Join us for this podcast where we’ll explore the world of software-defined cloud interconnect (SDCI) with our partner Megaport. We’ll take a deep dive into SDCI and middle-mile optimization of the transport with direct private connection to your hybrid cloud workloads.

Cisco’s new SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect integration with Megaport’s Virtual Edge delivers a highly efficient, highly available, and highly secure method to interconnect your enterprise sites and cloud workloads.

Learn how, with a single pane of glass, Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect offers end-to-end network automation between sites and from site to clouds that’s 99.995% reliable. You’ll also hear how Cloud Interconnect with Megaport helps significantly reduce connectivity costs and total cost of operations when compared to other network connectivity options.

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Cisco Champion Hosts:

David Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Lead Network Consulting Engineer

Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (twitter.com/packetroute), Itron, Inc, Principal DevSecOps Cloud Engineer

Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services

Guests:

Aaron Royans, Cisco, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, ENB-TME SDWAN

James McElvanna, Megaport, Solutions Architect

Moderator:

Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

ThousandEyes is joining forces with the Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of switches to bring Internet and Cloud Intelligence to tens of thousands of organizations around the world, enabling them to see and manage networks and applications that they rely on but do not directly own or control. By bundling ThousandEyes with its most widely deployed switches for campus and branch environments, Cisco is solving a critical visibility gap for enterprises, who are increasingly leveraging cloud, Internet and SaaS to deliver digital services to its employees and internal systems.

Cisco Catalyst 9300/9400 switches with a DNA Advantage or Premier license can now serve as a vantage point for enterprises to gain a 360-degree view of campus service delivery—with no need to deploy additional hardware or purchase a separate software license.

Learn more: https://blog.thousandeyes.com/campus-service-assurance-cisco-catalyst-9000/?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Artem Tkachov, GAIN Capital, Infrastructure Manager

Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, CTO

Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services

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Prab Singh, Cisco, Product Lead, Internet & WAN, ThousandEyes ENG

Primoz Secnik Kolman, Cisco, Technical Solutions Architect, ThousandEyes Sales

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

Disruptive network transformation may only happen once a decade. First movers can set agendas and force competitors to defend for years. Cisco's Routed Optical Networking solution fundamentally changes how IP and optical networks are built and operated forever.

Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco’s Converged SDN Transport architecture begins to put an end to a long history of inefficient use of network capital and simplifies operations for the 5G era. Specifically, Cisco's Routed Optical Networking solution transforms customers’ financials with up to 35% CapEx and 57% OpEx savings. No one else can deliver anything close. Learn how to evolve your current infrastructure.

Learn more: www.cisco.com/go/ron?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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David Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Lead Network Consulting Engineer

Deirra Footman (twitter.com/ccieby30), 14 West, Senior Network Engineer

Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services

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Rana El Desouky Kazamel, Cisco, Product Management Leader, MIG Routing

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

The Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing for traditional scaleout and enterprise workloads. It reduces the number of server types to maintain, helping to improve operational efficiency and agility as it helps reduce complexity. Powered by the Cisco Intersight™ cloud operations platform, it shifts your thinking from administrative details to business outcomes—with hybrid cloud infrastructure that is assembled from the cloud, shaped to your workloads, and continuously optimized. Now that hardware can think and change like software, you are free to think like tomorrow.

Tune in this to podcast to learn how the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System can help you prepare for a hybrid cloud world—by helping you simplify with a cloud-operated infrastructure, simplify with an adaptable system designed for modern applications and simplify with a system engineered for the future.

Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/go/ucsx?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer

Joe Houghes (twitter.com/jhoughes), Veeam Software, Solutions Architect

Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Fesenius Medical Care North America, Networking and Security Architect

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Ravi Mishra (twitter.com/ravmishr), Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, CSPG UCS TME

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

Cisco® Nexus® Dashboard simplifies operations in today’s modern mutlicloud data center environments.

Tune in to this episode to learn about the operational simplicity realized from Cisco Nexus Dashboard and the powerful capabilities of its operational services. It a multidimensional challenge for IT to keep applications and networks in sync. With the ever increasing scope of the roles NetOps and DevOps, an automation toolset is needed to accelerate data center operations and securely manage the expansion to hybrid and multicloud. Cisco Nexus Dashboard provides a single focal point to unite the disparate views of globe-spanning multicloud data center operations, application deployment, and performance.

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Michael Witte (twitter.com/themikewitte), WWT, Technical Solutions Architect

Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services

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Munish Mehta, Cisco, Director, Software Engineering, DCN

Srini Kotamraju, Cisco, Director, Product Management, DC Switching

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

In this podcast, we discuss recent features, enhancements, and deployment strategies for Cisco SD-Access.

