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Vinccler: PXP: Enabling Our Partnership, Now and Into the Future!

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It was great to see many of you at Cisco Partner Summit 2023 and to have many others experience the Partner Summit Digital broadcast. The content from the main stage keynotes and breakout sessions… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: CRN Recognizes Cisco Secure Firewall 4200

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2023 has been an incredible year for Cisco Security and I am thrilled at the opportunity ahead with our partners to carry this momentum into 2024. To end the year on a high note, it brings me great… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: 5 Environmental Sustainability Trends for 2024

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Reflections from COP28 and looking ahead to next year. The 28 th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was recently held in Dubai,… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Recapping Cisco industrial IoT’s journey: A year of security, simplification and innovation

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The end of the year and the start of the next is always a time of retrospection and celebration. In this blog, we’ll take a look back at the key topics and trends that defined the industrial IoT… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cheers to 2023 and a Year of Partner Prosperity Ahead

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This year, my family (including the dogs) loaded up the car and drove into the beautiful Oregon mountains to cut down a Christmas tree. Despite relentless wildfires earlier in the year, we found the… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Defining the Future of Multicloud Networking and Security: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Isovalent

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When you think about software networking, at its core, it has two basic functions: (1) send traffic from A to B as quickly and efficiently as possible, and (2) move traffic from A to B but NOT to X,… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Why CISOs and CIOs Should Work Together More Closely

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Although there are overlaps in the goals and responsibilities of the CIO and the CISO, there are also challenges that get in the way of a more cohesive relationship, including reporting lines,… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: How Cisco and Wipro are Improving the Airport Experience

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The airport experience can be hectic, overwhelming, and stressful. Travelers are navigating long security lines, struggling to arrive at their gate on time, and enduring inevitable flight delays that… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: How Education Institution Technology Needs to Evolve

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The 2023 Education Summit event – co-hosted by Cisco and CAUDIT – provided higher education technology leaders an opportunity to gain new insights and perspectives on some of the rapid technology i… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Recap from Singapore FinTech Festival

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This was my first time attending the Singapore FinTech Festival and I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the conference, chatting with colleagues, listening to sessions, and visiting booths. It was great… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: ‘Tis the season where data theft is at an all-time high

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As a retail business, the relentless pursuit of safeguarding your customers’ data and ensuring uninterrupted holiday joy has never been more crucial! In a world where the retail sector is a prime… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Partnering for Purpose: A Year in Focus

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This is typically the time of year when we take time to reflect, and looking back, 2023 has been a wonderful year of fulfillment and purpose for me, specifically in my role leading Partnering for… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Celebrating 10 Years of DevNet at Cisco Live APJC

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G’day mates from Down Under! The DevNet Zone at Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne, Australia was a great adventure. Connecting with our colleagues and meeting new customers, partners, and developers is t… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: A Dream Come True: My Journey to Africa as a Sea Turtle Conservation Volunteer

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I had this longtime dream of volunteering in Africa and working with sea turtles. This year, I had the chance to fulfill my dream because of this incredible company. Cisco incentivizes employees to… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition

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Our conviction in Africa’s vast potential is part of what fuels the climate investment strategy of the Cisco Foundation. Among our vision, we see the transition to clean energy not just as a… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Securing AI: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Models, Fine-Tuning, and RAG

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Almost overnight, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a priority for most organizations. A concerning trend is the increasing use of AI by adversaries to execute malicious activities.… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Rev Up to Recert: Your Catalyst for Learning Cisco SD-WAN

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This holiday season, Rev Up to Recert is all about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. Since joining Cisco Learning & Certifications as a content developer back in 2020, I’ve been responsible for leading the d… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Shaping the Future of Finance: The Cisco and AWS Collaboration in EMEA

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The collaboration between Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region—combining each company’s market leading strengths—continues to deliver impressive out… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Secure Workload and Secure Firewall: The recipe for a robust zero trust cybersecurity strategy

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You hear a lot about zero trust microsegmentation these days and rightly so. It has matured into a proven security best-practice to effectively prevent unauthorized lateral movement across network… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Meet the Cisco Security Risk Score (formerly Kenna Risk Score)

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In April 2023 , we rebranded our risk-based vulnerability management solution, Kenna.VM, to Cisco Vulnerability Management. Today, we are excited to share another milestone in our journey. Effective… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Tonsley Innovation District Attracting Global Attention

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If there is a single precinct in Australia that embodies what’s possible with digital innovation, it’s the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide. Tonsley was a response to a unique set of cha… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cisco XDR: SLEDs “SOC in a Box”

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For State, Local, and Education (both Higher Ed and K-12) (SLED) entities the Security Operations Center (SOC) is a required tool in the toolbox and a necessity for Cyber Insurance.  Threats to data … Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: The Technology That’s Remaking OU Health into a Top-Tier Medical Center

