Cisco Champion Radio

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

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 Guest 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! To learn more: http://cs.co/podcasts7e1 Cisco Champion hosts David Penaloza (https://twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon, Lead Network Consulting Engineer Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (https://twitter.com/PacketRoute), Itron, Principle Cloud & Network Security Engineer Guests Adrian Iliesu (https://twitter.com/aidevnet), Cisco DevNet Technical Lead on Co-creations Team Anna Rubin, Cisco Certification Exam Developer, CCNA, CCNP and DevNet Exams Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode, join Cisco Champion hosts, Jeff Levensailor and Micheline Murphy to understand the different functionalities of data center switching and VXLAN. They also uncover the differences between VPC, VXLAN, and ACI and so much more! Cisco Champion hosts Micheline Murphy (twitter.com/MichyfishMurphy) Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor) Cisco Guests Lukas Krattiger (twitter.com/CCIE21921) Robert Parten (twitter.com/greathairengnr) Moderator Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Discussion Topics: 1. What engineers can do to improve the functionalities of VXLAN 2. VXLAN vPC revamp in NX-OS Release 9.0 does away with peer-link. 3. DCNM 11 gets a complete revamp 4. How do the iterations of DCNM differ from version 7 to 11? 5. What are the differences between VPC, VXLAN, and ACI? 6. VXLAN multisite 7. Getting telemetry data using Network Insights

How does the Cisco Investments team handle their day to day routines? Director of Business Development, Phil Kirk sits down with our champions and talks about how Cisco Investments finds start-ups to invest in, how regional differences between the US and Europe affect decisions, and what the Champs think of Cisco Investments in general! Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies Paul Campbell (twitter.com/paulmc3) Cisco Champion member, CEO & Founder, Quaversal LLC Cisco Guest: Phil Kirk (twitter.com/TechyPhil), Director of Business Development Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. Discussion Topics: - What are the daily responsibilities of the Cisco Investments team - How Cisco Investments finds start-ups - What regional difference exists between the US and Europe - AI/ML investment trends - How Cisco Investments makes decisions on where they invest - Trends in collaboration and analytics - How are decisi

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, learn about My Cisco Entitlements and what you can leverage with MCE. Our Cisco guests give us a in-depth view of MCE and the different features MCE has to offer! Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions Matt Ouellette (twitter.com/mattouellette), Cisco Champion member, Systems Engineer, Presidio Cisco Guest: Ali Neemuchawala, Program Lead for MCE Tim Knapp (twitter.com/tweettimk), Business Operations Manager Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore) Cisco Product Marketing Discussion Topics: - What is MCE (My Cisco Entitlements) - What you can do with MCE? - What visibility can you gain with MCE? - What is in a Smart Account? - Smart account vs smart licensing - What are the three things you should know about your products to successfully use MCE? - What is LRP?

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we invite Fred Niehaus to uncover and dig into all the elements of Wi-Fi 6. Our champs ask some in-depth questions about different situations about the new generation of access points, operating softwares, the Aironet developer platform, and MORE! Cisco Champions: Francois Verges (twitter.com/vergesfrancois), Cisco Champion member, Wireless Network Engineer, SemFio Networks Inc. Rowell Dionicio (twitter.com/rowelldionicio) Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer, Stanford University. Cisco Guest: Fred Niehaus (twitter.com/ohiofred), Technical Marketing Engineer. Additional Guest: Gurpreet Singh and he works for Bell Canada Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Product Marketing. Discussion Topics: - What Fred is most excited about when it comes to Wi-Fi 6. - What is OFDMA and what does it do? - What is BSS covering and what are the benefits? - Target wakening in Wi-Fi 6 - How IEEE standards and the Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability protocols are in

How do Cisco Investments differ from VCs? In this episode, the Head of Cisco Investments Portfolio Development, Hitesh Saijpal, gives us details on his work in developing Cisco's investment portfolio - from his daily routine to how Cisco Investments decide between competing companies in the same market. An episode you don't want to miss! Cisco Champion hosts Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Developer Engineer, Presidio David Penaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Cisco Guests Hitesh (twitter.com/hiteshsaijpal), Head of Cisco Investments Portfolio Development Moderator Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Discussion Topics: • How does Cisco Investments evaluate and determine what to invest in? • What is the five-prong strategy? • What is the IRB and what role do they play in investing in new ventures? • How does Cisco Investments decide between competing companies in the same market? • Organic vs. Inorganic growth • How does Cisco

