Cisco Champion Radio

Webex Go integrates Webex Calling with personal and business phones to deliver unrivaled mobility experiences for today’s modern workers. Webex Go extends Webex enterprise-grade calling capabilities, enabling you to make and receive calls using your mobile phone’s native dialer and stay connected on the go. You can seamlessly move the call to the Webex App or a Webex Device or elevate the call to a Webex Meeting to enjoy the rich Webex collaboration experience. Webex Go also removes the burden on IT by providing a fully compliant and secure mobile device along with centralized, easy provisioning and management in Webex Control Hub with complete access to real time troubleshooting and analytics. Join us for an informative discussion on Webex Go and how to seamlessly connect and work from anywhere, on your mobile device. Resources https://www.webex.com/products/webex-go.html https://www.webex.com/partnerships/att.html https://www.webex.com/suite/enterprise-cloud-calling.html Cisco Guests Shawn O’N

As industries become increasingly interconnected and reliant on technology, the need for robust security measures has never been more critical. In this podcast, we will explore the evolving threat landscape, discuss the potential consequences of industrial cyberattacks, and shed light on the vulnerabilities that commonly exist within industrial control systems. Resources Industrial security: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/industrial-security/index.html Industrial visibility with Cisco Cyber Vision: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/industrial-security/cyber-vision/index.html Secure remote access with Cisco Secure Equipment Access: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/industrial-security/secure-equipment-access/index.html Cisco Guests Andrew McPhee, Solutions Manager, industrial Security, Cisco Cisco Champion Hosts Jonathan Mahady (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmahady/), Senior PCN Network Engineer, BHP Marc Luescher (https://www.linkedin.c

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is a popular Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) feature integrating network fabric operations with a virtual machine domain, creating a single experience to configure, manage, and troubleshoot workloads spanning both the physical and virtual realms. Leveraging VMM, enterprises can take the first step in unifying their network and compute teams to expedite time-to-value for common network changes, prevent human error, and provide unprecedented visibility to the virtual domain enabling use-cases like classification, policy redirect, and day 2 workflow automation. In addition, adding to the ACI integration family, we are pleased to announce a VMM integration with Nutanix enabled by the new ACI 6.0.3F release. Resources: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html https://www.cisco.com/go/nexusascode https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-i

Network complexity has magnified due to shifting business models, competitive markets, and multi-vendor capabilities. Service Provider customers and network operators understand the importance of network automation but are struggling to manage complex networks, build trust through intent and validation, and drive operational efficiency. This podcast would be a good opportunity to: -Understand the barriers to Automation adoption. - How to get started with Network Automation leveraging AI/ML Operations, Tools, and Processes (Cisco Crosswork Network Automation, NSO, Workflow Manager etc.) -How to build trust in network intent, validation, and testing. Resources For more information on Cisco’s Crosswork Network Automation portfolio, click here: Cisco Crosswork Network Automation (https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/software/crosswork-network-automation/index.html) Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/network-s

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, join the Cisco Champions and expert to learn how to harness the power of SD-WAN by combining it with converged, cloud security capabilities that only a SASE architecture offers. Listen and learn to discover use cases uniquely designed to deliver anywhere connectivity, always-on cloud security, and an improved remote worker experience, from anywhere. Resources: Visit this page to learn more about Cisco’s turnkey, unified SASE solution, Cisco+ Secure Connect: https://meraki.cisco.com/products/cisco-plus-secure-connect/ Cisco Guest Avinash Ramesh, Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco Meraki Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamjkeegan/), Solutions Architect, 24/7 Networks Pierre Besombes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrebesombes/) Principal Engineer, Rakuten Tech Moderator Danielle Carter, Cisco, CCR Program/ Customer Voices

