Cisco Champion Radio

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; and much more. Cisco Champion Hosts Gert-Jan de Boer (https://twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, CTO Ken Partridge (https://twitter.com/kpartridgeone), WTI, Principal Engineer Guest Hank Preston (https://twitter.com/hfpreston), Cisco, DevNet Sandbox Architect aka Captain Awesome Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

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/amr_abari), Twaasol, BDM & Solutions Architect Malcolm Booden (https://twitter.com/malcolmbooden), MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Kjetil Teigen Hansen (https://twitter.com/mrTeigen), Conscia, Consultant Guests Ankur Bhasin, Cisco, Wireless Product Line Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Tim Szigeti discusses with our Cisco Champions how IoT 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, Enterprise Architect Ken Partridge (https://twitter.com/kpartridgeone), WTI, Principal Engineer Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (https://twitter.com/PacketRoute), Itron, Principle Cloud & Network Security Engineer Guests Tim Szigeti (https://twitter.com/tim_szigeti), Cisco, IoT Principal Technical Marketing Engineer Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

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/cswaters1), Pure Storage, Technical Director, FlashStack and Cisco Solutions Guest Vish Jakka (https://twitter.com/VishJakka), Cisco Data Center Solutions Product Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, listen to our Cisco Champions speak with Bonny Shapira, the person who makes Cisco Live EMEAR happen. Bonny discusses how he became the person who plans and manages Cisco Live EMEAR, as well as everything that goes into making Cisco Live EMEAR the successful event it is and everything that is considered when selecting a location and venue for Cisco Live EMEAR. It’s a behind the scenes peek into all that goes into Cisco Live EMEAR! Cisco Champion Hosts Gert-Jan de Boer (https://twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, CTO Denise Fishburne (https://twitter.com/DeniseFishburne), Cisco, Security Solutions Architect Amr Nasher (https://twitter.com/amr_abari), Twaasol, BDM & Solutions Architect Guests Bonny Shapira (https://twitter.com/MuyBuenas), Cisco, Leader, Cisco Live EMEAR Melita Kahrmann, Cisco, EN Product and Solutions Marketing Moderator Amilee San Juan (https://twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, EN Product Marketing Manager

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, listen to our Cisco Champions try to figure out the Future of Wireless with Cisco SMEs Anupam Upadhyaya and Matt MacPherson. They ponder what is WiFi6, what are the latest Wireless trends, and how prior Wireless technologies impact future Wireless technologies, as well as other questions about the Future of Wireless. Cisco Champion Hosts Pieter-Jan Nefkens (https://twitter.com/pjnef), Nefkens Advies, Consultant Kjetil Teigen Hansen (https://twitter.com/mrTeigen), Conscia, Consultant Cisco Guests Anupam Upadhyaya (https://twitter.com/anupamu), Cisco, Product Management, Senior Director of Wireless Matt MacPherson (https://twitter.com/macpherson7), Cisco, Wireless CTO Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, listen to our Cisco Champions try to solve Ben Greenbaum’s problems and discuss Cisco Threat Response. The discussion covers topics like how Cisco Threat Response addresses all of the products in the market and provides security insight to all of them; how it works as an API aggregator; compatibility with other security products; and more. Cisco Champion Hosts Kjetil Teigen Hansen (https://twitter.com/mrTeigen), Conscia, Consultant Jody Lemoine (https://twitter.com/ghostinthenet), Tish Co, Network Architect Denise Fishburne (https://twitter.com/DeniseFishburne), Cisco Solutions Architect Security Guest Ben Greenbaum (https://twitter.com/secintsight), Cisco Security Integrations Group Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

