Cisco Champion Radio

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Darren Williams, EMEAR UCS & HyperFlex Leader about the latest developments with Cisco HyperFlex. Interviewing our Darren are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Colin Lynch. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect Colin Lynch (twitter.com/ucsguru), Cisco Champion member and Principal Consultant Cisco Guest: Darren Williams, (twitter.com/mrhyperflex), Cisco EMEAR UCS & HyperFlex Leader Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Hyperconverged Infrastructure - Better together: HyperFlex with ACI - Cisco’s approach to the network with HyperFlex - What’s in the HyperFlex 4.0 release - Unique HyperFlex deployments - Cisco Intersite advancements - HX220c M5 All NVMe node Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/hyperflex-gets-edgy-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep-4

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Tim Szigeti about the latest developments with Cisco IoT. Interviewing our Principal Technical Marketing Engineer are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Bernhard Albler. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect Bernhard Albler (twitter.com/balbler), Cisco Champion member and Technical Lead Cisco Guest: Tim Szigeti, (twitter.com/tim_szigeti), Principal Technical Marketing Engineer Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Latest developments in Cisco’s IoT portfolio - The biggest challenges in IoT - Features of the IR1101 router - Compact ruggedized switch - Macro-segmentation and micro-segmentation - Cisco Catalyst IE 3200, 3300, 3400 Rugged Series - Tim shares use cases he's seen in his hometown Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/extending-intent-based-networking-to-the-iot-edge-a-cisco-champion

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Kureli Sankar about the latest developments with Cisco SD-WAN Security. Interviewing our Technical Marketing Manager are Cisco Champion hosts, Pieter-Jan Nefkens and David Peñaloza. Cisco Champion Hosts: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member and Consultant David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member and Lead Network Consulting Engineer Cisco Guest: Kureli Sankar, (twitter.com/jmckg), Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The 4 predominant customer use cases for Cisco SD-WAN Security - Cisco SD-WAN Security components - How the Cisco SD-WAN Security URL filtering is different from - FirePower filtering. - Cisco AMP Threat Grid features - IOS XE SDWAN - The 3 network controllers: Vmanage, VSmart and vBond - ASR 1000 series routers and ISR900 routers Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Prakash Rajamani about the latest developments with Cisco DNA Center. Interviewing our Director of Product Management are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Pieter-Jan Nefkens. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell) Cisco Champion member and echnical Architect Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member and Consultant Cisco Guest: Prakash Rajamani, Director Product Management, Cisco Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Cisco DNA Center - What sets Cisco DNA Centerapart from previous location services - The new capabilities in the latest release of Cisco DNA Center - The plan for updating Cisco DNA Center - What applications are coming - What has been updated in Assurance - Make a Wish feature Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/dissecting-cisco-dna-center-cisco-dna-center-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep-1

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss the Cisco Duo acquisition. Cisco Champion Hosts Evan Mintzer (https://twitter.com/evanmintzer) Cisco Champion member and Manager, IT Information Security Martin Schönbacher (https://twitter.com/nfvguy), Cisco Champion member and Datacenter Architect Cisco Guests: Karianne Butler, Product Manager, Duo Umang Burman, Product Marketing Manager, Duo Moderator: Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Duo history and culture - What Products and services are part of the Duo portfolio - Changes to Duo since the Cisco acquisition - What can Duo customers can expect - What platforms are supported with Duo - How POC work at Duo - Where things are going in the future - Duo’s global footprint - When the Duo products will be added to CCW - The Duo Community - Meraki support Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/multifactor-authentication-comes-together-with-duo-and-cis

