Cisco Champion Radio

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 family powers and securely interconnects the previously unconnected with 90W UPOE+, Wi-Fi 6 and multigigabit technology.

Upon that foundation Cisco Smart Building solutions includes the next level of functionality that puts the "smart" in smart buildings:

Cisco Spaces location analytics and wireless and wired indoor IoT services

-ThousandEyes network visibility

-Meraki MV for workspace visibility

-Cisco Devices, Meraki and Catalyst APs for environmental visibility

-SD-Access security with macro and micro segmentation and endpoint trust analytics

-Cisco DNA Center control, automation and PoE analytics

-Extensive ecosystem of smart building partners that provide LED lighting, shades, motors, controllers, sensors, cameras and management solutions

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https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/smart-building.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Jeremy Witikko, Cisco, Director, Sales Business Development

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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.

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https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/wireless/index.html

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Matt MacPherson, Cisco, Sr. Director, CTO Wireless

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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.

Continuing Education (CE) activities are simply learning activities recognized by Cisco to meet the rigor and standard that demonstrate a level of skill, or proficiency. And while accruing CE credits via training and completing courses is a valid approach to recertification, continuous learning is likely, or rather ideally, innate to the IT professional who understands that keeping their skills and knowledge current amid the rapidly changing landscape of IT is critical for their success.

Resources

Portal: ce.cisco.com

Exam Progress: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/simple-sign-on-certification-experience.html

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Bill Masci (twitter.com/billver3), Iridium Communications, Inc., Network Administrator

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Mike Bolitho (twitter.com/NetEngMike), CommonSpirit Health, Wireless Engineer

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Anna Rubin, Cisco, Leader, Associate & Professional Exams

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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.

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Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Information Security

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Denise Donohue (twitter.com/@ladynetwkr), Cisco, Systems Architect

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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.

(9:20) MX’s ability to scale

(15:35) Virtual client

(16:58) Are there instances of using an MV and sensors with a MX?

(25:47) AnyConnect/ VPN capability

Hardware design philosophy

(30:45) Data visibility

(33:00) All-in-one device

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https://meraki.cisco.com/products/security-sd-wan/?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Nick Joerger, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, Meraki

Sam Fansler, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager, Meraki

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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.

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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

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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.

(3:13) What does sustainability mean?

(6:23) Tell us about some of the specific sustainability initiatives that go into Cisco 8000 series.

(11:33) Do these initiatives cost more money?

(15:50) The other components of sustainability around a product.

(30:50) Are customers starting to drive sustainability behavior?

(35:45) Scope 1, 2 and 3 meaning

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https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/green-it-sustainability.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/8000-series-routers/index.html

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Gurudatt Shenoy, Cisco, VP, Product Management, MIG Routing

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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.

(3:26) Cisco+ Secure Connect introduction

(4:58) We need to expand to other regions. How could that product offering help us?

(7:45) It is a combination of products - Is it one solution and one dashboard?

(10:27) How does it look from a technical and licensing perspective, to get from where they are today to Cisco+ Secure Connect?

(15:13) Where is the service available today?

(15:52) How are my cloud resources connected to the service?

(18:19) What are we doing to identify users as they are connecting?

(21:10) What does it provide regarding monitoring and securing for the SOC?

(23:10) How does it support the user experience?

(26:10) Is there any minimum size to get on the service and how does is scale?

(29:30) What do I do if I have small data centers and need to access them? What does that look like?

(34:16) What does this look like for branch-to-branch traffic?

(36:18 How does the solution protect endpoints?

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https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/plus-as-a-service/secure-connect.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Dan Bourbeau, Cisco, Leader, Technical Marketing

VB Malik, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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.

(2:56) What does the Emerging Technologies & Incubation team do?

(5:49) Introduction of Calisti and Panoptica

(15:08) Can you automate gradually steering traffic with Calisti?

(18:06) Is Calisti a load balancer or is changing something in the flow?

(19:50) Can you talk about how we use Calisti to provide actionable insights?

(24:45) Does that include Talos solutions?

(26:16) What is Panoptica?

(34:30) Do you provide training?

(36:50) Regarding Panoptica, is this something that sits in line or is it not on path?

(40:30) What are some of the other innovations coming from ET&I?

(42:30) When you hear quantum, what do you think of?

(43:15) What is quantum networking?

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/

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Tim Szigeti, Cisco, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, ET&I

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

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?

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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/?dtid=opdcsnc001469

https://documentation.meraki.com/Cloud_Monitoring_for_Catalyst?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Alex Burger, Cisco, Technical Marketing Leader, Meraki Product Management

Nicholas Swiatecki (twitter.com/swiatecki), Cisco, Engineering Product Manager

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program