Listen to Matt MacPherson and Bart Brinckman talk to our Cisco Champions about OpenRoaming, who is using it, what are it’s benefits and how it works with WiFi 6. Also, what are the technical requirements, OpenRoaming and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (https://twitter.com/WBAlliance), along with industry partnerships with Samsung, Boingo and others. Cisco Champion Hosts Mark Sibering, Devoteam NL, Principal Architect Jody Lemoine (https://twitter.com/ghostinthenet), Tish Co, Network Architect Cisco Guests Matt MacPherson (https://twitter.com/macpherson7), Cisco Wireless CTO Bart Brinckman, Cisco OpenRoaming Engineering Lead Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Aniket Patankar, Cisco’s HyperFlex PM, talks to our Cisco Champions and is asked what Is HyperFlex, what is hyperconvergence, and what is HyperFlex AP? Learn the use cases of HyperFlex, how Intersight Management works with HyperFlex, what are the customer benefits of using HyperFlex AP, and more. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Enterprise Architect Malcolm Booden (https://twitter.com/malcolmbooden), MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Guests Aniket Patankar (https://twitter.com/aniketpatankar), Cisco HyperFlex Product Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Cisco SMEs, Adrian Iliesu and Anna Rubin, talk to our Cisco Champions about the updated 2020 Cisco Certifications, including, but not limited to, creating the new consolidated CCNA exam; the new DevNet Certifications; what has changed and what hasn’t; details on the new Certification levels, the new technology topics, why the certifications are changing and more! Cisco Champion hosts David Penaloza (@davidsamuelps), Verizon, Lead Network Consulting Engineer Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (@PacketRoute), Itron, Principle Cloud & Network Security Engineer Guests Adrian Iliesu (@aidevnet), Cisco DevNet Technical Lead on Co-creations Team Anna Rubin, Cisco Certification Exam Developer, CCNA, CCNP and DevNet Exams Moderator Lauren Friedman (@lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

Cisco SD-Access and Multidomain are discussed in depth in this podcast where Cisco Champions ask Cisco Experts the questions their peers might have. Discussion Topics: - Why SD-Access and how does it compare to the way things are usually done today? - I’m a CLI Warrior, why do I need SD-Access? - How SD-Access Multi-Domain fits in with other domains - How is Intent the glue? - Multi-Domain success stories - What hardware supports SD-Access? Do I need to forklift the entire network? - How does the security evolution impact SD-Access? - Does it matter where you start with your deployments or systems? - Trust vs threat - Encrypted traffic analytics - Why you should embrace fabric technology - Business drivers for why people invest in learning and migrating into SD-Access Multi-Domain - Need-driven architecture? Cisco Champions Hosts: Paul Campbell (www.twitter.com/paulmc3), Cisco Champion member, CEO & Founder, Quaversal LLC. Scott McDermott (www.twitter.com/scottm32768) Cisco Champion member, Managing Directo

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is a cloud-based application to helps you consistently manage policies across your Cisco security products and keep your organization protected against the latest threats. This security-focused podcast dives into what’s new with CDO and gets into the technical details of the why and how. Discussion Topics: - What is new with Cisco Defense Orchestrator, - What types of customers benefit from Cisco Defense Orchestrator - FTD support - What is the CDO licensing model - Is there a CDO API Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. David Yarashus (twitter.com/dyarashus), Cisco Champion member, Chief Engineer, Netcraftsmen. Cisco Guests: Guy Telner (twitter.com/guytelner), Director of Engineering and Developer of Cisco Defense Orchestrator. Adam Bragg (twitter.com/adbragg), Systems Engineer for Cisco Defense Orchestrator. Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. To learn more go to GetCD

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with JP Vasseur about Cisco DNA Center and AI/ML Network Analytics. Interviewing JP are Cisco Champion hosts, Pieter-Jan and Josh Warcop. Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. Josh Warcop (twitter.com/warcop), Cisco Champion member, Solutions Architect, iVision. Cisco Guest: JP Vasseur (twitter.com/jpvasseur), Distinguished Engineer. Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Product Marketing Team. Discussion Topics: - The various models for processing of the machine learning data - How traffic is anonymized - AI/ML use case - Why we use machine learning - How Cisco DNA comes into play with AI/ML - The UX experience

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Stuart Clark of Cisco DevNet and Rick Sherman of Puppet about network automation. Our Cisco Champion hosts are Daren Fulwell and Pieter-Jan Nefkens. Podcast Discussion Topics - Various ways to do network integration, it isn’t all Python! - What makes Puppet unique - How the DevOps culture is breaking down silos in the office - How to get started with Puppet - DevNet Learning Labs and Sandboxes - Hooking up Puppet to Cisco DNA Center - What does automation look like in 10-years’ time Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. Cisco Guest Stuart Clark (twitter.com/bigevilbeard), Network Automation Developer DevNet. Puppet Guest Rick Sherman (twitter.com/shermdog01), Network Automation Czar. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisc

