Designed
to be intuitive, Cisco’s new network can recognize intent, mitigate threats
through encryption, and learn over time
Dubai, UAE — July
3, 2017— Cisco today announced that its global ecosystem of customers, developers
and partners are embracing the company’s ambitious vision for a new era of
networking. Unveiled
last week, Cisco’s new network can recognize intent, mitigate threats, and
learn over time—representing one of the most significant breakthroughs in the
history of enterprise networking.
This new network is the result of years of research
and development by Cisco to reinvent networking for an age where network engineers
managing hundreds of devices today will be expected to manage one million by
2020. Companies that are managing their networks through traditional IT
processes will not be able to scale in this new age. Cisco’s approach creates
an intuitive system that constantly learns, adapts, and protects, to optimize
network operations and defend against today’s evolving threat landscape.
“Cisco is
delivering a more intuitive system that automates the edge of the network and
embeds machine learning and analytics at a foundational level,” said Scott
Harrell, Senior Vice President of Product Management for Enterprise Networking,
Cisco. “Intent-based networking signifies a paradigm shift for our industry
and a completely new era of networking. It’s exciting to witness our global ecosystem—three
million network engineers, 60,000 partners and 450,000 developers—embrace the
future of networking.”
Already, 75 leading global enterprises and
organizations are conducting early field trials with these next-generation
networking solutions, including Jade University of Applied Sciences, NASA, Newcastle
Hospitals, Royal Caribbean Cruises
Ltd., Scentsy, UZ Leuven and Wipro.
Ecosystem
embraces intent-based networking
To drive adoption of its intent-based
networking solutions, Cisco today announced new training and developer
programs to 28,000 networking professionals at the company’s annual user
conference, Cisco Live. Attendees will learn about the impact intent-based
networking will have on their organizations and begin developing the skills
needed in the new era of networking.
·
Application developers: The shift to open, programmable networks
will create a range of new opportunities for app developers. As the network
becomes code, and apps and infrastructure become more closely intertwined, app
developers will gain a new platform to innovate. The new DNA Developer Center will provide
Cisco’s DevNet community of more than 450,000 developers with the tools they
need to bring applications directly into the network and create smarter
software.
·
Channel partners: The shift from hardware- to
software-centric networking is driving Cisco’s channel partners to evolve their
networking practices, develop new skills and pursue new business opportunities.
Cisco is providing the programs, incentives and tools to help its partners build
networking practices that incorporate software, security, automation and
analytics for their customers. Read this blog
to learn more.
Customer quotes
“IT can easily orchestrate global policy
to secure, differentiated access for staff and students across multiple
campuses with SD-Access’ network segmentation. The new network from Cisco makes
our IT faster, more flexible, and more intuitive.”
Ulrich Hauptmann, head of IT, Jade University of
Applied Sciences (Germany)
—Thomas Noppe, lead
IT architect, UZ Leuven (Belgium)
Partner quotes
“Dimension Data is excited to see Cisco looking to
reinvent the network. We have clients all over the world, and we’re confident that
by having more intuitive networks we will profoundly change the services that
we deliver to our clients as they look to accelerate their digital
transformation. Dimension Data is committed to helping our clients navigate
their transition to Cisco’s new network. We believe this will change the way we
all view the network, and that it will further strengthen the long-standing
partnership we have with Cisco.”
— Rob Lopez, group executive, Networking, Dimension Data
— Rob Lopez, group executive, Networking, Dimension Data
“WWT is excited about Cisco’s new
intent-based approach to networking. Security is top of mind for every customer
and this approach will fundamentally redesign what the network can do to
provide a more intelligent and more secure network platform. WWT is committed
to helping customers realize the benefits this new approach offers and to
support them through the journey of migrating to Cisco’s new network.”
—Jim Kavanugh,
CEO, World Wide Technology