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, 5 Cisco Champions talk about the Cisco Champion program. Cisco Champions: - Alex Bisset (https://twitter.com/abisset1) Cisco Champion member and VP Platform Strategy - Amr Nasher (https://twitter.com/amr_abari), Cisco Champion member and Solutions Architect - Gert-Jan de Boer (https://twitter.com/gjdeboer) Cisco Champion member and CTO - Peter Onipe (https://twitter.com/c0dell) Cisco Champion member and Systems Engineer - Tony Cuevas (https://twitter.com/cuevas27) Cisco Champion member and Practice Lead Cisco Moderators: - Kim Austin (https://twitter.com/ciscokima), Cisco Champion Program Management - Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Why each of our Champion hosts joined the program - What is the Cisco Champion Program and its benefits - What the Champions have gotten out of the Cisco Champion program and did it meet expectations - What has surprised the Champions about being in the program

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss Cisco DevNet Code Exchange. Cisco Champion Hosts Jeff Levensailor (https://twitter.com/levensailor ), Cisco Champion member and Sr Collaboration Engineer Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Cisco Champion member and Sr. Solutions Architect Cisco Guests: Casey Bleeker (https://twitter.com/geekbleek), DevNet Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Code Exchange - How Code Exchange is different from Ecosystem Exchange and Solutions Plus - How to submit code to Code Exchange and what the approval process is - What core components DevNet looks for in code submissions - What level of coding experience you need - What technologies have the greatest code samples - What is the language distribution inside DevNet Code Exchange - How Code Exchange is driving business value - What Ansible and Puppet are doing on Code Exchange - How data scientists are using Code Exchange Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/devnet-code-excha

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss the Cisco Meraki MX with the product team. Cisco Champion Hosts Ben Story (https://twitter.com/ntwrk80), Cisco Champion member and Network Engineer Lee Badman (https://twitter.com/wirednot), Cisco Champion member and Wireless Architect Cisco Guests: David van Schravendijk, Product Marketing Manager MX SDWAN Security Appliance Line Rahul Ramakrishnan, Product Manager MX SDWAN Security Appliance Line Podcast Discussion Topics - Recent Meraki product announcements (MX line) - New LTE modems branch security and SDWAN appliances - Teleworker device for remote workers - MX Licensing model - Global carrier portfolio for the MX devices with LTE - LTE Data plan threshold alerts - Client and throughput features on the MX (Meraki MX sizing guide) - Make A Wish function (including Easter eggs!) - Synergies and Integrations between Cisco and Meraki portfolios - Implications of being a cloud managed architecture Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.co

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss the Cisco-Cohesity relationship. Cisco Champion Hosts Joel Sprague (https://twitter.com/joelwsprague), Cisco Champion member, Solution Architect. David Peñaloza (https://twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Technical Architect. Guest Damien Philip (https://twitter.com/pdamien58), Principal Solutions Architect, Cohesity. Podcast Discussion Topics - How Cohesity is related to Cisco - The Cohesity technology portfolio, then and now - The benefit of hyper-convergence - How Cohesity helps data sprawl - How Cohesity helps coverged-stack customers - How Cohesity operationalizes back-ups - APIs with Cohesity - Why the Cisco investment is important to Cohesity - Cohesity’s work with cloud providers More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cohesity-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s5ep23

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion host Jose Bogarín discusses Cisco DevNet Express. Cisco Champion Host Jose Bogarín (https://twitter.com/josebogarin), Cisco Champion member, Chief Innovation Officer. Guest Ashley Roach, Developer Evangelist. Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management. Podcast Discussion Topics - What is a DevNet Express - DevNet Express curriculum - What coding language and technologies DevNet uses and why - Where you can find DevNet Express sessions - DevNet Express Training Program - What the DevNet organization is like and how they got to 500k developers - How DevNet got started - What the sandbox environment is like - What is DevNet Create - How Meraki ties into DevNet Create More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cisco-devnet-express-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s5ep22

