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Cisco Champions the Powerful, Evolving Networking Software Stack
Cisco Champions the Powerful, Evolving Networking Software Stack
With billions of devices in public and private networks, software is becoming independent of and abstracted from hardware. Increasingly, more cloud native concepts are being added to Cisco IOS XE.
Nov. 10, 2022
EN Hackathon 2022 Produces Stunning Innovations from 1600+ Participants in Cisco Enterprise Networking
EN Hackathon 2022 Produces Stunning Innovations from 1600+ Participants in Cisco Enterprise Networking
This year's Cisco Enterprise Networking Hackathon, held globally on October 11-12, was another huge success.
Oct. 24, 2022
High Availability – Features in Cisco IOS XE Software Makes It Appear Seamless
High Availability – Features in Cisco IOS XE Software Makes It Appear Seamless
A variety of features in Cisco IOS XE Software provide hardware and software redundancy that contribute to five nines (99.999%) uptime, which translates to no more than 5.26 minutes of downtime per year.
July 22, 2022
Initiative Stresses Periodic Software Upgrades for Better Reliability, Security, Performance, & Enhanced Features
Initiative Stresses Periodic Software Upgrades for Better Reliability, Security, Performance, & Enhanced Features
A software conformance initiative at Cisco is driving greater awareness of software upgrade feature opportunities and providing tools to make it easier for customers to continuously upgrade to the latest Cisco-recommended networking software releases.
May 13, 2022
Platform Abstraction Simplifies, Accelerates, and Enhances the Work of Cisco Developers
Platform Abstraction Simplifies, Accelerates, and Enhances the Work of Cisco Developers
Cisco Platform Abstraction (CPA) is a model-driven, administrative platform software development kit (SDK) created by Cisco developers that disaggregates software and hardware from a Network Operating System (NOS) like Cisco IOS XE. CPA streamlines the work of the hardware development team, the diagnostics team, and the platform team, saving time and money for development. Cisco Platform Abstraction (CPA) is a model-driven, administrative platform software development kit (SDK) created by Cisco developers that disaggregates software and hardware from a Network Operating System (NOS) like Cisco IOS XE. CPA streamlines the work of the hardware development team, the diagnostics team, and the …
Sept. 17, 2021
Cisco App Hosting Opens Limitless Possibilities for Enterprise Customers
Cisco App Hosting Opens Limitless Possibilities for Enterprise Customers
Containerized applications and edge computing have advanced app hosting. The Cisco IOS XE team created a platform for the development, deployment, and management of apps on Cisco enterprise and IoT devices. Thanks to containerization and the IoT, app hosting is now far advanced from where it once was. Here's a look at the app hosting platform created by the Cisco IOS XE team for enterprise networking devices.
June 2, 2021
Docker™ Inside Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches
Docker™ Inside Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches
Integrated solutions across your architecture is must for enterprises to flourish. That's what Cisco's Intent-Based Networking capabilities on the Catalyst 9000 series switches have to offer.
June 5, 2019
Revolutionizing WANs with Cisco IOS XE Software-Defined Architecture
Revolutionizing WANs with Cisco IOS XE Software-Defined Architecture
Cisco is expanding our Viptela SD-WAN capabilities across the ISR/ASR router family with Cisco IOS® XE software. #SDWAN #Cisco
Aug. 7, 2018
Learning Python on IOS-XE…turning anxiety to excitement
Learning Python on IOS-XE…turning anxiety to excitement
CLI programming skills are still relevant in IOS XE, but adding a Linux container with Python natively embedded in release 16.5 takes programmable
Aug. 7, 2017