Cisco Champion Radio

The Cisco Certified DevNet Expert joins Cisco’s expert-level certification tier and validates candidates’ expertise in network automation and software development—one of the fastest growing fields in networking today. The new DevNet Expert certification allows engineers to distinguish themselves as recognized experts in NetDevOps technologies, as well as their ability to lead the IT teams of the f...

Your network works for you. Your network has all the data it needs to make it a better network. However, with people coming and going, your network environment becomes a living and breathing entity that is dynamic based on the number of users, the demand for bandwidth and other environmental changes that happen over time. If your network does not adjust to these changes, performance suffers for al...

With over one trillion email scams per year, more than 22 billion records were exposed by data breaches in 2021. Phishing attacks are clearly on the rise, and they’re effectively exploiting human and system weakness to compromise critical and sensitive information.   Join us to learn more about the latest threat landscape changes, and how the latest innovations in Cisco Secure Email help to mitiga...

Networks can be complex and often unpredictable. Traffic from over-the-top applications, automated systems, malicious attacks, or variations from simple operational errors can have unforeseen effects on traffic flows. Network providers need effective tools to consume and correlate this critical traffic data at scale and at low operational cost.  Join Cisco Champions and the experts as they discuss...

Reaching the height of your career is no simple feat. It often requires a combination of pursuing the right education, building the right professional network and being bold enough to take the right chances. It takes time and effort. It takes taking yourself out of your comfort zone.  In the third part of our three-part series, Cisco Champions explore what it means to be an expert—in particular, t...

Full-stack observability provided by Cisco solutions moves beyond domain monitoring into full-stack visibility, insights, and actions, transforming siloed data into actionable insights that provide shared context for your IT teams.    Cisco is focused on full-stack observability with business context. Business context is the ability to map service capabilities and quality across digital applicatio...

Counterfeiting hardware and software is an illegal and lucrative trade which leads to an estimated $100B loss of revenue annually across IT industries. As one of the largest and most reputable brands in the world, Cisco is often a target of counterfeiters.     For all end-users across Cisco’s ecosystem, counterfeiting presents serious risks to network quality, performance, safety, and reliability....

Standing up and operating a mobile 5G network can be a challenging task, but Private 5G doesn’t need to be.  Now, there is a simple solution for enterprises that integrates their existing network systems with their very own Private 5G network.  Cisco Private 5G is delivered as-a-service to eliminate much of the cost and complexity by providing full lifecycle management of the equipment and softwar...

Organizations are undergoing digital transformation like never before.  Global spending on digital transformation of business practices, products, and organizations is forecast to exceed $10 Trillion (with a T!) over the next five years alone. Companies need an operational model that allows them to deploy, manage, and optimize apps and infrastructure regardless of where it is located.  To succeed...

You’ve conquered the formative years of your career, somehow navigated the complex world of ever-changing networking technology, and have achieved success. But, as you contemplate the second act of your career, you may realize your needs and ambitions change. How can you approach the next phase with purpose and intention? What should you consider? How can you prepare?   In the second part of our t...

Do you have the responsibility to prepare, plan, design, implement, and operate complex solution environments? If so, you understand the need to leverage any available resources that makes that job easier.   But what is Cisco doing to provide you with the necessary design and implementation documentation you need to be successful? Join as we discuss 1) what is being done to better enable the engin...

Meet, call or brainstorm an idea—that can turn into the next big thing—with purpose-built devices. RoomOS is the powerful, cloud-connected operating system that enables your Webex room and desk devices to deliver intelligent, immersive, and inclusive collaboration experiences.   We want to protect your existing investments, so we teamed up with partners to provide you with agnostic meeting experie...

The Catalyst 9000 switching family offers versatile design for more-flexible operations. Help ensure a more secure experience and bring exceptional speed and scale with our new Catalyst 9000X models.   Tune in to learn how this powerful and flexible switch can help deploy a platform to get the bandwidth, speed and scale required to support today’s hybrid work; leverage AI/ ML for continuous zero-t...

