Cisco Champion Radio

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

In this episode, Cisco Champions Mat Jovanovic and Luc Robalo discuss Cisco MultiCloud with Pete Johnson. 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 Guest Pete Johnson (https://twitter.com/nerdguru), Technical Solutions Architect Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Use cases for Multicloud - Trends for cloud adoption and usage - How the ubiquity of software has changed the world - Security concerns of the cloud - ACI Anywhere - Cisco workload optimization - Metrics for moving workloads around More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep11-cisco-multicloud

In this episode, Cisco Champions Rowell Dionicio and Francois Vergès discuss Cisco RRM with Jim Florwick. Cisco Champion Hosts Rowell Dionicio (https://twitter.com/rowelldionicio), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Francois Vergès (https://twitter.com/vergesfrancois), Cisco Champion member, Wireless Network Engineer Cisco Guest Jim Florwick, Technical Marketing Engineer, Enterprise Networks Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Most common misconceptions of RRM - Channel management - Initiating a DCA restart - Designing for RRM - How to validate your designs - Tips for doing a site survey - FRA and RRM - What to consider when configuring and placing APs - New RRM features Cisco is working on - Setting intervals and thresholds - Default global RRM TPC settings - dBm TX power in the RRM GUI - RRM data collection - Jim’s 3 big things for working with Cisco RRM More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com

In this episode, Cisco Champions Wendell Odom and Pieter-Jan Nefkens discuss Getting Published with guest Brett Bartow. Cisco Champion Hosts Wendell Odom (https://twitter.com/wendellodom), Cisco Champion member, Cisco Press Author Pieter-Jan Nefkens (https://twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Lead Consultant Guest Brett Bartow, Product Line Manager, IT Professionals Group, Pearson Education (Official Publishing Partner of Cisco Press) Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - How to approach a publisher - Pitfalls, best practices and keys to success for first time authors - How many pages should an author target for a book - What is in the publisher’s head when reading pitches - The complexities of publishing technical content - What should have in place before approaching a publisher - The process leading up to signing a contract - Tools and techniques to get your topic organized and/or solidified - Timeline for gettin

In this episode, Cisco Champions Martin Schönbacher and Håvard Staub Nyhus discuss Cisco Tetration with Cisco guest Jothi Prakash Prabakaran. Cisco Champion Hosts Martin Schönbacher (https://twitter.com/nfvguy), Cisco Champion member, Datacenter Architect Håvard Staub Nyhus (https://twitter.com/hnyhus), Cisco Champion member, Senior Consultant Cisco Guest Jothi Prakash Prabakaran, Product Marketing Manager Moderator Breana Jordan, Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The idea behind Cisco Tetration - Cisco Tetration use cases - Cisco Tetration deployment models and options - All about the software sensor - On-prem versus SaaS - Policy enforcement and sensor security - 3rd party hardware sensors - 3rd party integrations - Multi-layering More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep8-cisco-tetration