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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

Learn how Wi-Fi is changing the way we connect. Join Cisco Wireless CTO and Cisco Champions as they discuss reliable Wi-Fi for always-on, predictable connectivity; scalable performance; security with software defined segmentation; and mobility with policy-based path selections. We also discuss current and future use cases and how Wi-Fi can address IoT, XR, hybrid work, automation, and more with enhanced experiences. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/wireless/index.html Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Hosts Dan Sheldon (twitter.com/SheldonClimbs), Prosimo, Senior Solutions Architect Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Paul Giblin (twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Distinguished Engineer Guest Matt MacPherson, Cisco, Sr. Director, CTO Wireless Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Earning a Cisco certification is no easy task. Preparing for exams, in and of itself, is an investment — the cost of study materials, training, and courses, not to mention the time that candidates devote to building their skills and knowledge — all comes to fruition the moment when they pass the exam, become certified, and reach the next level in their IT career. But all of that can (somewhat) quickly fade as their recertification deadline approaches. That open window of three years to recertify suddenly begins to close. In retrospect, the window was much smaller than they had anticipated. And until recently, the only way to recertify was via testing. When Cisco revamped its certification portfolio, new changes to its recertification policy arrived as well. Among several new options to recertify aside from taking exams, the updated policy extends the Cisco Continuing Education Program to certified individuals across all certification levels; previously, an option available solely at the Expert level.

In this Cisco Champion Radio Unfiltered episode, we have an open discussion with five incredible women who have navigated the male-dominated tech industry and have achieved great success. Join us to hear more about their personal experiences, including the challenges women face and how they responded, their triumphs and their advice on topics like how to show up with authority and how to be a better ally to your female colleagues. Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Micheline Murphy (twitter.com/MichyfishMurphy), WWT, Consulting Systems Engineer Rita Younger (twitter.com/SDN_Girl), WWT, Solution Manager, Global Engineering Shala Warner (twitter.com/GiftedLane), Cloud Platform Engineer Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Information Security Guest Denise Donohue (twitter.com/@ladynetwkr), Cisco, Systems Architect Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Cloud-Managed Security and SD-WAN: The Cisco Meraki MX are multifunctional security and SD-WAN enterprise appliances with a wide set of capabilities to address multiple use cases–from an all-in-one device. Tune in to this episode to learn how organizations of all sizes and across all industries rely on the MX to deliver secure connectivity to hub locations or multi-cloud environments, as well as application quality of experience (QoE), through advanced analytics with machine learning. Learn more https://meraki.cisco.com/products/security-sd-wan/?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Hosts Adam Hollifield (twitter.com/adambomb1219), Insight Enterprises, Architect Dustin Gabbett, ScanSource, Director, Cisco CX Practice Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst Guest Nick Joerger, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, Meraki Sam Fansler, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager, Meraki Moderator Amilee San Juan (twi

Tune in to the second part of our two-part series on home networks. In the first part (i.e., Episode 32), we discussed our home network security, why you should care and how to make sure your network is secure from bad actors. In Part 2, join Cisco Champions as they discuss home network design. We dive a little deeper into design principles, home labbing and the overlap between your home network and your office network in this hybrid work world. Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Managing Director Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo Network Solutions, Network and Security Specialist Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Pieter-Jan Nefkens(twitter.com/pjnef,Nefkens Advies, Network Consultant/Owner Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director/ Owner Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

The world is marching towards digitization in almost every field. The evolution of mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) has accelerated digitization. This progress touches nearly every industry and increases efficiency and resilience, but it comes with the cost of increased Greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon (CO2) emissions. Unless technology and products are designed to be sustainable, carbon emissions will destroy our planet. Increased digitization demands and consumes more of our natural resources. To combat this, the majority of technology companies around the World have pledged to meet the Net Zero challenge. This session introduces the concepts of GHG, the need to make products green, and how Cisco is participating and contributing to make its network products sustainable. The discussion will also cover Cisco’s energy efficient network routers like the 8000 Series highlighting the groundbreaking performance achieved by its Silicon One architecture. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutio

