Cisco Champion Radio

Join Cisco Champions, and the Cisco expert to learn more about the changing threat landscape, and how the latest innovations in Cisco email security can help to mitigate the rise in phishing, business email compromise, malware and ransomware attacks. Related links Learn more: https://cisco.com/go/emailsecurity Free trial: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/email-threat-defense-free-trial.html Follow us: https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Fresenius Medical Care, Network/ Email Security Architect Guest Usman Din, Cisco, Director, Product Management, TDR PM Email Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Champion Program

Businesses need a way to manage and grow branch networks in a faster, simpler, and more flexible manner. With advancements in 5G cellular, fixed wireless access (FWA) is now a choice method for primary network WAN access. In this episode, Cisco Champions and experts will talk about Cisco Meraki's recently announced first-ever 5G cellular gateways – the MG51 and MG51E – and how Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA helps business – from retail and food services to financial services and healthcare – scale robust, always-on 5G connected experiences anywhere. Try Meraki 5G FWA for free: https://meraki.cisco.com/form/trial/ Learn more about Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA: https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless-wan/ Learn more about the MG51: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/integrated-antenna/mg51/ Learn more about the MG51E: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/external-antenna/mg51e/ See MG51 and MG51E in the press: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m02/cisco-launches-mer

Troubleshooting can be daunting; automating can be hard; and managing a network can be difficult. Experience a new way of addressing your equipment, boosting your Cisco Services and expanding your capabilities with RADKit—a network-wide orchestrator. In this episode, Cisco Champions uncover what you want to know about RADKit, a Software Development Kit (SDK) with a set of ready-to-use tools and Python modules which enables efficient and scalable interactions with local or remote equipment. Resources Product page: https://radkit.cisco.com/ Community page: https://community.cisco.com/t5/radkit-discussions/bd-p/disc-radkit Cisco Champion Hosts Alfred Thyri (twitter.com/phred_at) Axians ICT Austria, Sr. Systems Engineer Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Richard Atkin (twitter.com/ukricha), ITGL, Solution Architect Guest Frederic Detienne, Cisco, Distinguished Engineer, CX GC TAC Moderator Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Progra

Transform your network with a secure foundation that unlocks the power of automation, simplicity, and network insights to meet the demands of the future workplace. In this podcast, Cisco Champions and Cisco experts discuss the ever-increasing bandwidth needs being driven by the rapid transition to more and more cloud services and next-generation Wi-Fi technology. We will highlight how the newest offering in the Catalyst 9500 Series—the high density 10/25G/50G C9500X-60L4D model with 400G uplinks—helps network operators take the next steps to meet the demand now and in the future. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/catalyst-9500-series-switches/index.html Cisco Champion Hosts Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, Technical Solutions Architect Pat Allen (twitter.com/layer8packet), Customers Bank, Sr. Network Engineer Tim Bertino (twitter.com/TimBertino) Nebraska Methodist Health System, Senior Network Engineer Guests Iqbal Syed, Cisco, Product Management Leader

Ninety-four percent of recent survey respondents are concerned that TLS 1.3 will break their existing security controls. With the ever-expanding amount of encrypted network traffic mandated, it’s important to understand how to balance user and customer privacy with security controls. Join experts from Cisco Security and EMA Research as they discuss the rise in compliance mandates, the benefits, and the risks of uninspected encrypted traffic as adoption of TLS 1.3 grows. Join this episode to learn: -Details surrounding the rise of encrypted traffic -Sources and meaning of mandates for internal and external compliance -Different approaches to managing encrypted data/traffic Learn more Cisco Secure Firewall solutions: See, Try, or Buy https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/firewalls/get-started.html?ccid=cc000155&dtid=odicdc000509&oid=trlsc027054 Cisco Champion Hosts Adam Hollifield (twitter.com/adambomb1219), Insight Enterprises, Architect Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Frese

As your network evolves into future generations and topologies, it is critical to have an understanding of VXLAN, an underlying technology used in many campus and data center designs. Join Cisco Champions as they discuss: -What VXLAN is, -the evolution of VXLAN, -its purpose in the campus and data center, -the benefits and disadvantages, -and why an organization may want to adopt VXLAN over spanning tree. Resources https://github.com/Cat9kEVPN/cat9k-evpn-ansible Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Kelcher (twitter.com/ipswitch), IP Fabric, Solutions Architect Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Ryan Harris (twitter.com/bridgeisroot), NetCraftsmen, Senior Engineer Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) is a comprehensive networking solution for data centers. It enables businesses to innovate faster and minimize downtime by radically simplifying, optimizing, and accelerating infrastructure deployment and expediting the application deployment lifecycle. Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco ACI delivers a network policy-based framework that extends to the WAN and campus, translating intent into the network constructs necessary to dynamically provision the network, security, and infrastructure services. Hear how it enables building a data center network fabric with up to hundreds of switches automatically, and focusing on communications, through a single point of network configuration. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html?socialshare=demo1

