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Industrial organizations are fundamentally changing how they operate and deliver value to customers. Industry 4.0 holds the promise of bringing in more software controls to improve product quality, reduce waste, enhance sustainability, boost worker safety and cybersecurity, and increase operational efficiencies to reduce costs. Digital transformation is the necessary first step that helps collect the operations data required for analytical operations and industrial switches are key to building such networks. Tune into this episode of Cisco Champion Radio to learn how highly capable industrial switches can help you evolve your operations by: -Providing reliable connectivity in the harshest industrial environments -Ensuring Smooth interruption free operations with high availability and resiliency -Making industrial networks scalable and flexible with intelligent network automation and performance assurance -Enhancing cybersecurity with policy based automated network segmentation -Promoting collaborat

Energy-hungry and heat-generating data -center servers and switches draw up to 2 percent of all electricity in the United States alone, and energy consumption can represent up to 30 percent of data center costs. There is a focus on greater data center sustainability and optimizing energy usage should be a major concern for all forward-looking organizations. With Cisco Nexus Dashboard, the goal is to empower customers to achieve more energy efficient data centers, forecast energy consumption, emissions and costs, while meeting the ever-increasing operational requirements of their datacenter applications. Learn more: www.cisco.com/go/nexusdashboard https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/data-center-analytics/nexus-dashboard/datasheet-c78-744371.html?ccid=cc001903&oid=dstdnc023706 You may also be interested in learning about Cisco Refresh https://smarturl.it/CCRS9E45 Cisco AI/ ML Blueprint for DC Networks https://smarturl.it/CCRS10E18 Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Sheldon (twitter.

Running a distributed application services infrastructure is onerous. IT leaders in NetOps, DevOps, SecOps, and CloudOps need a consistent way to administer technology for business growth. The Cisco Meraki vMX virtual security and SD-WAN appliance enables businesses to seamlessly deploy, manage, and scale application services anywhere, on any major hyperscaler or hypervisor, in any region. From security, access, and configuration, to one-touch deployments via low-code automations known as quick starts, learn how businesses can create a hybrid cloud to seamlessly manage and deploy services around the globe, both on-premises and in the cloud. Resources -https://meraki.cisco.com/products/hybrid-cloud/ -https://community.meraki.com/t5/Cloud-Security-SD-WAN/New-to-vMX-Start-here/m-p/202525#M95 -https://community.meraki.com/t5/Cloud-Security-SD-WAN/bd-p/cloud-security -https://meraki.cisco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/vMX-datasheet-20230421-english.pdf Cisco Champion Hosts Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, T

A phone system is a lifeline for any business. In this hybrid world, business communication is constantly evolving, and so are the expectations for your customers. More businesses are shifting their collaboration and connectivity workloads from on-prem to the cloud, as they look for a more secure, reliable, and scalable communications infrastructure. Trusted by over 12M+ worldwide users, Webex Calling is a modern and complete enterprise-grade business phone system in the cloud, delivering the flexibility needed to support and simplify the “work from anywhere, on any device” promise. Resources 1) https://www.webex.com/suite/enterprise-cloud-calling.html 2) https://www.webex.com/gp/wainhouse-future-proof-cloud-calling-now.html 3) https://www.webex.com/content/dam/wbx/us/ebook/webex-calling-ebook-of-innovations_cm-3273.pdf Cisco Champion Hosts Amr Nasher (twitter.com/Amr_Nasher), Twaasol, Managing Director Billy Zoellers (twitter.com/billyzoellers), Dean Dorton, IT Infrastructure Services Manager Ele

Technology is constantly changing and evolving. If you’re in tech, you’d probably describe yourself as a lifelong learner. Home labs facilitate continuous learning. A home lab is an environment that resides locally in your home that allows engineers or developers to safely test and experiment. Essentially, it is a playground for techies to learn and break things. Join Cisco Champions as they discuss: -Their experience with home labs, -The pros and cons of physical vs virtual environments, -Use cases, -Cost considerations and, -Personal vs company funded labs Cisco Champion Hosts Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/jonathan_mahady) BHP, Senior PCN Network Engineer Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Nefkens Advies, Network Consultant/ Owner Stephen Paynter (twitter.com/stephenpaynter), Network Bright, Automation Engineer Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Informat