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, the discussion revolves around a topic that is both timely and critical. Join the Cisco Champions, as they share their insights, experiences, and strategies for introducing children to the world of technology. From coding basics to cybersecurity, the Cisco Champions delve into the myriad ways to ignite a passion for technology in the younger generation. Drawing from their personal journeys as both tech enthusiasts and parents, they explore the challenges and opportunities in guiding children towards a future-ready understanding of technology. This episode presents a dynamic conversation, addressing the importance of early exposure to tech, the impact of hands-on experiences, and the role of mentorship in shaping young minds. Listeners will gain practical advice, tools, and resources to empower their kids in navigating the digital landscape safely effectively. Cisco Champion Hosts: Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), Solutions Architect, 24/7 Networks T

Cisco Intersight is an infrastructure lifecycle management solution, delivered as-a-service or as a private virtual appliance, that provides a single dashboard to see, control, and automate your compute, storage, and networking infrastructure—wherever it is—from one place. Modernizing infrastructure management also means automating deployment and configuration workflows along with other tasks that in the past were manual. Join the Cisco Champions and guests as they discuss Cisco Intersight and its latest capabilities: -Monitoring and Metric Explorer: Historical and real-time visibility or resource consumption to optimize performance and identify bottlenecks -Automation with ICO, easy-to-use, low-code orchestration Resources https://intersight.com/ Cisco Guests Mohit Vaswani, Senior Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco Sho Funatsu, Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco Cisco Champion Hosts Joseph Houghes (twitter.com/jhoughes), Sr. Solutions Architect, Pure Storage Alexander Deca (twitter.com

Network administrators need reliability and flexibility in their network. The Cisco Catalyst 9166D1 provides an integrated directional, antenna in a Wi-Fi 6E certified access point. This solves the challenge of providing focused area signal without external antennas for areas with high ceilings like auditoriums, warehouses, airplane hangars and other large or industrial buildings. Tune in to this episode to learn more about this Cisco wireless innovation and how this can help network administrators provide predictable, reliable performance and flexible configuration. Learn more about the Catalyst 9166D1 and other Cisco wireless solutions here https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/wireless/access-points/catalyst-9100-series/index.html Cisco Champion Hosts Alan Gardner, CEO, Current Technologies Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/Jonathan_mahady), Senior PCN Network Engineer, BHP Mike Bolitho (twitter.com/NetEngMike), Wireless Engineer, CommonSpirit Health Guest Fred Niehaus, Technical

Cisco 8000 Series Routers have brought many innovations in performance and functionality in helping to scale the Internet for the future. Continuing with this trend, Cisco is pleased to announce the first system in the Cisco 8000 Series Router portfolio based on an innovative centralized architecture in the Cisco 8608. Built on a unique platform that combines flexibility and reliability while offering investment protection, customers can achieve unmatched reliability with redundant control and data planes enabled by redundant route processors and switch cards. Powered by the Cisco Silicon One Q200, this new system supports a variety of interfaces through various modular port adapters (MPA). Resources: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/8000-series-routers/index.html Cisco Guests Eddie Chami, Technical Marketing Expert, Cisco Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), Solutions Architect, 24/7 Networks Len Ledford, Technical Solutions Architect, Cerium Networks Alexander Deca, P

Industrial organizations are fundamentally changing how they operate and deliver value to customers. Industry 4.0 holds the promise of bringing in more software controls to improve product quality, reduce waste, enhance sustainability, boost worker safety and cybersecurity, and increase operational efficiencies to reduce costs. Digital transformation is the necessary first step that helps collect the operations data required for analytical operations and industrial switches are key to building such networks. Tune into this episode of Cisco Champion Radio to learn how highly capable industrial switches can help you evolve your operations by: -Providing reliable connectivity in the harshest industrial environments -Ensuring Smooth interruption free operations with high availability and resiliency -Making industrial networks scalable and flexible with intelligent network automation and performance assurance -Enhancing cybersecurity with policy based automated network segmentation -Promoting collaborat

