Today, businesses demand a lot from their networks. However, the vast majority of today’s networks were only designed to provide fast, reliable connectivity. These legacy networks are struggling to combat sophisticated cyber-threats, or keep up with the requirements of today’s mobile workforce and their use of IoT devices and new cloud applications. A new approach is required. With its Digital Network Architecture (DNA), Cisco aims to usher in a new era of networking that re-rewrites the book on how companies build and manage network infrastructure.

Network virtualisation and integrated security are foundational elements of Cisco DNA. Cisco is introducing a new hardware platform and virtual network services to extend virtualisation to branch locations, as well as a new solution that allows customers to virtualise their network perimeter and extend it to colocation centres. Cisco is also the first in the industry to deliver software-defined segmentation across the entire network—from the network to the endpoint to the cloud – with complete application visibility.

With Cisco DNA, organisations can now extend network services, like routing or security, to a diverse set of platforms across branch, campus, colocation centres and the public cloud. By decoupling hardware from software, Cisco DNA allows for greater speed and flexibility.

Building on one of the industry’s broadest set of network virtualisation solutions this latest Cisco network can provide deep visibility into network traffic patterns and rich threat intelligence. With Cisco DNA, the network can be used to quickly detect cyber security threats and then automatically take action to stop them.