Generative AI capabilities will enable a significant acceleration of enterprises business/ digital transformation. Enterprises will want to build out AI/ML capabilities for training and/or inference and look for a DC network infrastructure that supports these workloads. Cisco AI/ ML network blueprint will give our customers a proven/ validated solution leveraging Cisco experience with customer deployments for high performance compute, IB to Ethernet network migrations, and large-scale ML fabrics. AI applications expect –high performance, low latency and lossless networks. To achieve this, network administrators need to deploy the right hardware and software features, along with a configuration that supports AI application needs.Vvisibility into congestion hot spots is the need of the hour-long with automation frameworks to make sure the entire network fabric is configured correctly for AI/ML workloads. The Cisco Nexus 9000 switches have the hardware and software capabilities available today to provide

Cisco U. is a digital learning experience built around the learner with quick-start pre-skill assessments, modular learning, advanced search, and a focus on goal setting, it is designed to work for everyone’s unique journey. With personalized recommendations and feedback, plus learning in the moment of need, Cisco U. can guide learners to the right role or solution, helping to grow skills to accelerate their organization’s business transformation. Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco U. guides learners and teams to their tech learning goals. Whether you need training to seek a certification, role, or solution, we have you covered with courses, a vibrant community, and tech content on both Cisco and adjacent technologies, shaped to how you learn. Resources Cisco U. Overview - https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/foryou?utm_campaign=ciscou&utm_source=web-cisco&utm_medium=champion-podcast Cisco U. Login - https://u.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=ciscou&utm_source=web-cisco&utm_medium=champion-podca

Join our Cisco Champions and Cisco expert as they discuss real-world scenarios, share their experiences, and provide practical tips and best practices for incident response. From data breaches to cyber-attacks, we cover it all and help you prepare for the unexpected. Designed by SOC experts for SOC experts, Cisco XDR simplifies security operations to help security analysts remain proactive and resilient against the most sophisticated threats. By aggregating and correlating data from multiple disparate detection technologies into a unified view, Go from endless investigations to remediating the highest priority incidents with greater speed, efficiency, and confidence with Cisco XDR. Join us for thought-provoking discussions and practical insights that will help you stay ahead of the curve in today's rapidly evolving threat landscape. Resources: https://cisco.com/go/xdr Cisco Champion Hosts Zoe Rose (twitter.com/RoseSecOps), Canon EMEA, Regional and Supplier Information Security Evan Mintzer (twitter.

Effective port management is crucial for optimal and secure network operations, but it can be complex and difficult to scale across sites. Does port management have to be a headache? Absolutely not. In this episode, Cisco Champions and Meraki Switching experts will delve into the best practices for managing switch ports at scale. We will explore the potential business outcomes that can be achieved by leveraging Meraki Switching capabilities, such as zero-touch provisioning, port profiles*, scalable management through integrations, templates, and APIs – all of which are delivered with a user-friendly approach. *Port profiles will be available on the Meraki dashboard in early summer. Read this blog for more details (https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2023/05/the-key-to-effective-and-secure-port-management/) Resources https://meraki.cisco.com/products/switches/ Cisco Champion Hosts Deirra Footman (https://twitter.com/ccieby30), Network To Cloud, Network Engineer Pat Allen (twitter.com/layer8packet), Cus

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) provides complete lifecycle management and automation for Cisco Nexus platforms. It enables automated network connectivity, consistent network management, and simplified operations for hybrid cloud environments. Its modularized architecture based on Kubernetes microservices helps organizations enhance agility to accommodate constant change. Together with Cisco Nexus Dashboard, it enables organizations to streamline data center automation and centralize applications and reduce deployment time of VXLAN-EVPN fabrics to minutes. Cisco NDFC helps improve fabric reliability with constant monitoring of compliance and health, while reducing operation errors with predefined deployment models. Learn more about NDFC here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime-data-center-network-manager/index.html Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Alexander Deca, NTT, Principal Network

