Cisco Champion Radio

Remember that time you forgot to put "add" in when changing VLANs? Or, when you spent hours on a config and rebooted without saving? As engineers we often feel the need to put our best face forward, but we've all made mistakes.  We’ve all brought networks down.   Tune in to this episode as Cisco Champions gather around the virtual campfire to tell their own spooooky IT horror stories.  Learn more: cisco.com/go/ciscochampion  Follow us: twitter.com/CiscoChampion    Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer Evan Mintzer (twitter.com/evanmintzer), Ashfield Healthcare, Manager Information Security Giuliano Barros (twitter.com/giuksbr) PS Network Experts, Network Engineer Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services Moderator: Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

5G and Wi-Fi 6, the next generation of mobile wireless technologies are here! But what does that mean? Where and how is 5G being deployed? What is Wi-Fi 6? Who’s on first? What’s on second?   There are a myriad of questions about the next generation of wireless connectivity, from what it will look like, to how it will be used, to the experiences it enables. The future of wireless connectivity with 5G and Wi-Fi 6 is much more than enhancing the consumer experience, it is poised to reshape industries.  Unlike the previous generations of mobile technology that brought us voice, added data, shared multimedia, 5G’s true impact will be the scale at which it enables innovative new applications. Much of 5G will be invisible to the average consumer, working in the background, in factories and fields, in vehicles and sensors, in machines and monitors. And 5G won’t be doing this alone, Wi-Fi will continue to play a critical role.   In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio we’ll discuss the current state of 5G, the archit

Adding learning capabilities to the internet will increase the overall network SLO and application experience. Real data driven experiments have shown that such an approach will complement the reactive approach that has governed the internet for the past four decades. Various statistical and ML driven models have shown the possibility to predict future events and take proactive actions for short-term and long-term predictions with high accuracy, avoiding a high number of failures that would significantly impact user experience.  Tune in to this episode to learn more about the path towards a predictive internet and how—coupled with autonomous networks (i.e., self-learning/healing networks)—this approach could be one of the most impactful technologies for the internet. Learn more: https://ciscotechblog.com/blog/towards-a-predictive-internet/?dtid=opdcsnc001469   Follow us: twitter.com/CiscoChampion  Cisco Champion Hosts: Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer Mark Sibering (twitter.com/n

In this episode, Cisco Champions draw from their experiences to share some of the craziest technical setups they’ve encountered—from the weirdest AP configurations to the oddest design decisions. Their recollections are sure to make you scratch your heads.  Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts:  Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Business Development Manager and Solution Architect Ben Story (twitter.com/ntwrk80), Redeye Network Solutions, Sr. Network Security Engineer Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, CTO and Network Archeologist Guest:  Denise Donahue (twitter.com/LadyNetwkr), Cisco, Systems Architect  Moderator:  Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

In our last DevNet Specialization episode (i.e., S7|E44), we introduced DevNet Specialization—a program that recognizes Cisco partners who have built business practices around software programmability and automation. We also heard three Cisco partners discuss their experiences pursuing their DevNet Specialization. In this follow-up session, we check back to hear what they’ve been up to and how they’ve leveraged their developer capabilities to help their customers solve their business problems. Learn more: https://developer.cisco.com/partner/specialization/?dtid=opdcsnc001469  Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion   Cisco Champion Hosts: Paul Giblin (twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Distinguished Engineer Matyáš Prokop (twitter.com/maty0609), Natilik, Principal Architect Ryan Wolfe (twitter.com/somewolfe), Iron Bow Technologies, Programmability Architect Guest:  Chuck Stickney (twitter.com/chuckstickney), Cisco, Business Development Leader, Cisco DevNet Moderator:  Amilee San Juan (tw

From seamless Wi-Fi onboarding to differentiated loyalty experiences, Cisco DNA Spaces offers a range of solutions to tackle Wi-Fi onboarding challenges and provide modernized customer experiences. These solutions increase customer insight while alleviating challenges of MAC randomization. In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, we’ll discuss ways that cisco DNA Spaces can help you: • Seamlessly connect guests to a secure OpenRoaming SSID across multiple locations • Enable automatic handoff between cellular and Wi-Fi to improve indoor carrier connectivity • Create differentiated experiences for loyalty members through app notifications and captive portals Learn more: www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/…dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts: Dan Kelcher, Sleep Number, Senior Network Engineer Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom), San Jose State University, Director, Network Services Guest: Rishi Bhammar, Cisco, Senior Product Manager Moderator: Amilee San Juan (twitte

Nearly every day we can read about “ransomware” holding another organization’s data hostage, shutting their operations down, or disrupting their supply chain. Commercial enterprises, major utilities, large healthcare providers, processing facilities—even small businesses aren’t safe from being the target of these attacks. The key to preventing your organization from falling prey to ransomware is to keep several steps ahead of hackers. In many cases, the tools you need to protect your data are already available in your network. With the recent introduction of Continuous Trusted Access and the new Cisco Trust Analytics you can now secure your network from several potential attack vectors. Trust Analytics is part of Cisco SD-Access, Cisco’s best-of-breed Zero Trust solution for the workplace. Trust Analytics detects traffic from endpoints that are exhibiting unusual behavior by pretending to be trusted endpoints using MAC Spoofing, Probe Spoofing, or Man-in-the-Middle techniques. Learn more: https://

