macOS Authentication Process for the Cisco Duo Mobile App

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to test the configuration of the Duo mobile app with your MacBook. For official DUO guidance for macOS, please review Duo Authentication for macOS found here.Select your Mac Username (i.e., John Appleseed), enter your Mac password and then the Enter...

Windows Authentication Process for the Cisco Duo Mobile App

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to test the configuration of the Duo mobile app with your Windows workstation. For official DUO guidance for Windows, please review Test Your Setup found here. At the Windows login screen, enter your Windows username and password. 2. The DUO...

Cisco Duo Authentication for macOS

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install and setup the Duo client for macOS (official DUO guidance for macOS can be found here). It is very important that you follow the guidance provided in the link above including the embedded video to configure the Duo...

Veeam ONE at Tech Field Day 22

This demo is cool! Like SUPER cool! Melissa Palmer and Kirsten Stoner demoed Veeam ONE including an exclusive look into version 11. Will Monitoring be covered? YES! Will Intelligent Diagnostics be covered? YES! Is documentation included? YES! So you're probably asking yourself, another monitoring tool? Why is Veeam ONE any different from the others in...

Cisco Duo Authentication for Windows

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install and setup the Duo client for Windows (official DUO guidance for Windows can be found here). Once the Duo installer has been downloaded (at the time of this post, v4.1.3 was the current version), please proceed with the...

Looking Ahead: Veeam at Tech Field Day 22

Veeam kicked off day two of Tech Field Day 22 and although I was not able to attend any of the sessions live, the feedback I've received from those that attended the sessions has been tremendous and positive. This includes Max Mortillaro (a trusted and well respected IT Industry Analyst) tweeted "The Veeam team is...

Veeam Backup for Office 365 at Cloud Field Day 8

As a Microsoft Office 365 customer, I am very interested in the capabilities of this product. To demonstrate this, Michael Cade (Senior Global Technologist, Product Strategy, Veeam) jumped right into a demo using his Microsoft Azure account to deploy  the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 product via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. By doing so,...

Cloud Native with Veeam Backup at Cloud Field Day 8

The next topic for Veeam’s presentation at Cloud Field Day 8 was Cloud-Native backup for Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure provided by David Hill (Global Technologist, Product Strategy, Veeam). When considering cloud native products, Veeam’s focus is around cloud-native, cost-effective, security, and cloud mobility. Veeam’s cloud-native products provide customers the flexibility to choose as a...

Veeam’s Vision at Cloud Field Day 8

Veeam is a data management company specializing in backup and replication. The day began w\ Anthony Spiteri (Senior Global Technologist, Product Strategy, Veeam) providing an update on Veeam including its platform vision moving forward which also included the acquisition made by Insight Partners for $5 billion dollars. This signifies a huge investment in Veeam because...

Cisco Champion 2020

I'd like to take a few moments and recognize those that helped make this happen for the 2nd year in a row. I am truly honored to be included as a Cisco Champion for 2020 and none of this is possible without Cisco, Lauren Friedman, Brett Shore, Tech Field Day, and fellow Cisco Champions. Additionally,...