Cisco Champion Radio

Configuring and maintaining access policies in a network is a challenge. In our increasingly complex and dynamic networks, IP policies are not meeting the needs of many administrators. Access policies need to evolve from static IP based to intent based. Creating policy should be as simple as defining intent, “who” needs to access “what” regardless of where they connect in the network. With that id...

As organizations increasingly introduce machine learning (ML) capabilities to their existing products, their artificial intelligence (AI) projects and operations complexity grows. As a result, they rapidly face challenges in managing complex ML workloads. MLOps is a growing field that addresses these challenges. But what is MLOps and how does Cisco support their customers by contributing to Kubefl...

Cisco is on a journey to making networking smarter with artificial intelligence and machine learning. The latest stop in this journey, Cisco AI Endpoint Analytics, helps identify, profile, and group previously unknown endpoints in the network, increasing visibility and enhancing security. Listen in as the discussion covers the value of AI and ML in the first part of a two-part series. Learn more:...

As many people shifted to remote work over the past couple of months, due to the global pandemic, the world discovered that work can be accomplished from anywhere. Now, with more than 70% of companies planning to shift to remote work permanently, new questions are surfacing around how to prepare a workforce to be successful in the “new normal.” With Lorrissa’s unique experience in managing a distr...

43% of IT time is spent troubleshooting. Decoding wireless issues, application performance problems, and fixing misconfigurations are challenging problems to remediate. This discussion covers new assurance and troubleshooting capabilities for cloud-managed Cisco Meraki networks. Topics include leveraging ML to pinpoint SaaS performance problems and using the newly released ‘Meraki Health’ to reduc...

Securing your organization is becoming increasingly complex. It may seem faster to tack on new point products to address the latest attack or protect yet another threat vector. But this multi-console approach is tedious and error-prone, which you don’t have time for. In this episode, we reunite with Ben Greenbaum, Technical Marketing Engineer, and Cisco Champions, Evan Mintzer and Ben Story, to ta...

As organizations have had to rapidly respond and transition in the face of swift change, Cisco VDI solutions have enabled businesses to empower their workforce to work remotely with ease. In this episode, we sit down with Bryan Hilton, Cisco Technical Solutions Architect and Cisco Champions, Michael Rhoades and Meredith Rose, to discuss how running Cisco HyperFlex in the data center, managed by In...

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, you'll hear from Cisco spectrum and policy expert, Mary Brown as well as Cisco Wireless CTO, Matt MacPherson, along with Cisco Champion hosts Sam Clements of Presidio and Shai Silberman from San Jose State University. In April of this year, the FCC opened the 6 GHz spectrum for unlicensed use. When devices hit the market in the next couple of years, they wi...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, our Cisco Champions talk to Cisco’s Wireless Product Manager, Ankur Bhasin, about Wireless Resiliency, as in no longer waiting for scheduled down-time to deploy new Access Points or software updates. The discussion also covers the new Cisco DNA Center feature, User Defined Network (UDN), for use cases like dormitories or long-term hospital stays; as well a...

Listen as our Cisco Champions converse with Cisco’s Darryl Sladden about Cisco DNA Spaces as it expands the range of sensors beyond Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. Learn how you can deploy sensors, tags and beacons at scale to drive business outcomes across the enterprise. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/dna-spaces/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Cisco Champ...

Join our Cisco Champions discuss how an SD-WAN assists in the transformation to a Digital Business Model with Marcus Hacke, Founder and CEO of ngena, using an approach of Connectivity Platform as a Service. Due to the new demands and requirements, old network platforms are not scalable to support these new requirements and use cases, the discussion delves into how SD-WAN and ngena’s solution helps...

Join our Cisco Champions as they have a conversation with Cisco’s Chuck Stickney of the Cisco DevNet Partner Ecosystem team. They discuss the difference between Partner Specialization vs. Career/Individual Certifications; how Partner Specialization helps partners and what is required to be part of the program; how the three (3) tiers differ; Business vs. Architectural specialization; and do partne...