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I hold daily status meetings with various groups within our technology team, and the questions almost always drifts to: “What’s today’s challenge?”  Sometimes that challenge might be, “We can’t print … Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: The Challenges of Building Generative AI Applications in Cybersecurity

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In July, I started an exciting journey with Cisco via the acquisition of Armorblox . Armorblox was acquired by Cisco to further their  AI-first Security Cloud by bringing generative AI experiences to … Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Partnering for Sustainability: Cisco’s Collaborative Approach

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Embracing sustainability and reducing our environmental footprint has been a longstanding priority at Cisco. For almost two decades, Cisco has set transparent, publicly declared objectives as… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Simplify budgets and purchasing with Cisco Security Suites

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In the pursuit of better security outcomes, organizations have relied on an ever-increasing number of products and services. This proliferation of point solutions, which generally solves one or two… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Partners and Purpose are Greater Together

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Last year, Cisco introduced Partnering for Purpose , where innovation and business goals with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives were highlighted to benefit partners and their… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: How Cisco Black Belt Academy Learns from Our Learners

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Cisco Black Belt Academy offers the latest in technology enablement to our partners, distributors, and Cisco employees. With ever-changing industry trends and market dynamics, an in-depth… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cisco’s Commitment to Human Rights: A Tribute to the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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December 10 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , a landmark document that for the first time recognized  human rights and fr… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cisco at AWS re:Invent 2023: Contagious Excitement for All

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Having just returned from AWS re:Invent 2023, I can tell you that the energy and excitement surrounding the Cisco and AWS partnership could not be higher. Not only am I hearing this from our… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Simplifying IT for Better Experiences

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IT leaders face the challenge of managing a growing set of often disparate technologies and successfully delivering them to a wide audience of end users who demand simple experiences. However,… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: How to be more sustainable during the holidays

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‘Tis the season! As we look forward to numerous holidays, special traditions, and spending time with loved ones, I can’t help but think about the impact of my actions. Sometimes it feels like my act… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Marketing Trends Heading into 2024

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This is the season when marketers, just like everyone else, try to predict what lies ahead in the new year. Throughout 2023, Cisco Marketing has been looking at the latest trends and how they will… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: The Rise of Digital Customer Experience

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Digital customer experience (DCX) is a hot topic these days. As a digital team leader at Cisco, I was recently asked to speak about it at an industry conference. You should know that when I’m put in f… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: The Power of Purpose

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Today we released our annual Purpose Report , which reflects and celebrates the past year’s work towards Powering an Inclusive Future for All—the progress we’ve made against our goals, and the people a… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Why We’re a Cisco Family Through and Through

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I started my career as a contractor with Cisco back in December 2003 with the Support Delivery Services IT Finance team. Even as a contractor, I could see from day one the incredible culture Cisco… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Data Power: What the EU Data Act Means for You

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On 27 November the European Council adopted the EU Data Act , a first-of-its-kind law that aims to unlock the value of ‘industrial data’ in the European Union (EU). It will enter into force early 202… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Congratulations to our 2023 CX Customer Hero Award Winners

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There is no event quite like Cisco Live for our Customer Experience (CX) team. It’s an important time to connect with our customers to celebrate their successes in transforming their businesses. S… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Meet the Cybersecurity Defender of 2023 for the Asia Pacific Region

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Securing data in today’s information-saturated, hyperconnected world is not for the faint of heart. It takes savvy leadership and security ambassadors with a vision to lead the charge into a more s… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: The Momentum, the Margin and the “Magic” with Cisco MSP Partners

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The momentum of Cisco’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) partners is undeniable. Despite global economic uncertainty, the projected 2023 outlook for managed services indicates a worldwide growth of… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Integrated Industrial Edge Compute

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Predicting the future of new technology is often like gambling. Predicting the future of a massive locomotive on a railway track is quite predictable. The future of edge compute is more like a… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Accelerating Your Journey to the 128-bit Universe

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The 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy requires acceleration of your agency’s mission to go boldly into the 128-bit address space universe with greater speed and urgency. IPv6-only (Native IPv6) is … Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Live 2023 Melbourne: Cisco U. Theatre Sessions

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It’s that time of the year again! The holidays are upon us, and leaves are changing — depend ing on where you live — but most importantly, Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne is here!   Join us in person or onli… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source

Vinccler: Embracing Sustainability: Embark on the Journey to a More Sustainable Future!

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The Context Sustainability isn’t just about protecting the planet for future generations. It’s also about preserving the delicate balance that allows life to thrive today and tomorrow. In a world whe… Read more on Cisco Blogs View Source