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Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Countless science fiction books and movies, from “The Matrix” to “1984” to “2001: A Space Odyssey” feature computers and networks that are completely omniscient …
Myth # 6 of the Good-Enough Network: Acquisition Cost
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Did you know that when building an enterprise IT network, about 20% of a typical budget is spent acquiring hardware while a whopping 80% …
Myth # 5 of the Good-Enough Network: “Basic Warranty” Myth
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Last weekend, I bought a laptop. Before I decided on which model I wanted, I visited a few vendors’ sites and looked at their …
Myth # 4 of the Good-Enough Network: “Just Look for Standards”
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Just 50 years ago, personal computers, corporate networks, and email didn’t exist. So sending a note meant getting out your trusty pen and paper, …
The Basic QOS Myth: Myth# 3 of the Good-Enough Network
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Video conference calls, TelePresence, and even YouTube videos were mere science fiction just a decade ago. Now, thanks to many technological advances, we can …
Security as a Bolt on: Myth # 2 of the Good-Enough Network
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO, for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Imagine that it’s a warm sunny day and you’re sitting on a glorious white-sand beach. You relax and gaze out at a group of …
The Single-Purpose Network: Myth of the Good-Enough Network
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. Did you know that by 2015, there will be nearly one mobile-connected device for every person on Earth? That will mean 7.2 billion people …
Seven Myths of the Good-Enough Network
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Michael Rau, Vice President, CTO for the Borderless Network Architecture Cisco. True or false: Networking has come such a long way that you can buy any inexpensive equipment and cobble together an excellent business network …