What’s it like being a nerd in a Cisco Innovation Centre? Dive into this episode of Cisco Champion Radio to learn about where our innovation centers are and the journey our Cisco Guest, Justin Cohen, has embarked on to get to where he is today. Cisco Champions: Ben Story (twitter.com/ntwrk80), Cisco Champion member, Technical Analyst, Hospital Sisters Health System. Matt Ouellette (twitter.com/mattouellette), Cisco Champion member, Systems Engineer, Presidio. Cisco Guest: Justin Cohen (twitter.com/cantechit), Innovation Architect. Moderator: Michelle Trick (twitter.com/trickorydickory), Marketing Manager. Discussion Topics: - How Justin Cohen went from Cisco Champion to working at the Cisco Innovation Centre - Where the Innovation Centres are and how they operate - What the Cisco Innovation Centre does - Products that have started in the Cisco Innovation Centre that have turned into Cisco products - The birth of the Catalyst Digital Building switch - How to get involved with the Cisco Innovation Centre -

Dive into Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp and what exactly it is. Our Cisco Champions and Cisco Guests chat about Viptela history, vManager, multi-cloud strategies and MORE! Cisco Champions: Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Developer Engineer, Presidio. Chuck Keith (twitter.com/networkchuck) Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer, Xceptional Networks. Cisco Guest: David Klebanov (twitter.com/davidklebanov), Technical Marketing Manager. Additional Guests: Tom Davis, Practice Lead Network Solutions, WWT. Bill Thompson, Practice Manager Network Solutions, WWT. Moderator: Teresa Sonal (twitter.com/tsonal) Cisco Product Marketing. Discussion Topics: - What is SD-WAN Cloud onRamp? - The differences in cloud architecting the WAN when it comes to the cloud. - Viptela history - Why vManage is a one-stop-shop - What are the biggest drivers for SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Security options in SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Will SD-WAN Cloud onRamp help cloud adoption - Multi-cloud strategies - Evoluti

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we get into what is so important about hardware and the different PSIRT advisories when it comes to vulnerabilities. Cisco Champions: Jeff Levensailor, (twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Developer Engineer, Presidio. Cisco Guest: Kureli Sankar, (twitter.com/jmckg), Technical Marketing Manager. Dan Backman, Portfolio Architect Moderator: Leslie Zan Vee, (twitter.com/storiesbyleslie) Product Marketing Discussion Topics: - The importance of security when it comes to hardware - Cisco PSIRT advisories: Cisco’s communications on vulnerabilities - What is UEFI and where is it used? - What happens if you don’t trust the BIOS? - What is a SUDI certificate? - Zero-touch provisioning

Extending Intent-Based Networking to the IoT Edge, the Sequel! In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, Tim Szigeti comes back to chat with Cisco Champs on how this technology is transforming the customer experience. Cisco Champions: David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Malcolm Booden (twitter.com/malcombooden) Cisco Champion member, Network & Security Consultant. Cisco Guest: Tim Szigeti (twitter.com/tim_szigeti), Principal Technical Marketing Engineer. Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. Discussion Topics: - What is Intent-Based Networking - What do you do with Intent-Based Networking as it applies to IoT - The strongest use case for Intent-Based Networking and IoT - What kinds of customers benefit from these products and what are the benefits - Cisco IW 6300 - How Emerson, Suncorp, and the city of New Orleans uses this technology - Tim’s Tech Field Day presentation - What

Welcome to another episode of Cisco Champion Radio! In this episode, learn more about what the automation exchange is and the different tools you can use to help with automation and programmability. Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Developer Engineer, Presidio. Cisco Guest: Adrian Iliesiu (twitter.com/aidevnet), DevNet Engineer. Moderator: Michelle Trick (twitter.com/trickorydickory), Marketing Manager. Discussion Topics: - What is the automation exchange? - What automation tools does the Cisco DevNet network automation kit work with? - Distinctions between the various levels of network automation (Day 0, Day 1…) - Network automation around Cisco DNA Center - Other network automation tools: Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc. - What is NetDevOps? - What’s next in network automation? - Cisco DevNet certifications For more information vist: developer.cisco.com/networkautoma

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we sit down with Cisco Champs Malcolm Booden and Jonathan Rhau and Cisco Guests George Bentinck, Simon Tompson, and Matt DeNapoli as they dig into the new features and benefits of the Meraki Smart Camera. Cisco Champion hosts Malcolm Booden (twitter.com/malcolmbooden) MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Jonathan Rhau (twitter.com/nathanrhau), Bell Canada, C20 Specialist; Router Gods Cisco Guests George Bentinck (twitter.com/meraki_george), Cisco Meraki Product Manager, Camera Systems Simon Tompson (twitter.com/MerakiSimon), Cisco Meraki Head of Brand and Experience Matt DeNapoli (twitter.com/theDeNap), Cisco DevNet Developer Advocate focused on Meraki Moderator Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Discussion Topics: • What is the Meraki Smart Camera and how does it differ from other security cameras? • What are some of the features of the Meraki Smart Camera? • How does it use encryption? • How much video can be stored? • What is