Cisco Wi-Fi 7: A Leap into the Future, with Room for Reflection Cisco has stepped boldly into the future of wireless networking with its Wi-Fi 7 announcements from Cisco Live Melbourne 2024 and #MFD12. These APs showcase faster speeds, smarter capabilities, and a more unified ecosystem. The promises are ambitious, with advanced features like Ultra-Wideband (UWB) integration, simplified…
Cisco Ultra Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) jumps the tank in 2025 As painful as it may be for some to hear, Wi-Fi may not be the solution to all your wireless requirements. In fact, this exact topic was recently discussed on a Tech Field Day podcast, “Wi-Fi isn’t always the Best Solution.” Some scenarios in…
Navigating Vendor Conferences: The Freedom of Choice Picture this: a tech conference in Las Vegas—the neon lights, the slot machines, and the occasional Elvis impersonator. Imagine a vendor claiming exclusive rights to the city for a week. It’s like saying, “Sorry, other vendors, you can’t play in our sandbox, and you certainly can’t post about…
Five Reasons Why You Should Come to Cisco Live 2024 in Las Vegas The Vegas Strip is calling! Leave the tech doldrums behind and join me for one of the most exhilarating IT conferences in Las Vegas during the first half of June 2024 – Cisco Live. Think bright lights, buzzing energy, and a non-stop flow of…
Cisco does the “AFC Side Step” with the CW9166D1 Intentionally focusing RF propagation is a good thing but with more Wi-Fi Practitioners embracing focused antennas, there is still the reality that external antennas add to the cost and complexity of the installation. Some external antennas even cost as much as the AP itself, which can make…
New Cisco Meraki MREye for Wi-Fi performance Monitoring During Mobility Field Day 9, Cisco offered a sneak peek into a new feature called “MREye” to be released soonish – in the second half of 2023 (2H23). A quick grounding to understand “marketing dates”: whenever a vendor offers a delivery date of 2H23, for example, customers hear…
Best things to do when attending Cisco Live 2023 Cisco is returning to Las Vegas June 4-8th at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for their annual conference – Cisco Live 2023. This conference has been running for several decades, across two centuries. There have been many changes and a steady evolution over the years to what it…
Cisco expands LoRaWAN Portfolio With the Cisco Mining Summit 2023 and CiscoLive Amsterdam 2023 recently wrapping up, there have been some exciting announcements from Cisco in the Industrial IoT space. This blog focuses on the new LoRaWAN tech from Cisco. What is LoRaWAN? LoRaWAN is a wireless protocol for IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices. If you weren’t…