In today’s hyper-distributed world, ensuring a secure and flawless application experience for remote workers and offices is now paramount. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), the merging of networking and security architectures, is essential for enabling cloud-first operations that allow IT teams to securely connect users to applications. Cisco is uniquely positioned to help IT teams deliver secure connectivity regardless of where users, devices, and applications are located by bringing together cloud-enabled networking and advanced security innovations. Learn how Cisco provides a simple turnkey solution to deliver better, more secure experiences. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/plus-as-a-service/secure-connect.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Hosts Alfred Thyri (twitter.com/phred_at) Axians ICT Austria, Sr. Systems Engineer Billy Zoellers (twitter.com/billyzoellers), Dean Dorton, IT Infrastructure Services Manager Marc Luescher (twit

Businesses are shifting to microservice-based application architectures, which support rapid development with their flexibility, stability, security, and scale. At the same time, these architectures present new connectivity and security challenges that require us to move away from traditional approaches. In this session, we’ll show how Cisco is applying its 30 years of networking leadership to cloud-native application architectures with Calisti, Cisco’s new Service Mesh Manager. You’ll also hear about Panoptica, the Cisco Secure Application Cloud, which applies Cisco security leadership to cloud-native architectures. Finally, we will have an open discussion about additional technology development initiatives led by Cisco’s Emerging Technologies & Incubation team. Learn more Cisco Emerging Technologies & Incubation: https://eti.cisco.com/ Calisti (Cisco’s Service Mesh Manager): https://calisti.app/ Panoptica (Cisco’s Secure Application Cloud): https://panoptica.app/ Follow us https:/

As today’s IT leaders, you are living the reality of a changing world every day. To adapt, you must build new ways to work and conduct business. Modernizing your infrastructure is the first step, but true IT agility requires a smarter operational model. Learn how Cisco delivers best-in-class technologies with powerful wireless platforms that are more automated, more intelligent, more secure, more flexible and more sustainable. We’ll demonstrate how you can help your IT team efficiently deliver the most resilient high performance network experiences that rapidly adapt to changing business needs. (7:45) Why are there two different code bases? (11:21) What about the MS390? (13:10) Do you see additional models being added to this? Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/802-11ax-solution/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 https://techhouse570.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/techhouse570-cisco-live-2022-highlights-meraki-catalyst-916x-oh-my/ https://meraki.cisco.com/form/instant-demo/?

Designing and securing an enterprise network architecture often takes the work of many skilled IT professionals and enterprise solutions, but for your home network, your resources are limited. So how do you bring in some of those same design and security considerations into your home network? Should you even care? Join Cisco Champions as they share their own personal stories of data breaches and how they defend their home network against would-be attackers. Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Managing Director Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo Network Solutions, Network and Security Specialist Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director/ Owner Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Cisco Nexus Cloud gives customers a new way of deploying, managing, and operating their Cisco Nexus networks from the cloud, providing an option to run their network operations as-a-service with simplicity, visibility, and sustainability. Join us to learn how Nexus Cloud supports our flagship Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) architecture and NX-OS based Nexus deployments, and more about how the Cisco Nexus 400G performance options can transform your enterprise and cloud. Related links Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/nexus-cloud/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 (4:30) What is the difference between Nexus Cloud and Nexus Dashboard? (9:00) Cisco Intersight (10:40) Can you manage the cloud network with Cisco Product or with the native constructs offered up by AWS? (11:50) Will we see all of this data bubble up to one platform for troubleshooting and visibility? (17:19) What are the cost differences? (18:45) Sustainability efforts (22:09) Can

Learn how Cisco Smart Workspaces from DNA Spaces brings together the power of the Cisco portfolio to help enterprises create safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces. Smart Workspaces is a cloud-based solution that provides a 3D map that allows people to visualize real-time occupancy, indoor environmental conditions (air quality and temperature), and makes it easy to locate empty meeting and collaboration spaces. Employees and guests can use this information to make informed decisions about where they work and collaborate when in the workplace. Whereas IT, facilities, and HR receive analytics to better utilize space, manage energy usage, and quickly act on health and safety concerns. Related links Learn more: https://dnaspaces.cisco.com/smart-workspaces/?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion (2:58) What is Cisco Smart Workspaces? (4:15) What are the use cases? (9:28) What about the sensors? (13:20) How do we get this started? (18:38) Workspace management system (24:20) Pa