Energy-hungry and heat-generating data -center servers and switches draw up to 2 percent of all electricity in the United States alone, and energy consumption can represent up to 30 percent of data center costs. There is a focus on greater data center sustainability and optimizing energy usage should be a major concern for all forward-looking organizations. With Cisco Nexus Dashboard, the goal is to empower customers to achieve more energy efficient data centers, forecast energy consumption, emissions and costs, while meeting the ever-increasing operational requirements of their datacenter applications. Learn more: www.cisco.com/go/nexusdashboard https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/data-center-analytics/nexus-dashboard/datasheet-c78-744371.html?ccid=cc001903&oid=dstdnc023706 You may also be interested in learning about Cisco Refresh https://smarturl.it/CCRS9E45 Cisco AI/ ML Blueprint for DC Networks https://smarturl.it/CCRS10E18 Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Sheldon (twitter.

Running a distributed application services infrastructure is onerous. IT leaders in NetOps, DevOps, SecOps, and CloudOps need a consistent way to administer technology for business growth. The Cisco Meraki vMX virtual security and SD-WAN appliance enables businesses to seamlessly deploy, manage, and scale application services anywhere, on any major hyperscaler or hypervisor, in any region. From security, access, and configuration, to one-touch deployments via low-code automations known as quick starts, learn how businesses can create a hybrid cloud to seamlessly manage and deploy services around the globe, both on-premises and in the cloud. Resources -https://meraki.cisco.com/products/hybrid-cloud/ -https://community.meraki.com/t5/Cloud-Security-SD-WAN/New-to-vMX-Start-here/m-p/202525#M95 -https://community.meraki.com/t5/Cloud-Security-SD-WAN/bd-p/cloud-security -https://meraki.cisco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/vMX-datasheet-20230421-english.pdf Cisco Champion Hosts Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, T

A phone system is a lifeline for any business. In this hybrid world, business communication is constantly evolving, and so are the expectations for your customers. More businesses are shifting their collaboration and connectivity workloads from on-prem to the cloud, as they look for a more secure, reliable, and scalable communications infrastructure. Trusted by over 12M+ worldwide users, Webex Calling is a modern and complete enterprise-grade business phone system in the cloud, delivering the flexibility needed to support and simplify the “work from anywhere, on any device” promise. Resources 1) https://www.webex.com/suite/enterprise-cloud-calling.html 2) https://www.webex.com/gp/wainhouse-future-proof-cloud-calling-now.html 3) https://www.webex.com/content/dam/wbx/us/ebook/webex-calling-ebook-of-innovations_cm-3273.pdf Cisco Champion Hosts Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Managing Director Billy Zoellers (twitter.com/billyzoellers), Dean Dorton, IT Infrastructure Services Manager Ele

Technology is constantly changing and evolving. If you’re in tech, you’d probably describe yourself as a lifelong learner. Home labs facilitate continuous learning. A home lab is an environment that resides locally in your home that allows engineers or developers to safely test and experiment. Essentially, it is a playground for techies to learn and break things. Join Cisco Champions as they discuss: -Their experience with home labs, -The pros and cons of physical vs virtual environments, -Use cases, -Cost considerations and, -Personal vs company funded labs Cisco Champion Hosts Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/jonathan_mahady) BHP, Senior PCN Network Engineer Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Nefkens Advies, Network Consultant/ Owner Stephen Paynter (twitter.com/stephenpaynter), Network Bright, Automation Engineer Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Informat

Generative AI capabilities will enable a significant acceleration of enterprises business/ digital transformation. Enterprises will want to build out AI/ML capabilities for training and/or inference and look for a DC network infrastructure that supports these workloads. Cisco AI/ ML network blueprint will give our customers a proven/ validated solution leveraging Cisco experience with customer deployments for high performance compute, IB to Ethernet network migrations, and large-scale ML fabrics. AI applications expect –high performance, low latency and lossless networks. To achieve this, network administrators need to deploy the right hardware and software features, along with a configuration that supports AI application needs.Vvisibility into congestion hot spots is the need of the hour-long with automation frameworks to make sure the entire network fabric is configured correctly for AI/ML workloads. The Cisco Nexus 9000 switches have the hardware and software capabilities available today to provide