Cisco Live delivers education and inspiration to technology innovators around the globe. It is a place where the brightest minds in IT come to learn and network. This year, Cisco Live US is taking place in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada from June 4 - 8. If you plan to attend, tune in to this episode to hear from our Champions as they share their unique experiences, practical tips, and best practices. Resources Cisco Live 2023 - Cisco Cisco Champion Hosts David Samuel Penaloza Seijas (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Verizon Business, Principal Engineer Dan Sheldon (twitter.com/SheldonClimbs), Prosimo, Senior Solutions Architect Evan Mintzer (twitter.com/evanmintzer), Customers Bank, Director, Production Infrastructure Joseph Houghes (twitter.com/jhoughes), Pure Storage, Senior Solutions Architect Matt Albrecht, Aqueduct Technologies, Director, Professional Services Tim Harmon (twitter.com/harmont2004), Computers 2 Kids, Information Technology Technician Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amil

Join Cisco Champions, and the Cisco expert to learn more about the changing threat landscape, and how the latest innovations in Cisco email security can help to mitigate the rise in phishing, business email compromise, malware and ransomware attacks. Related links Learn more: https://cisco.com/go/emailsecurity Free trial: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/email-threat-defense-free-trial.html Follow us: https://twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Fresenius Medical Care, Network/ Email Security Architect Guest Usman Din, Cisco, Director, Product Management, TDR PM Email Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Champion Program

Businesses need a way to manage and grow branch networks in a faster, simpler, and more flexible manner. With advancements in 5G cellular, fixed wireless access (FWA) is now a choice method for primary network WAN access. In this episode, Cisco Champions and experts will talk about Cisco Meraki's recently announced first-ever 5G cellular gateways – the MG51 and MG51E – and how Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA helps business – from retail and food services to financial services and healthcare – scale robust, always-on 5G connected experiences anywhere. Try Meraki 5G FWA for free: https://meraki.cisco.com/form/trial/ Learn more about Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA: https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless-wan/ Learn more about the MG51: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/integrated-antenna/mg51/ Learn more about the MG51E: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/external-antenna/mg51e/ See MG51 and MG51E in the press: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m02/cisco-launches-mer

Troubleshooting can be daunting; automating can be hard; and managing a network can be difficult. Experience a new way of addressing your equipment, boosting your Cisco Services and expanding your capabilities with RADKit—a network-wide orchestrator. In this episode, Cisco Champions uncover what you want to know about RADKit, a Software Development Kit (SDK) with a set of ready-to-use tools and Python modules which enables efficient and scalable interactions with local or remote equipment. Resources Product page: https://radkit.cisco.com/ Community page: https://community.cisco.com/t5/radkit-discussions/bd-p/disc-radkit Cisco Champion Hosts Alfred Thyri (twitter.com/phred_at) Axians ICT Austria, Sr. Systems Engineer Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Richard Atkin (twitter.com/ukricha), ITGL, Solution Architect Guest Frederic Detienne, Cisco, Distinguished Engineer, CX GC TAC Moderator Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Progra

Transform your network with a secure foundation that unlocks the power of automation, simplicity, and network insights to meet the demands of the future workplace. In this podcast, Cisco Champions and Cisco experts discuss the ever-increasing bandwidth needs being driven by the rapid transition to more and more cloud services and next-generation Wi-Fi technology. We will highlight how the newest offering in the Catalyst 9500 Series—the high density 10/25G/50G C9500X-60L4D model with 400G uplinks—helps network operators take the next steps to meet the demand now and in the future. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/catalyst-9500-series-switches/index.html Cisco Champion Hosts Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, Technical Solutions Architect Pat Allen (twitter.com/layer8packet), Customers Bank, Sr. Network Engineer Tim Bertino (twitter.com/TimBertino) Nebraska Methodist Health System, Senior Network Engineer Guests Iqbal Syed, Cisco, Product Management Leader

