Future, through CISCO's Lens

Samrat Pradhan (Correspondent) | Thursday, 05 November 2020, 15:04 IST

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Future, through CISCO's Lens

As technology is changing the world by connecting billions of devices and improving how we live, work, play and treat our planet. Among numerous contributors, CISCO has really been one entity who has had a numerous contribution in building a technology-driven path for businesses of the future. They have been aiding businesses, irrespective of industry verticals, with technology-driven products, services and solutions to automate and innovate enterprises across every aspect. 
 
If we see the future through CISCO’s lens, here we have some of the revolution that they have been creating for today’s businesses:

 

The Future of Cisco Security

Today, the world has been revolutionized by cloud technology. However, the interconnection between networks and devices have also expanded the threat lanscape to its optimum.  Understanding this, CISCO’s security solutions have been totally focused on this aspect. 

Speaking of which, Cisco SecureX offers real business value by allowing customers to confidently secure every business endeavor with the broadest, most integrated security platform that covers every threat vector and access point, unify visibility across their entire security portfolio with actionable insights across network, endpoint, cloud and applications to accelerate threat response and realize desired outcomes, automate critical security workflows by increasing the efficiency and precision of existing resources to advance security maturity and stay ahead of an ever-changing threat landscape, collaborate better than ever with shared context between SecOps, ITOps and NetOps to harmonize security policies and drive stronger outcomes across workflows, and reduce complexity and maximize portfolio benefits by allowing them to try other components of the Cisco portfolio with click before you buy as well as connect to their existing security infrastructure via out-of-the-box interoperability. 

Their range of products varies from Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), Cloud Security, Email Security, Endpoint Security, Firewalls, to Network Security, and Network Visibility and Segmentation. 

The Workplace of the Future

One of the hot topics in the world of business is the future of work. According to a credible report, “84 percent of senior IT and business leaders surveyed said that they were actively investing in the future of work initiatives.” As the workplace is rapidly changing, driven by an evolving workforce and the changing nature of work, CISCO has been coming up with a cognitive, secure, and insights-driven collaboration platform that fosters human relationships while also enhances customer interactions. Thereby, building high-performance teams across boundaries to make smarter, faster decisions.

Internet of the Future

Internet2 is a non profit agreement between United States’ universities, government agencies, and almost 60 corporations including tech giants like Cisco, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Oracle. Speaking of which, Cisco's Internet for the Future routers ASICs will give Internet2’s cloud connect services and research network a needed boost. Internet2 will deploy Cisco’s 8200 series routers that will utilize Cisco Silicon One ASICs in 48 locations across the U.S. Each location. Also,  a typical node that connects national backbone resources with regional networks will have between 24 and 96 400 Gb/s network access ports