Join the Champions and our industry experts as they dive into Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC)—a database system that allows a standard power access point (AP) to operate both indoors and outdoors in parts of the 6 GHz frequency band that are not used by license holders at their location. In this podcast, you’ll learn how an AP sends a frequency availability request using the format outlined in the Wi-Fi Alliance AFC device to system interface, and the AFC responds with a list of standard power channels that can be used by the APs. Cisco Champion Hosts Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo Network Solutions, Network and Security Specialist Sam Clements (twitter.com/samuel_clements), Presidio, Engineering Director, Office of the CTO, Mobility Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director/ Owner Guests Matt MacPherson, Cisco, Sr. Director, CTO Wireless Christopher Szymanski, Broadcom, Director, Product Marketing Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1

As IT teams are increasingly challenged to deliver optimally configured infrastructure to meet business demands in an agile manner, automation becomes a necessary IT practice. Automation powered by APIs becomes the building block of integrations across multi-vendor products and Cisco has showcased this capability by providing open platforms like Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Nexus Cloud. This session will cover the diverse set of integration use cases that customers typically deploy in their data center to ease operations and management of their networking infrastructure. This enables ITOps, NetOps and DevOps teams to innovate and meet the business need of infrastructure automation and accelerate a critical part of their application deployment journey. Learn more www.cisco.com/go/dcecosystem www.cisco.com/go/nexuscloud www.cisco.com/go/nexusascode Follow us twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Alexander Deca (twitter.com/AlexanderDeca_), NTT Limited, Principal Network Engineer Michael Wi

Automation is critical to modern network infrastructure. Not everyone is equally far along in their automation journey. In this broadcast you will learn how Cisco’s Nexus-as-Code project simplifies datacenter network automation through an easy-to-use, inventory driven approach based on Terraform. Learn more www.cisco.com/go/nexusascode Cisco Champion Hosts Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Michael van Kleij (twitter.com/mvankleij_nl) Axians NL, Technical Consultant Micheline Murphy (twitter.com/MichyfishMurphy), WWT, Consulting Systems Engineer Guests Jim Mathers, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager Rob van der Kind, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer Moderator Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program Cisco Champion 2023 Applications: https://ciscocx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bNjQ0G0SJoDWKeW

AIOps is all the buzz these days. In this podcast, we will debunk some common myths surrounding AIOps and share more insights for network admins to become AIOps power users. Tune in to learn more about how Cisco DNA Center AIOps features help to achieve effective visibility, gain detailed insights and make troubleshooting more efficient. Resources Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/dna-center-platform/index.html Cisco Champion 2023 application: https://ciscocx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bNjQ0G0SJoDWKeW Cisco Champion Hosts Michael Witte (twitter.com/themikewitte), WWT, Technical Solutions Architect Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (twitter.com/packetroute), Morgan Stanley, Vice President, Cloud DevSecOps Engineering Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director Guests Bhuvi Chopra, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager, DNA Sukrit Dasgupta, Cisco, Director, Software Engineering, DNA Machine Learning Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer

Are you studying for an upcoming exam? Could you use some tips on how to study to get that certification? Join the Cisco Champions in this unfiltered episode as they discuss some tricks, tips and habits that they have used to study for exams and certifications. Learn more https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/ https://blogs.cisco.com/learning/meet-cisco-u https://www.netacad.com/ https://skillsforall.com/ https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/modeling-labs/index.html https://dcloud.cisco.com/ https://developer.cisco.com/ https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/application-centric-infrastructure-simulator/index.html https://community.cisco.com/t5/unified-computing-system-knowledge-base/ucs-platform-emulator-downloads-ucspe-4-2-2a-ucspe-4-1-2c/ta-p/3648177 https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ https://www.eve-ng.net/ https://www.gns3.com/ https://blog.ipspace.net/2021/09/netsim-tools-overview.html https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.fo

Connectivity is the basis for the Internet of Things. And wireless connectivity is accelerating the adoption of IoT technologies, driving the digitalization of society with machine-to-machine (M2M) and machine-to-people (M2P) communications on a massive scale. With massive digitization, IoT connectivity management needs a strategy that mitigates the complexity increases as organizations broaden their scope and scale of IoT. This begins with establishing a platform capable of adapting to existing systems and managing devices across geographies, wireless carriers, and connectivity technologies. We call this platform Cisco IoT Control Center – a solution for the diverse and unique connectivity needs of IoT applications demanding nuanced decisions that consider global coverage, intelligent-switching capabilities, service delivery, pricing, and security. In an increasingly digital world, connectivity should be simple, reliable, and without borders. Finding the right IoT connectivity management platform solves man

Licensing doesn't have to be difficult. Cisco has retooled a significant amount of its licensing processes to make it more user friendly. In this episode, Cisco Champions share their experiences and perspectives around Cisco Licensing. Tune in to receive practical advice, tips and tricks that can help you work smarter with Cisco Licensing. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_us/products/software/dna-subscription-switching/en-sw-sub-matrix-switching.html Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Joseph Houghes (twitter.com/jhoughes), Pure Storage, Senior Solutions Architect Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, Technical Solutions Architect Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Guest Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), Cisco, Engineering Product Manager, DNAC Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