Wi-Fi 6E technology extends the Wi-Fi 6 standard into the 6GHz spectrum allowing for faster speeds, lower latency and more security to the network. The business landscape has advanced as apps and IoT have become increasingly more vital to work; clients need unincumbered access to them. Wi-Fi 6E provides that direct access. Wi-Fi 6E is also the perfect deployment for making sure that your hybrid wo...

Routed optical networking, part of the Converged SDN Transport Architecture, is a new network paradigm that delivers improved operational efficiencies and simplicity. The solution works by merging IP and private line services onto a single layer where all the switching is done at Layer 3. Routers are connected hop-by-hop with standardized pluggable coherent optics.   With a single service layer ba...

Being early in career presents a myriad of opportunities to learn and develop skills that are critical to career advancement. It’s a stage where you will continue to build and strengthen hard skills and soft skills; where you will learn to fail fast; and, ultimately, where you will learn what you truly love to do.   Join Cisco Champions as they bring their collective years of experience to share t...

Work is not where you go, it’s what you do. Easy to say but harder to implement. What does it take to truly empower workers to work from home, in the office, or anywhere?   Join the hybrid work conversation as Cisco Champions and Cisco experts discuss solutions such as secure SD-WAN/SASE, full-stack observability, and hybrid cloud, as well as the cultural and organizational implications of hybrid...

Sometimes product users will get a feeling that a particular product has not been designed with them in mind. This feeling is a symptom of non-inclusivity, and innovators everywhere (yes, even you) are uniquely positioned to help stop the spread of bias in technology. In this episode, Cisco Champions and Cisco advocate Maulie Dass discuss the concept of audience inclusivity, and how we can change...

Esports is booming and Cisco is taking a front seat in the future of esports in a big way. Game publishers, professional teams, tournament organizers and venue owners are investing in the development of world-class experiences, innovation and expanding esports to the whole world. Now we see universities and high schools building academic programs, dedicated facilities, education aligned highs scho...

The internet has grown exponentially for over 30 years and will soon surpass 30 billion connected devices. Yet, even for its age and the all the connected devices, the Internet of Things remains a 30-year-old infant. And like an infant, IoT needs guidance. It needs to be shown how to communicate and exchange data, taught how to make decisions, and be managed and looked after.   The evolution of wi...

Join us for an informal discussion on why enterprise microservices architectures rely on open source service mesh, such as Istio, to secure, connect, observe and control services with little or no changes to the application code.  In addition, how Cisco Service Mesh Manager, an extension of Intersight Kubernetes Service, builds upon the advantages of 100% upstream Istio by adding a powerful UI/API...

Threat hunting is a security practice where you look for threats that have managed to get past your defenses and have hidden themselves within your environment. It’s not just about uncovering threats, but also implementing policies and playbooks to shore up your security posture. In fact, some of the most successful hunts may not uncover a threat at all. Rather, they identify a weakness in the env...

Listen to this episode to learn more about how we can help you focus on business innovation by demystifying your hybrid cloud network automation and operations. Simplify hybrid cloud networking with a single platform, Cisco Nexus Dashboard. With its One View presentation of all your hybrid cloud network sites, your IT operators can use a single agile platform, to operate all their network infrastr...

Oh no! You find out bad actors are scouting your network. They’ve penetrated your organization, and now your files are locked. You are the victim of a ransomware attack. How did this happen? How do you handle an incident like this? What are the steps to remediation? Join Cisco Champions as they explain what ransomware is, discuss their unique experiences with handling ransomware outbreaks, and tal...

One word describes the life of network operations, and that word is complex. It’s no wonder when your responsibility is to maintain multi-layer IP and Optical networks that span multiple domains built on top of multiple vendors. Tune in to this episode to learn from the experts on how customers are using Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller to deliver operational excellence.  Tasks are simplifi...