Publication: TechHouse570

A few years ago during a demanding and complex Network Segmentation project, Cisco met with my team and I to demo a newish security product called ISE. I was immediately impressed with the product’s capabilities and while we weren’t able to make the purchase at that time, I quietly spent time reading about the tool on Cisco’s website.

Publication: Gestalt IT

The is part two of my two-part series covering ThousandEyes, and Cisco Integration announced at Cisco Live. In my last post, I discussed how ThousandEyes’ integration with the Cisco Catalyst 9000 series of switches and how this enables engineers to collect data directly from the switches.

Publication: Gestalt IT

A year into the “New Normal,” COVID-19 has accelerated the need for a digital-first business model. This model shifts the focus of service delivery to a digital form, allowing services to be accessed from anywhere.

This digital-first model has pushed many applications to the cloud and cloud-based services, which leads to decentralizing IT services. Decentralization introduces additional complexity for a few reasons.

Publication: Westword by 14 West

A lot of learning opportunities, like conferences, trainings, and short courses, look a little different today than they did two months ago. No need to book a flight, no hour-long line to register, no complimentary swag or coffee. The lowered overhead to hosts is helping to drive prices down… and demand is climbing and climbing.

Publication: Westword by 14 West

We know that cyber trickery runs high in the remote working world we’ve found ourselves in. Today, we’re reporting a recent spike in new tactics that happen to center around one of the highest volume virtual tools on the planet right now – one we all know and love.

Publication: Westword by 14 West

I started my career in tech almost ten years ago as a Network Engineer. I’ve grown from what we call a “Tier One Technician” (which is essentially someone who receives, assesses and assigns support requests) to a senior level Engineer on the 14 West Global Technologies team… or WesTech as we like to call it. I spend my time leading a team in the design, implementation, maintenance and support of large-scale solutions and infrastructure systems for companies all around the globe.