Ninety-four percent of recent survey respondents are concerned that TLS 1.3 will break their existing security controls. With the ever-expanding amount of encrypted network traffic mandated, it’s important to understand how to balance user and customer privacy with security controls. Join experts from Cisco Security and EMA Research as they discuss the rise in compliance mandates, the benefits, and the risks of uninspected encrypted traffic as adoption of TLS 1.3 grows. Join this episode to learn: -Details surrounding the rise of encrypted traffic -Sources and meaning of mandates for internal and external compliance -Different approaches to managing encrypted data/traffic Learn more Cisco Secure Firewall solutions: See, Try, or Buy https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/firewalls/get-started.html?ccid=cc000155&dtid=odicdc000509&oid=trlsc027054 Cisco Champion Hosts Adam Hollifield (twitter.com/adambomb1219), Insight Enterprises, Architect Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Frese

As your network evolves into future generations and topologies, it is critical to have an understanding of VXLAN, an underlying technology used in many campus and data center designs. Join Cisco Champions as they discuss: -What VXLAN is, -the evolution of VXLAN, -its purpose in the campus and data center, -the benefits and disadvantages, -and why an organization may want to adopt VXLAN over spanning tree. Resources https://github.com/Cat9kEVPN/cat9k-evpn-ansible Cisco Champion Hosts Dan Kelcher (twitter.com/ipswitch), IP Fabric, Solutions Architect Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect Ryan Harris (twitter.com/bridgeisroot), NetCraftsmen, Senior Engineer Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) is a comprehensive networking solution for data centers. It enables businesses to innovate faster and minimize downtime by radically simplifying, optimizing, and accelerating infrastructure deployment and expediting the application deployment lifecycle. Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco ACI delivers a network policy-based framework that extends to the WAN and campus, translating intent into the network constructs necessary to dynamically provision the network, security, and infrastructure services. Hear how it enables building a data center network fabric with up to hundreds of switches automatically, and focusing on communications, through a single point of network configuration. Learn more https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html?socialshare=demo1

Join the Champions and our industry experts as they dive into Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC)—a database system that allows a standard power access point (AP) to operate both indoors and outdoors in parts of the 6 GHz frequency band that are not used by license holders at their location. In this podcast, you’ll learn how an AP sends a frequency availability request using the format outlined in the Wi-Fi Alliance AFC device to system interface, and the AFC responds with a list of standard power channels that can be used by the APs. Cisco Champion Hosts Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo Network Solutions, Network and Security Specialist Sam Clements (twitter.com/samuel_clements), Presidio, Engineering Director, Office of the CTO, Mobility Sijbren Beukenkamp (twitter.com/sijbrenb), 3Corners, Director/ Owner Guests Matt MacPherson, Cisco, Sr. Director, CTO Wireless Christopher Szymanski, Broadcom, Director, Product Marketing Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1

As IT teams are increasingly challenged to deliver optimally configured infrastructure to meet business demands in an agile manner, automation becomes a necessary IT practice. Automation powered by APIs becomes the building block of integrations across multi-vendor products and Cisco has showcased this capability by providing open platforms like Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Nexus Cloud. This session will cover the diverse set of integration use cases that customers typically deploy in their data center to ease operations and management of their networking infrastructure. This enables ITOps, NetOps and DevOps teams to innovate and meet the business need of infrastructure automation and accelerate a critical part of their application deployment journey. Learn more www.cisco.com/go/dcecosystem www.cisco.com/go/nexuscloud www.cisco.com/go/nexusascode Follow us twitter.com/CiscoChampion Cisco Champion Hosts Alexander Deca (twitter.com/AlexanderDeca_), NTT Limited, Principal Network Engineer Michael Wi