is ...

Is Cisco gear high-priced but worth the investment because of quality support and advanced features -- or just plain high-priced? Cisco Systems Inc. is the dominant LAN switch vendor, both in the ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

When Cisco launched the Insieme product line last fall, it said it had an aggressive migration program on tap for customers of its 15-year-old Catalyst 6500 to the new Nexus 9000 data center switches.

Cisco has introduced an updated line of Catalyst switches and routers meant to make enterprise networks more programmable, application-centric and optimized for the burgeoning Internet of Everything ...

The incumbent switch makers of the world could learn a thing or two from the server racket. Well, they actually are, but it is because the hyperscalers and cloud builders of the world have been ...

Fundamentals: Five ways to secure your Cisco routers and switches Your email has been sent David Davis describes the fundamentals of router security through a list of his top five best practices. He ...

We forecast Cisco’s network switches revenue to grow at a pace slower than the industry-wide growth. If Cisco’s switching revenues grow at a CAGR of around 1% over the next three years to around $15 ...