Cisco Champion Radio is a podcast series by technologists for technologists. In this episode, our Cisco Champion host Denise Donohue discusses Stealthwatch with TK Keanini and Sandeep Agrawal. Cisco Champion Host Denise Donohue, (https://twitter.com/LadyNetwkr) Cisco Champion member, Business Architect. Cisco Guests TK Keanini, (https://twitter.com/tkeanini) Distinguished Engineer, Advanced Threat Group. Sandeep Agrawal, (https://twitter.com/nextmousetrap) Product Line Manager, Integrations. Podcast Discussion Topics - Stealthwatch overview - The impact of Stealthwatch - How threats get into encrypted traffic - How cognitive intelligence works in Stealthwatch - Stealthwatch integration with DNA Center - Stealthwatch Cloud - The future of security More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/stealthwatch-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s5ep21

In this episode, Cisco Champion host Patrick Nefkens discusses 80211.ax with Cristian Raducanu and Bill Rubino. Cisco Champion Host Patrick Nefkens (https://twitter.com/dutch_fi), Cisco Champion member, Lead Consultant. Cisco Guests Bill Rubino (https://twitter.com/dohnjoe), Wireless Marketing Manager. Cristian Raducanu (https://twitter.com/c_raducanu), Product Marketing Manager. Podcast Discussion Topics: - 80211.ax specs and reliability - Emerging standard timeline - Adoption rate of new client – where and when - 80211.ax use cases - 80211.ax pillars - OFDMA - Compatibility with other Wi-Fi standards - Outdoor Wi-Fi - Power over Ethernet More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/80211-ax-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s5ep-20

In this episode, Cisco Champion Tony Cuevas and Steve Kostyk interview Fish Fishburne on Security topics at Cisco Live in Orlando. Cisco Champion Hosts Tony Cuevas (https://twitter.com/cuevas27), Cisco Champion member, Practice Lead. Steve Kostyk (https://twitter.com/lightbulb1), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Engineer. Cisco Guest Denise “Fish” Fishburne (https://twitter.com/denisefishburne), Solutions Architect. Podcast Discussion Topics - Sharkfest and WireShark - Fish’s history with Cisco - What’s in Fish’s bag that makes her a security-focused engineer - Where the nickname Fish came from - Living up to the Fish Fishburn legend - Keeping up with vendors in the security space - The importance of security - Stealthwatch - The top 3 things companies can do now to increase their security - Fish’s Top 3 Security go-to people More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/infosec-fun-fear-fables-denise-fishburne-ciscochampion-radio-s5ep19

In this episode, Cisco Champion Scott Hogg discusses IPv6 with Tim Martin and Shannon McFarland and others at Cisco Live in Orlando. Cisco Champion Host Scott Hogg (https://twitter.com/scotthogg), Cisco Champion member, CTO. Cisco Guests Tim Martin (https://twitter.com/bckcntryskr), Product Sales Specialist, Hall of Fame Distinguished Speakers. Shannon McFarland (https://twitter.com/eyepv6), Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Hall of Fame Distinguished Speakers. Other Guests Ed Horley (https://twitter.com/ehorley), IPv6 Center of Excellence – Technical Advisory Board. Tom Coffeen (https://twitter.com/ipv6tom), Chief IPv6 Evangelist and Distinguished Architect. Podcast Discussion Topics - 6th anniversary of the IPv6 launch - Status of IPv6 - Where enterprise are at in deploying IPv6 - Gaps that prevent successful adoption in the enterprise space - Facebook and T-Mobile’s role in v6 - Use cases for a v6 native installation - The importance of education in IPv6 adoption - The IoT opportunity - Routing a

Cisco Champion host Joel Sprague discusses Cisco UCS with James Leach. Cisco Champion Host Joel Sprague, (https://twitter.com/joelwsprague) Cisco Champion member, Principal Systems Engineer. Cisco Guest James Leach, (https://twitter.com/jamesatcisco) Director of Product Management, UCS. Podcast Discussion Topics - Dense compute: C4200 and C125 - AMD epyc CPU -Cisco Intersight - Cisco Hyperflex - Working with the Cisco internal IT team - UCS Manager 4 - Gen4 FIs (6454) More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep17-nerding-out-on-ucs