No matter the size of your Security Operations team, they’re likely overburdened with the sheer magnitude of alerts and the amount of time they’re spending on routine processes. Orchestration is a critically important way to drive automation by reducing the number of repetitive tasks so your team can focus on more strategic and future looking initiatives, like threat hunting. Join our experts to explore the detailed ways that SecureX orchestration workflows can be built, customized and activated to maximize your team’s efficiency and response times. Related links Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/securex-platform/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion (3:25) What’s new with SecureX? (5:25) What do you get in SecureX? (10:26) What are the features of SecureX that an organization with existing tooling should leverage? (12:40) How hard is it to get data from other applications? (16:49) How do you get data out of SecureX? (22:40) What else can we

Network automation and orchestration are today’s IT pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. With Cisco DNA Center that pot of gold is within reach. Cisco DNA center delivers a proven reliable, secure, and scalable DevOps platform with mature API’s, and closed-loop integrations to simplify and streamline the enterprise application system integration. Tune in to the episode to dive into the DevOps persona with Campus Network Programmability & Integrations using Cisco DNA Center. Discover what is possible with the APIs and looks at the power of some of the existing integrations with Cisco products and other popular enterprise application such as ServiceNow. Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/dna-center-platform/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts Jose Bogarin (twitter.com/josebogarin) Altus Consulting, Chief Innovation Officer Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Michael van Kleij (twitter

The rapid expansion of 5G has led to a diverse threat surface threatening the availability and sustainability of desired low latency outcomes (virtual reality, IoT, 3D video, etc.). One of the newer threats is the attack from rogue IoT and UE (mobile phones, iPads and other 5G attached devices) devices. The resulting increase in bandwidth consumption and diverse flows increased the overall threat surface at the access layer which can potentially expose the entire network to a much larger DDoS attack. With the new Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection solution, service providers will now have an efficient DDoS detection and mitigation solution that can thwart the attacks right at the access layer. The solution focuses on 5G deployments, providing an efficient attack detection & mitigation solution for GTP traffic. This will help in preventing malicious traffic from penetrating deeper into the service provider’s network. (2:59) What are DDoS attacks, and how the solutions evolved? (8:38) Why is Cisco coming ou

Just as the hybrid workplace has evolved recently, so has the threat landscape. Our suite of proactive and reactive incident response services delivers the visibility and threat intelligence you need to help prepare, respond, and recover from a breach. Access the full breadth of Cisco Talos, a recognized leader in threat intelligence and research. In this episode, we can dive into Talos Incident response can provide: · Greater visibility: Unmatched security capabilities facilitated by the largest telemetry and partner network in the industry. · Threat intelligence: Access to the full breadth of Talos, backed by the most-trusted responder and analysts, via Insights on Demand. · Faster response: Operational rigor and advanced tooling to apply global threat intelligence targeted at your organization. (3:05) What are we seeing in the industry? (3:40) Cyber insurance requirements (6:19) Champions experience with managing cyber insurance (8:40) Where are the cyber insurance req

With applications and users everywhere, the networks are now, more than ever, being tasked with delivering consistent protection while providing an exceptional user experience across multicloud environments (public, private, and hybrid cloud). The accelerated adoption of cloud-based applications and expanded remote workforce have also created significant challenges, including security and connectivity gaps, as well as unprecedented levels of network complexity that NetOps and SecOps teams could not have anticipated. Organizations are rethinking their networking and security strategies to meet the agenda of delivering a secure cloud-first and seamless hybrid work experience. Organizations now require a solution where networking and security functions are completely integrated into a single service. The solution – that intelligently and securely connects their users to the applications they need, regardless of where they are located. These organizations now turn to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to reduce

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