Join our Cisco Champions speak with Cisco’s Peter Jones and find out what his Ethernet Dream is, starting with some history on IT and how it relates to a vision of having all OT in the world under Ethernet and why. What problems would it solve that are specific to OT, like preventative maintenance challenges. Peter also discusses where the vision is currently, the latest challenges to move the vis...

Join the Cisco Champions as they discuss what’s new with the Cisco Contact Center with Kurt Mey and Carlos Guadamuz. The discussion includes the integration of Voicea and CloudCherry acquisitions; Customer Experience Management; the use of AI/ML to listen, analyze and predict; leveraging of Cognitive Collaboration; the WebEx Contact Center Enterprise; the specialization use cases; and much more. C...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, our Cisco Champion talks to the Cisco Modeling Lab (CML) team about all things CML. The discussion addresses topics such as CML as an orchestration platform; the feedback that motivated the team to re-design CML and how it differs from the prior version; the reliability and robust functionality, as well as the provisions for growth and expansion; security...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, our Cisco Champions Radio are joined by Veronika Klauzova to discuss network security and how Cisco’s High Performance Firewall aid in protecting your network. The discussion covers how the firewall handles aspects like Performance, Security, Threat Intelligence, etc.; also what analytics are collected and how they are used; and more specifics and details...

Listen to Cisco’s Chris Riviere and BlueCat’s Brian Shorland describe Cisco’s Umbrella and BlueCat’s DNS Edge technology synergistic partnership. The discussion includes how Cisco’s Umbrella and BlueCat’s DNS Edge technology products integrate and enable functionality such as DNS profiling and mining of network information, like phishing emails, adult content, malicious infrastructure, etc., using...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Valeria Scribanti discusses Cisco’s Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) with our Cisco Champions. The discussion delves into what is AMP, an Endpoint Security Solution, and the differences between EPP and EDR and how they are related to AMP. Does AMP resolve conflicts with other anti-virus offerings on an endpoint? And, how does AMP address an endpoint that...

Take a listen as our Cisco Champions have a spirited discussion with Fred Niehaus about the difference between Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6, as well as what Wi-Fi 6 is and the problems WiFi 6 is trying to solve. Also, how does the Cisco Catalyst APs address those issues, along with some of the current limitations of Wi-Fi 6. Cisco Champion hosts Amr Nasher (https://twitter.com/Amr_Nasher) Twaasol, Business...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, our Champions have a discussion with Kevin Egan to discuss UCS Architecture and some of the interesting things going on with the UCS portfolio. Additionally, the discussion covers some of the features and functionality of the UCS Integration that partners and customers are taking advantage of, as well as some cool things Cisco is doing with NVIDIA. Cisco C...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Peter Paluch and Denise Fishburne chat with our Cisco Champions about the new CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Exam. Attempts to get the answers to the exam were unsuccessful, but Peter and Denise did explain the entire process they used to determine and create the new exams, as well as the logic behind those decisions. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (http...

In this installment of Cisco Champions Radio, Cisco Champions Gert-Jan and Ken discuss the DevNet Sandbox with DevNet Sandbox Architect aka Captain Awesome, Hank Preston. Hank discusses what is the DevNet Sandbox, and how it helps the DevNet development community; how the use of the DevNet Sandbox assisted in the designing of a Data Center deployment, along with the lessons learned from the effort...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, our Cisco Champions speak with Ankur Bhasin from the Cisco Mobility team to discuss the new Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller, including how it differs from Mobility Express, the type of deployments and customer profiles would benefit from the EWC, as well as how hot and cold patching affect the EWC. Cisco Champion hosts Amr Nasher (https://twitter.com/am...

Security is more than just wearables and smart appliances. Tim discusses Operational Technology (OT) directed cyberattacks and how Cisco Cyber Vision uses Network Visibility, Operational Insights and Anomaly Detection to evaluate and identify potential cyberattacks, as well as other “internetting of things together”. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Ent...

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, listen to our Cisco Champions chat with Vish Jakka to find out what Cisco Workload Intersight Optimizer is; the problems it solves; the Eco-System compatibility; it’s limitations when managing multiple solutions; and more. Cisco Champion Hosts Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Enterprise Architect Craig Waters (https://twitter.com/cs...