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antonio.ierano@ierano.it 09/24/2014 Editorials, Editorials in English

What if Michael Dell was right? The biggest tech companies are struggling in a crisis that seems not to have a end. Cisco, HP, even Microsoft have announced layouts and reduction of employee. We can say this is a common issue for a moment of crisis, companies need to rise up ROI and cost reduction is a key factor. It’s also undoubted that laying off personnel is the easiest way to reduce costs. But is this crisis just a matter of costs and ROI? or there are deeper reasons that are hitting those companies? The economical crisis is just…

Diary of an acquisition part2

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 08/02/2012 Uncategorized

Chapter two: fairy tales Everything were so wonderful…. Once upon a time there was a company 🙂 … Ok don’t keep it wrong, it was not a fairy tale, livin in a startup is not always so good, but every startup share some specific characteristics: Nowhere to hide…. We use to know one with the other… We know our targets and there was not a way to hide. That means basically that everyone is committed to success. Rules do not have to be so strong, if the target is the common goal. This is common for everyone, from manager to…

Diary of an acquisition part1

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 07/31/2012 Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles

Ok I know many of us experienced this kind of trip once in a lifetime. I have travelled acquisition a lot of times, when mondadori informatica was absorbed by the mother comany mondadori, when brightmail become part of symantec, when symantec acquired veritas software and moved all european management to veritas, and at the end when cisco systems acquired Ironport. All acquisitions means change and most of the changes are not well accepted, but I’m a long traveller on the seas of IT company and I’m quite used to changes so what has meant to me an acquisition? The last…

Is Big C missing the point on security?

Antonio Ieranò 07/23/2012 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles, Tech Update in English

Big company are really suited for security? This is what comes to my mind when we see what Cisco, HP and Co. do when we talk about security. Are they really able to focus on the innovation and development that security require? I can talk about what I know so i will express my mixed feeling about Cisco and Security. For long times Cisco has not been perceived as a big player in the security space, beside the fact PIXASA is the most sold firewall in the world. But honestly we should not only consider the magnitude of the numbers but also why and how companies buy a product. Alas…

ISE basic installation and configuration. Part 2

Antonio Ieranò 03/27/2012 AI Tech Update, Tech Update in English

When something can go wrong it will, at the end our friend Murphy was right. So I passed the day to to solve a weird problem, and I have to thanks a couple of colleagues of mine that were able to sort out what was wrong. By the way at the end I survived the effort and after a whole day of troubleshooting I just reinstalled the appliance from scratch and everything worked. The Web Interface Now we can go on and see what we can do. open a supported browser and go to: http://<IP address or host name>/admin/…

Ise Training day 2 « The Puchi Herald: A.I. Tech Update

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 03/20/2012 Editorials

Ise Training day 2 « The Puchi Herald: A.I. Tech Update Ise Training day 2 March 20, 2012antonio ieranoEditLeave a commentGo to comments Ok my turn to talk today: We talked about one of the most interesting features of ISE, profiling. Worth to explain a little what profiling is, and what discovery and classification means. it is a very useful and powerful engine but it needs to be understood, also on what it means and why should be used. other great new, finally ise 1.1 is available on CCO, worth the upgrade absolutely. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.1/release_notes/ise1.1_rn.html new stuffs:…. Related articles APTs, hacktivists…

PostOffice: New Cisco securtity report

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/23/2011 Editorials

Image via CrunchBasePostOffice: New Cisco securtity report Related articles Cisco debuts ‘private cloud’ controller (networkworld.com) Related posts: Ise Training day 2 « The Puchi Herald: A.I. Tech Update Configure cisco ISE for Cisco Access Points Is Big C missing the point on security? Diary of an acquisition part1 What if… Powered by YARPP.

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Antonio Ieranò Evangelist, Manager, BDM, Advisor, Writer, Speaker, Coach HOME: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 29, 27010 Vistarino (Pavia) Italy. Mobile phone: +39 347 9293757 E-mail: antonio.ierano@ierano.it; Twitter: @ antonioierano @thepuchiherald Web: http://ierano.it I am an IT professional Manager, BDM, marketing specialist, and tech evangelist with over 16 years of experience serving as a community liaison, subject matter expert, and high-profile trainer for key technologies and solutions. My experience includes acting as the public face of Cisco security technologies; leading pan-European technical teams in development of new Cisco security products; and serving as a key public speaker and trainer on behalf of new high-tech products. My expertise spans IT development and implementation, marketing strategy, legal issues, and budget / financial management. Specialties and Executive Expertise IT Strategy, Technical Audits, Enterprise Architecture & Applications, Technical Sales Liaison, Solution Architecture, Network Design, Architecture, & Security, Vulnerability Assessment & Management, Systems Engineering, TCP / IP, Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Consultative Sales, Social Media Marketing, High-Impact Presentations, Security and Technical Advisor: I have a strong experience and knowledge in the technology and security areas, I can provide the needed expertise to better direct technical needs, giving indication for cost effective, solid and efficient solutions. Project Management: with a solid background with project delivered with success in different areas I can provide a key support to drive customer projects to success. With a Microsoft Solution Framework background and PMI solid knowledge mixed with communication skills at any level i can lead the project group and it's stakeholders to achieve the desired goals. Business Developement and Marketing: With a deep knowledge of the extended EMEA technology market needs a focus on worldwide security I can drive business developement to a solid and reliable growth being able to relate with all the stakeholders, from production to sales and channel and, of course, customers.