In this episode, Cisco Champions Ben Story and Jeff Levensailor discuss Meraki with Cisco Devnet’s Matt DeNapoli and Kareem Iskander. Cisco Champion Hosts Ben Story (https://twitter.com/ntwrk80), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer. Jeff Levensailor (https://twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer. Cisco Guests Matt DeNapoli (https://twitter.com/denapom11), Developer Evangelist, Cisco DevNet (@CiscoDevNet) and DevNet Create. Kareem Iskander (https://twitter.com/kareem_isk), Advanced Engineering Team DevNet. Podcast Discussion Topics - Meraki zero-touch deployment script - Connected cities and IoT - Where to start your network programming journey - The language DevNet recommends you start with Meraki dashboards - Meraki/DevNet use cases - DevNet Create event - DevNet’s Code Exchange - Leveraging Meraki APIs - The most underutilized feature of Meraki More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep16-devnet-meraki

In this episode, Cisco Champions Pieter-Jan Nefkens and Rowell Dionicio discuss DevNet with Susie Wee and Hank Preston. Cisco Champion Hosts Pieter-Jan Nefkens (https://twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member. Rowell Dionicio (https://twitter.com/rowelldionicio), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer. Cisco Guests Susie Wee (https://twitter.com/susiewee), VP & CTO of Cisco DevNet (https://twitter.com/CiscoDevNet) and DevNet Create. Hank Preston (https://twitter.com/hfpreston), Principle Engineer DevNet. Podcast Discussion Topics - DNA Center APIs and programmability - Driving Intent at the system level - DevNet and Cisco Engineering collaboration - Test driving SDKs, APIs using DevNet sandboxes - What is Code Exchange and how to use it - DevNet Create events - Preview for DevNet and DNA Center for the coming year More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep15-devnet

In this episode, Cisco Champions Aaron Kirk discuss the NOC  at Cisco Live with Joe Clarke. Cisco Champion Host Aaron Kirk (https://twitter.com/amkirk), Cisco Champion member, Technical Marketing Engineer Cisco Guest Joe Clarke, Cisco Distinguished Services Engineer Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The importance of automation in the NOC - The numbers behind the NOC - What the Cisco Live NOC team looks like in terms of size and roles - What equipment is used to build the NOC - Preparing for a Cisco Live event - What the NOC team does once Cisco Live starts - How and why the MetroCluster are set-up for Cisco Live - Cisco Live stories, surviving worse case scenarios and tools that the team created and uses - How Webex Teams comes into play - The most important lesson Aaron and Joe have learned - What Aaron and Joe would change for future shows More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cisc

In this episode, Cisco Champions Mat Jovanovic and Luc Robalo discuss Cisco ACI with John Weston & Juan Lage. Cisco Champion Hosts Mat Jovanovic (https://twitter.com/matjovanovic), Cisco Champion member, European SDDC Chief Technologist Luc Robalo (https://twitter.com/lucrobalo), Cisco Champion member, Senior Network Engineer Cisco Guests John Weston, Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center Business Unit Juan Lage (https://twitter.com/juanlage), Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center Business Unit Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Brief history of ACI - Deploying and scaling ACI - MultiPod, MultiSite and MultiCloud - Overview of NAE - White listing model - Compatibility matrix for various hypervisors - Brownfield vs greenfield - Programming the fabric - VMware and other 3rd-party integrations - VXLAN/VLAN encapsulation More information and resources here:

In this episode, Cisco Champions Rowell Dionicio and Robert Boardman discuss Cisco WiFi Troubleshooting and Optimization with Jerome Henry. Cisco Champion Hosts Rowell Dionicio (https://twitter.com/rowelldionicio), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Robert Boardman (https://twitter.com/robb_404), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Cisco Guest Jerome Henry, (https://twitter.com/wirelessccie) Principal Engineer, Technical Marketing, WiFi Business Unit Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Tools for trpubleshooting wifi - Packet analysis – MIMO considerations - Using Excel to troubleshoot - Access point coverage - Most common issues - Jerome’s process for optimizing a wireless network More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep-12-wifi-troubleshooting-and-optimization