Cisco U. is a digital learning experience built around the learner with quick-start pre-skill assessments, modular learning, advanced search, and a focus on goal setting, it is designed to work for everyone’s unique journey. With personalized recommendations and feedback, plus learning in the moment of need, Cisco U. can guide learners to the right role or solution, helping to grow skills to accelerate their organization’s business transformation. Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco U. guides learners and teams to their tech learning goals. Whether you need training to seek a certification, role, or solution, we have you covered with courses, a vibrant community, and tech content on both Cisco and adjacent technologies, shaped to how you learn. Resources Cisco U. Overview - https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/foryou?utm_campaign=ciscou&utm_source=web-cisco&utm_medium=champion-podcast Cisco U. Login - https://u.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=ciscou&utm_source=web-cisco&utm_medium=champion-podca

Join our Cisco Champions and Cisco expert as they discuss real-world scenarios, share their experiences, and provide practical tips and best practices for incident response. From data breaches to cyber-attacks, we cover it all and help you prepare for the unexpected. Designed by SOC experts for SOC experts, Cisco XDR simplifies security operations to help security analysts remain proactive and resilient against the most sophisticated threats. By aggregating and correlating data from multiple disparate detection technologies into a unified view, Go from endless investigations to remediating the highest priority incidents with greater speed, efficiency, and confidence with Cisco XDR. Join us for thought-provoking discussions and practical insights that will help you stay ahead of the curve in today's rapidly evolving threat landscape. Resources: https://cisco.com/go/xdr Cisco Champion Hosts Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Information Security Evan Mintzer (twitter.

Effective port management is crucial for optimal and secure network operations, but it can be complex and difficult to scale across sites. Does port management have to be a headache? Absolutely not. In this episode, Cisco Champions and Meraki Switching experts will delve into the best practices for managing switch ports at scale. We will explore the potential business outcomes that can be achieved by leveraging Meraki Switching capabilities, such as zero-touch provisioning, port profiles*, scalable management through integrations, templates, and APIs – all of which are delivered with a user-friendly approach. *Port profiles will be available on the Meraki dashboard in early summer. Read this blog for more details (https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2023/05/the-key-to-effective-and-secure-port-management/) Resources https://meraki.cisco.com/products/switches/ Cisco Champion Hosts Deirra Footman (https://twitter.com/ccieby30), Network To Cloud, Network Engineer Pat Allen (twitter.com/layer8packet), Cus

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) provides complete lifecycle management and automation for Cisco Nexus platforms. It enables automated network connectivity, consistent network management, and simplified operations for hybrid cloud environments. Its modularized architecture based on Kubernetes microservices helps organizations enhance agility to accommodate constant change. Together with Cisco Nexus Dashboard, it enables organizations to streamline data center automation and centralize applications and reduce deployment time of VXLAN-EVPN fabrics to minutes. Cisco NDFC helps improve fabric reliability with constant monitoring of compliance and health, while reducing operation errors with predefined deployment models. Learn more about NDFC here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime-data-center-network-manager/index.html Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Alexander Deca, NTT, Principal Network

Cisco Live delivers education and inspiration to technology innovators around the globe. It is a place where the brightest minds in IT come to learn and network. This year, Cisco Live US is taking place in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada from June 4 - 8. If you plan to attend, tune in to this episode to hear from our Champions as they share their unique experiences, practical tips, and best practices. Resources Cisco Live 2023 - Cisco Cisco Champion Hosts David Samuel Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Business, Principal Engineer Dan Sheldon (twitter.com/SheldonClimbs), Prosimo, Senior Solutions Architect Evan Mintzer (twitter.com/evanmintzer), Customers Bank, Director, Production Infrastructure Joseph Houghes (twitter.com/jhoughes), Pure Storage, Senior Solutions Architect Matt Albrecht, Aqueduct Technologies, Director, Professional Services Tim Harmon (twitter.com/harmont2004), Computers 2 Kids, Information Technology Technician Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amil