Stadium Wi-Fi aims to deliver an exceptional and seamless experience to tens of thousands of fans, who often push the Wi-Fi deployment to its limits. While previously, performance was enhanced through software, Cisco’s design team took a different approach. They went back to the basics and reworked the antennas. Ultimately, this led to tightening the beam width and reducing side lobes to make the unit software configurable and steerable. This made it possible to increase the distance between the AP and the device. Tune in to this episode to hear Cisco Champions and Distinguished Engineer Matt Swartz discuss the Cisco Catalyst 9104, how it helps customers reimagine stadium Wi-Fi and other use cases. Learn more: https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/as-crowds-return-to-big-sports-cisco-ups-its-game-with-a-rethink-of-high-density-wi-fi/?dtid=opdcsnc001469  Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion    Cisco Champion Hosts: Meredith Rose (twitter.com/mer3dithrose), WWT, Network Engineer Shai S

5G SD-WAN has totally changed the ways businesses use the internet and connect to the cloud. Multigigabit 5G cellular wireless links provided by Cisco’s new 5G Catalyst Cellular Gateway offer flexible, fast connectivity for any location. Tune in to this episode to hear how Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms, and the Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateway combine to offer multigigabit 5G links to cloud applications that are deployed, managed and monitored in the SD-WAN dashboard. Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/catalyst-cellular-gateways/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469  Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion    Cisco Champion Hosts Artem Tkachov (twitter.com/ArtemTkachov) GAIN Capital, Infrastructure Manager David Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Business, Principal Engineer  Guests:  Arpitha Shetty, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager, Enterprise Routing & SD-WAN Enablement David Roten, Cisco, Engineering TME Leader, ENB-TME Routing Plat

Cisco Champions Unfiltered is a different flavor of Cisco Champion Radio episodes dedicated to facilitating informal and informative conversations among Cisco Champions—focused on topics related to technology, trends or career. In this episode, Cisco Champions bring in their collective experiences to discuss the complexities of breach notifications—sharing when breaches should be communicated, how they should be communicated and more. Learn more about the Cisco Champion program: www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-e…nfluencer-hub.html Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts: Evan Mintzer (twitter.com/EvanMintzer), Ashfield Engage, Information Security Manager Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, CTO and Network Archeologist John Agunbiade (twitter.com/responficient11), FirstBank Nigeria, Network Security Engineer Mark Sibering (twitter.com/netcicd), Devoteam, Principal Architect Zoë Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Information Security Lead Moderator

You’re under extreme pressure to keep up with the rapid pace of technology changes, while keeping your business running at peak performance. Our focus is to deliver business value to you faster — from empowering your people to fueling new ideas and ways of working. Introducing Collaborative Intelligence, our unique approach of combining the right expertise, use cases, best practices, and insights to accelerate your success with new CX Success Tracks.  Tune in to this episode to hear how the CX Cloud platform with AI/ML delivers the analytics and actionable insights to solve your problems faster and make your business thrive. Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_us/customer-experience/success-tracks.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469    Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion    Cisco Champion Hosts: David Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Lead Network Consulting Engineer Dan Sheldon (twitter.com/sheldonclimbs), WWT, Senior Consulting Systems Engineer Shai Sil

The new Webex Events transforms your company meetings and corporate events with real-time online webinars and webcasts, expanding your reach, reducing travel costs, and boosting attendance. Create professional events with peace of mind that Webex Events will ensure secure, reliable, and engaging experiences for all attendees.  Planning an effective virtual event in today’s collaborative environment can be extremely complex. Attendees expect a high quality and memorable experience, no matter which location or device they’re joining from. Most vendors claim that a one-size-fits-all offering will suffice. However, to truly meet audience expectations, stand out in a crowded webinar and event field, and ensure that messages resonate with attendees, businesses require a robust, intelligent and interactive platform purpose-built for the events of the future. Tune in to this episode to learn how Webex Events can help you plan your event, engage your audience, follow up and measure event success.  Learn mo

Small biz is the backbone of the global economy and the heartbeat of the local community. Tune in to this episode to hear how Cisco Designed offers affordable, simplified small business IT solutions that solve complex problems for your growing business. We’ll help you understand the portfolio’s four categories—networking, security, collaboration and analyze. Lastly, hear the top two technology requests we’ve seen from small businesses in the past year and a half; how we’ll transition from secure remote work (WFH) to hybrid work environments; and how Cisco Designed technology helps facilitate that for our small business partners, customers and prospects, all the way down to the lone IT person wanting to get the most out of their network needs. Learn more: www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/…dtid=opdcsnc001469  Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts: Ben Story (twitter.com/ntwrk80), Redeye Network Solutions, Sr. Network Security Engineer  Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer),

Introducing the recently-launched WiFi enabled, ruggedized smartphones: The Cisco Webex Wireless Phones 840 and 860 deliver enterprise-grade voice over IP via wireless smartphones to enable mobility-based productivity. Tune in to this episode as we discuss and learn about key features like security, IP68 and IP65 ratings, and hot-swap battery option. Plus, explore mobile device management options and learn why this smartphone keeps your video, voice and text conversations secure. Every time. Learn more: www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/c…dtid=opdcsnc001469  Follow us: twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts: Evan Mintzer (twitter.com/EvanMintzer), Ashfield Engage, Information Security Manager Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/jonathan_mahady), BHP, Principal RF Wireless Engineer Guests: David Scott, Technical Marketing Engineer Leader, CTG TME Jerry Vander Voord (twitter.com/cisco_jerry), Engineering Product Manager, UCEBU PM Moderator: Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Tech

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. Learn more:  (At-a-Glance) https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise-networks/sd-wan/at-a-glance-c45-2361868.html?oid=aagetr025526?dtid=opdcsnc001469   (Cisco) h

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 Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion   Cisco Champion Hosts: Artem Tkacho

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 Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion      Cisco Champion Hosts: 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 (twit

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.co

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. Learn more: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexusdashboard?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Related blog: https://packetized.wordpress.com Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion      Cisco Champion Hosts: Michael Witte (twitter.com/themikewitte), WWT, Technical Solutions Architect Shai Silberman (twitter.com/shaidom),

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 th