Cisco’s NetFlow is being tapped more and more by network managers to get more granular metrics on which applications are used most, on how to bill back services and on ways to better secure networks.

Cisco’s NetFlow protocol generates such data by collecting information about IP traffic from devices on the network. NetFlow data can show applications, devices or end users behaving in such a way as ...

Cisco Systems followed up on its ACI Anywhere initiative announced last January that seeks to extend its software-defined networking (SDN) technology called Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) ...

Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products.

The promise of software-defined networking — namely simpler, more flexible network operation through centralized, software-driven control — has been tangible for a few years now, though like many new ...