Enterprise Best Practices for Apple Devices on Cisco Wireless LAN

This document is intended for IT professionals responsible for designing, deploying, and managing Cisco Wireless LANs (WLAN). This reference design guide is updated to account for Cisco and Apple’s joint recommendations focused on the centralized (local) mode configuration for a controller based Cisco Wireless LAN. It assumes the reader has a working knowledge of Cisco WLAN.

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Data Center EVPN-VXLAN Fabric Architecture Guide

whitePaper | May 23, 2022

The purpose of this guide is to provide networking professionals with the concepts and tools needed to build multiservice data center fabric networks. The intended audience for this guide includes system integrators, infrastructure professionals, partners, and customers that are currently using or considering upgrading to a high-end IP fabric data center fabric architecture.

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5G Open RAN Ecosystem

whitePaper | June 29, 2021

There is no end to the process of network augmentation, and current augmentation process needs to be further enhanced to better serve the future customer needs. To this effect, the networks should be flexible, agile and scalable. In addition, in the 5G era, creation of new vertical markets utilizing the mobile networks will be facilitated. Under these circumstances, operators need to keep evolving their networks by adding new network equipment and/or replacing existing equipment. With open interfaces and open application programming interfaces (APIs), operators can freely choose and adopt best-of-breed solutions among various vendors considering time-to-market and cost in this process by only adding or replacing the required components at the required time without having to swap other equipment that are connected.

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Making 5G A Reality

whitePaper | December 12, 2019

Qualcomm said it expects 200 million 5G smartphones to be sold in 2020 and that will make it the world’s largest supplier of mobile phone chips. Qualcomm Chief Financial Officer Akash Palkhiwala said on an investor call there would be “two inflexion points” for 5G chips next year. One would be in the spring when firms like Samsung and several Chinese handset makers tend to introduce new phones. “The second point will be in the Autumn when another set of flagship devices will adopt 5G.” Fall is when Apple and Alphabet launch new models. Qualcomm’s 5G market estimate, disclosed during a fourth quarter earnings report, is the first from the company

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The Unification of Network and Security

whitePaper | April 1, 2021

Organizations today require immediate and uninterrupted access to critical network and cloud-based resources in order to support the swift pace of digital business transformation. Spurred by the boom in remote work and the ongoing migration to cloud-based applications and services, consumption patterns are transforming traditional private and public networks into a single network of many end-users and devices scattered across the organization’s footprint. As a result, there are growing security concerns with this rapidly changing environment many traditional security solutions no longer provide the protection needed along with the flexibility to support businesses anywhere, anytime, via any device

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Virtualized Networks and Real Risks: Best Practices for Securing Network Function Virtualization Environment

whitePaper | September 19, 2022

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is unleashing fundamental innovation in the way organizations buy, deploy, and operate network infrastructures. By leveraging open standards and commodity hardware, NFV delivers cost savings, enhanced flexibility, improved performance, and more. However, without the right safeguards, organizations can also see their vulnerabilities increase when they move to a Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) architecture. This white paper offers a detailed look at the unique security implications of adopting NFV approaches, and it provides a number of best practices to employ to ensure sensitive data and transmissions remain secure in these environments.

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Providing Enhanced GTP Security in Mobile Networks

whitePaper | April 11, 2022

The constantly evolving attack techniques used by different threat actors demand extensive and advanced detection and protection. Comprehensive signaling firewall solutions are needed to secure the vulnerable roaming connections of the 2G/3G and 4G/LTE mobile networks, as well as in 5G non-standalone (NSA) roaming scenarios.

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