Kailem Anderson

    The Software-Defined Networking Movement Cisco has been leading the charge into enterprise software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) with its industry-leading Intelligent WAN (IWAN) solution. A complementary Meraki-based solution addresses the SD-WAN needs of the smaller enterprise a…

Cloud and associated networking technologies such as Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) offer significant benefits in terms of business agility and cost reduction of total cost of ownership.  SD-WAN, or software-defined networking in a wide area network, is on…

The last few entries have talked quite a bit about the technologies, solutions, and services that Cisco and its partners bring to market for prospects and customers. That is the main reason that Cisco Live exists in the first place: it is a platform to showcase where networking and ancillary IT prod…

Several of us on the offer management team in Cisco’s Managed Services group were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak in various forums here at Cisco Live 2017.  On Day 3, a handful of us hosted a Lunch and Learn on accelerating adoption of IWAN by leveraging the power of managed servi…

Day 2 of Cisco Live is all about energy.  Everybody has arrived, so the conference halls are packed and the level of intensity is up a few notches.  Attendees have already done a pass or two through the exhibition halls, getting the high-level information they need (and maybe a bit of swag along the…

You didn’t have to take too many steps through the conference halls at Mandalay Bay to understand what the hot topics of discussion are at Cisco Live 2017:  DNA and software-defined architectures, intuitive networks, meaningful and actionable analytics, and transformational technologies and services…

As you’ve heard from colleagues, peers, customers and partners, Vegas will hit critical mass June 26 – 29 for Cisco Live Vegas. What you don’t know is how Managed Services can help you take back your schedule by keeping your IT environment running securely, so you’re focused on driving innovation an…

Operations Managers are very familiar with all the reasons their appliance-based networking infrastructure needs to be reconsidered—they live the problem constantly, day in and day out.  Speed is the key driver urging them to find alternate ways to deploy new network functions and services—the tradi…

Over the last decade, technology and digital transformation have entered our world and dramatically changed the way we work. While the days of in-person workplaces aren’t quite a thing of the past, remote and geographically-dispersed teams and workers are commonplace today. As this trend toward work…