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Adrian Iliesiu about developing with SD-WAN and how you can streamline your workflow with vManage. Interviewing Adrian are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - Components of Cisco’s SD-WAN solution - vManage – your point of interaction with the entire fabric - Rest API interface into the fabric using DevNet - Programming and developing your own features for your fabric - What can you leverage with the SD-WAN API Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cisco Guest Adrian Iliesiu (twitter.com/aidevnet), DevNet Engineer. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/developing-with-sd-wan-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep10

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Darryl Sladden about the evolution of Cisco’s location technologies as well as the operational insights inside Cisco DNA Spaces. Interviewing Darryl is Cisco Champion host, Daren Fulwell. Podcast Discussion Topics - The evolution of Cisco’s locationing technologies - GDPR compliance and privacy - Operational insights inside Cisco DNA Spaces - Integration capabilities - Cool ways companies are using Cisco DNA Spaces Cisco Champion Host Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. Cisco Guest Darryl Sladden (twitter.com/darrylsj), Senior Product Manager. Moderator Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/digitizing-the-physical-space-with-cisco-dna-spaces-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep9

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with David Klebanov about the benefits of OMP, Overlay Management Protocol and why OMP is more than a routing protocol. Interviewing David are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela - Cisco vManage, vSmart and vBond features - What are the benefits of OMP, Overlay Management Protocol - Why OMP is more than a routing protocol - The 3 main policies distributed inside OMP - Cloud Onramp – cloud integrations - ExpressRoute, Direct Connect - Difference between vManage and vAnalytics Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cisco Guests David Klebanov (twitter.com/davidklebanov), Technical Marketing Engineer, EN BU. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Cisco's Chief Privacy Officer Michelle Dennedy and Robert Waitman, Director of Data Privacy, about the Cisco 2019 Data Privacy Benchmarking Study and the value of data privacy. Interviewing Michelle and Robert are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - What is data privacy and what is Cisco doing about it - The technology aspects of data privacy and data protection - What are the regional differences with privacy law above and beyond GDPR - How investments made in privacy are translating into better security - What benefits do companies get (beyond compliance) from GDPR regulations - Enhancements in the hardening of the data center - Data as an asset - What Cisco is doing to help the industry understand the importance of data privacy Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion memb

How has Cisco Smart Licensing evolved? Who owns a Smart License and what are the implications? In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Donnie Savage about Cisco Smart Licensing. Interviewing is Cisco Champion host, Daren Fulwell. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect, ANS Group. Cisco Guests: Donnie Savage, (twitter.com/diivious), Architect.Engineer, Lead Architect Smart Software Licensing. Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - How Smart Licensing evolved - How you get intelligent data about your inventory - How data privacy concerns are addressed - The 5 methods of communication - What happens with Smart Licensing if connectivity is lost? - Who owns a Smart License and what are the implications? - What you need to enable Smart Licensing Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cisco-smart-licensing-in-30-minutes-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcas

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Chris Paggen and Lionel Hercot about the Cisco ACI experience on AWS. Interviewing are Cisco Champion hosts, Charlie Greenaway and Mat Jovanovic. Cisco Champion Hosts: Charlie Greenaway (twitter.com/cciechaz), Cisco Champion member and Principal Architect. Mat Jovanovic (twitter.com/matjovanovic), Cisco Champion member and Cloud CTO. Cisco Guests: Chris Paggen, TME Lead for ACI. Lionel Hercot, (twitter.com/lhercot), Technical Marketing Engineer. Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - ACI on AWS – what it is and the value it drives - How ACI is deployed in the cloud - Use cases that inspired the ACI AWS solution - Roadmap for integrations with Azure and other cloud options - How the integrations work when exposing info to a 3rd party - Cost projection model help estimate the running cost of the solution - The 3 elements of the ACI on AWS architecture Learn more: https://blogs.cisc