In 2019, Gartner coined the four network management IT personas and, thus, set forth the xOps transformation in many IT Organizations. The four networking IT personas are: NetOps, SecOps, DevOps and AIOps. In this episode, we explore these IT personas, why they are important and how they are enabled in Cisco DNA Center. After listening, you’ll better understand how these personas can help transform and refine IT jobs. Learn more Blog: https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/empowering-the-four-it-personas-using-cisco-dna-center-with-rings-of-power d-Cloud Demo: https://dcloud2-sjc.cisco.com/content/instantdemo/cisco-dna-center-automation-and-assurance-v2-3-3-instant-demo-preview?returnPathTitleKey=content-view Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, Technical Solutions Architect Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Network/ Email Security Architect Guests Balaji Venkatraman, Cisco, VP, Product Management, DNA Shai Silberman (twit

Data centers continue to evolve to support next-generation applications such as AI and ML that drive massive bandwidth growth in intra-data center traffic. Demand for faster, higher-density, more sustainable data centers, and cloud-scale networks continues. To support this growth and demand, data center operators require compact, high-capacity, high-speed, and highly efficient switches. Tune in to this episode to learn how the Cisco Nexus 9232E transforms cloud-scale Infrastructure. Resources Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV491nrm0fs&feature=youtu.be Blog: https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco-nexus-connect-cloud-scale-performance-and-sustainability Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Alexander Deca (twitter.com/AlexanderDeca_), NTT Limited, Principal Network Engineer Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (twitter.com/packetroute), Morgan Stanley, Vice President, Cloud DevSecOps Engineering Guests Faraz Taifehesmatian, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer Le

In this episode, Cisco Champions and the Cisco expert explore the affordable world of remanufactured Cisco products. You’ll learn what remanufactured means, how it’s different from refurbished, and where the real value opportunities are for customers that buy remanufactured products. In addition, you’ll learn where this equipment is sourced, how it’s rehabbed, who can sell it, and the average shipping timeline. We also explore the surprise sustainability upside that remanufactured products bring to the table, and we share a couple of real-world examples of how both large and small companies are putting remanufactured goods to work for maximum upside. Questions addressed -What type of products are available? -How does equipment become part of the Cisco Refresh pool? -How does a partner or customer know what’s in stock? -Do customers need to specifically ask for Cisco Refresh? -Is the equipment always older? Or is newer gear available in the program? -What happens when equipment is returned? -Wha

Is it difficult to keep up with all the fast-paced changes in the network security space these days? DLP, CASB, SASE, ZTNA, CSPM, SSE. At the end of the day you just want to make sure your network and users are protected but acronym overload is high! Join Meraki for a discussion on network security, where they are headed and how the MX product powered by the robust threat intelligence engine Cisco Talos can protect you. Questions addressed -How does MX firewall play into the cloud? -Where do you begin? -How do you create a consistent experience for remote and in-office users? -How can organizations leverage zero trust? -How does ISE, Umbrella, and other security products tie together? (Hint: Cisco SecureX and Meraki Dashboard) -Are there different integrations that exist that can be used? -How can I leverage systems manager to make sure non-compliant software doesn’t access my firewall/ corporate network? -What are the data loss prevention features? -How can CASB help with protecting data i

So, you’re a network engineer but you’d like to learn how to automate some of your processes. Maybe you’d like to start thinking like a developer. Or, perhaps, you’d like to become proficient in coding. How do you begin? Where should you start? In this episode, Cisco Champions and our experts discuss and share their perspectives on: · The definition of automation · How a network engineer becomes a developer · The benefits of understanding how to develop · Whether automation can automate you out of a job · Tools and resources Learn more https://developer.cisco.com/ http://www.MetalDevOps.com https://github.com/Devoteam/CICD-toolbox https://github.com/Devoteam/NetCICD https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Kelcher (twitter.com/ipswitch), IP Fabric, Solutions Architect Kenny Paula (twitter.com/KennyJPaula666), Reading Community College, IT Instructor Mark Sibering (twitter.com/netcicd), Devoteam, Lead Principal Architect Guest Jason Go

At Cisco, the environment and sustainability are more than just important. They are the underpinnings of our vision of an inclusive future that takes everyone into account, including future generations. To fully achieve our goals, we have also focused on redesigning our workspaces globally and applying our own Cisco smart building technology and that of our vast partner ecosystems to drive to net-zero. The evolution of our networking and operational technologies, what we call Cisco Smart Building Solutions, combines lessons learned from our years of work with our partners and customers with the latest in wireless and wired networking, PoE powered devices, lighting, shades, HVAC controllers, sensors, cameras, screens and building management systems. The goal is to not only connect, but to interconnect IT and OT systems to help respond and react as the use of the space changes. The foundation of Cisco Smart Building solutions starts with Catalyst 9000 switches and access points. The Catalyst 9000 fam