Cisco has announced plans to acquire Viptela, a privately held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company.

Cisco has announced plans to acquire Viptela, a privately held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company.
Cisco has showcased its latest solutions and provided insights into the latest trends and thinking about digitisation during its flagship IT and thought leadership event – Cisco Connect 2017.
Cisco has opened its flagship IT and thought leadership event, Cisco Connect in the UAE, hosted by Cisco and its key strategic partners from 17th to 18th April at the Atlantis the Palm Hotel, in Dubai.
Cisco has recently presented awards to its top performing Tier-2 channel partners from the UAE, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen which form part of the Cisco Middle East’s – East region.
Dell EMC has joined Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) as a dominant player in the cloud infrastructure equipment market, with the three vendors now in the leading position.
According to a newly released IDC study, organisations around the world are expected to triple the adoption of modern, automated networks over the next two years.
Cisco has introduced the Firepower 2100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), which according to the company, incorporates a scalable architecture and improvements of up to “200 percent greater throughput” to eliminate bottlenecks.
Cisco together with Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) held a security workshop at the Ritz Carlton in Abu Dhabi to showcase the latest security innovations, global smart deployments and use cases to Abu Dhabi’s government departments and entities.
Cisco has announced that Cisco Tetration Analytics now automates policy enforcement, enabling organisations to build secure environments for their business applications and also expands Tetration with new deployment options.
According to the Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR), the security gaps in today’s organisations have led to a resurgence of “classic” attack vectors, such as adware and email spam, the latter at levels not seen since 2010.
Cisco has released the findings of a global study, which revealed that while cloud adoption continues to accelerate, few organisations are maximising the value that cloud can offer.
Retailers remain in the early phases of digital transformation and are missing a $187 billion opportunity by not prioritising investments in employee productivity, according to a report by Cisco.
Cisco Middle East announces the appointment of Waheed Al Hamaid as Country Sales Lead for Oman.
The recently released sixth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2015-2020) reveals that global cloud traffic is expected to rise 3.7-fold, up from 3.9 zettabytes (ZB) per year in 2015 to 14.1 ZB per year by 2020.
Cisco’s Security Operations Centre in Krakow is on the front line in the against security breaches. Security Advisor Middle East toured the facility for an overview how the services work and an insider look at some of the latest threats.
Cisco has announced their participation in the 4th E-Government Forum (EGOV4) in Kuwait, which will be held from 27th to 29th November at Courtyard Marriott hotel.
Cisco has announced that sixteen partners from the Middle East region were recognised for their outstanding performance in 2016, receiving Cisco Partner Summit awards across several categories in the region.
Pure Storage has announced that the company is expanding its FlashStack Converged Infrastructure Solution with Cisco.
At the annual Partner Summit in San Francisco, Cisco unveiled a new approach to endpoint security, AMP for Endpoints, which combines prevention, detection and response to simplify endpoint security.
Cisco announced its Platinum sponsorship of the RSA Conference 2016 (RSA 2016), which will be held in Abu Dhabi at the Emirates Palace Hotel from 15th to 16th November.