New features have enabled additional ways to evolve an existing network into a modern, automated, and secure SD-Access network in gradual steps that minimize disruption to business or users. Network Administrators can choose their starting point in the network evolution journey depending on the status of their existing network and decide their destination based on their business needs, adding benefits at each step along the way.

New segmentation capabilities and deployment flexibility have enhanced SD-Access to support Layer 2 switched access networks as a migration step in the journey.

New features also enable use cases that allow flexible routing of traffic from Layer 2 access networks to destinations outside the fabric. This is very useful in multitenant networks.

We also discuss the deep visibility that SD-Access features such as AI Endpoint Analytics and Group Based Policy Analytics bring that helps administrators determine what endpoint devices are on the network and how communication flows between them and other resources. This visibility lets them craft effective and granular access policies, which they can enforce automatically through device configurations that segment the network.

Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/software-defined-access/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Artem Tkachov, GAIN Capital, Infrastructure Manager

Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer

Dan Sheldon (twitter.com/sheldonclimbs), WWT, Senior Consulting Systems Engineering

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Jonathan Cuthbert, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, ENB

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become the standard mode of operation for public cloud infrastructure provisioning and modern development practices. However, extending IaC to your on-premises infrastructure can be challenging. Cisco and HashiCorp recently announced a joint solution, Cisco Intersight Service for HashiCorp Terraform that addresses this issue.

In this podcast we will dig into the requirements for bringing IaC on-prem and how the combination of Intersight and Terraform Cloud Business makes it easier and safer.

Learn more: https://developer.cisco.com/iac?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Mark Sibering (twitter.com/netcicd), Devoteam, Consultant

Meredith Rose (twitter.com/mer3dithrose), WWT, Consulting System Engineer

Jaycee Cockburn, NTT, Network Design & Team Lead

Guest:

Mohit Vaswani (twitter.com/momagic123), Cisco, Technical Solutions Architect, CISG Cloud Sales

David Soper, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, CPSG UCS

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

Last year, Cisco created the Emerging Technologies and Incubation organization which is on a mission to revolutionize innovation at Cisco. ET&I works on breakthrough, emerging solutions outside of the core business to create new markets and incubate new businesses for Cisco.

Tune in to this episode to hear the Cisco expert, Tim Szigeti, and Cisco Champions discuss how ET&I is different from traditional R&D; cutting-edge technology solutions to the latest business and social challenges; future trends; how you can be a part of Cisco’s innovation program and more.

Learn more: https://www.ciscotechblog.com/?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Ben Story (twitter.com/ntwrk80) Redeye Network, Network and Cybersecurity Engineer

David Macias (twitter.com/dmacias) Contact Center Consultant

Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/jonathan_mahady) BHP, Principal RF Wireless Engineer

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Tim Szigeti (twitter.com/tim_szigeti) Cisco, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer/ Director of Technical Marketing, Emerging Technologies and Incubation

Moderator:

Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1) Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

The ways your IT enables secure, trusted, and flexible collaboration is a major factor in your business’ ability to address, overcome, and even benefit from disruption, especially in these uncertain times. Given the new normal organizations have faced over the last year, it has become evident that it’s not just how your co-workers need to execute their daily operations, but also how your customers must pivot.

It means more than just understanding and managing the span of technologies in use and how to securely enable and interact with them at scale; it means having actionable intel and insights and being able to respond to them without impacting performance. And, to make that environment operate optimally at scale with agility and resilience, you need technological acumen edge-to-edge.

Join Chris Rittler, VP of Product Management for Cisco Business Critical Services and Cisco Champions as they discuss how your organization can take proactive steps to be prepared for an uncertain future and build greater resiliency for your business.

Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_us/customer-experience/business-critical-services.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services

Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, UC Cloud Architect

Amr Nasher (twitter.com/amr_nasher), Twaasol, BDM & Solutions Architect

Guest:

Chris Rittler (twitter.com/chrisrittler), VP, CX Product Management, CX PM BCS

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1) Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program

If you’ve ever wondered what a Cisco Champion is, you’ll find the answer in this episode. In our very first episode of the Cisco Champion Unfiltered series—where we feature Champion on Champion conversations—we have an informative, yet casual, discussion.

In this discussion, we gain insights into their backgrounds and experiences as technologists and as Cisco Champions. You’ll quickly discover that Cisco Champions are next-level technologists who have a passion for technology and a passion for connecting with their peers and Cisco experts, technology and solutions.

Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/events-webinars/influencer-hub.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469

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Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Business Development Manager and Solution Architect

David Peñaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Business, Principal Engineer

Michael van Kleij (twitter.com/mvankleij_nl), Axians NL, Technical Consultant

Rodrigo Rovere (twitter.com/rar_21), Sencinet, Sales Engineer

Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director/ Owner

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Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program