Cisco Live
Partner Ecosystem Enhances the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Value Chain
The 25th anniversary of Cisco Live was an enormous hit, with record crowds at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Every day I could feel the enthusiasm of Cisco customers and partners, and it was especially high in the World of Solutions Expo. That’s where I spent most of my time, on the Expo floor…
An Incredible Week: Cisco Empowered Women’s Network at Cisco Live!
This blog post was written by Priscila David in collaboration with Emily Griffin, Anuja Singh and Rima Alameddine Today. Tomorrow. Transformed. This was the theme of the second annual Cisco Empowered Women’s Network (CiscoEWN) forum at Cisco Live. And what a great week of transformation it was, and…
A New ESG White Paper: Accelerating Transformation with an Application-centric Approach
At CiscoLive San Francisco held last week, Soni Jiandani, Senior Vice President of Cisco INSBU, highlighted our continued industry momentum for Application Centric Infrastructure. She discussed customer deployments, new ecosystem partners and the enormous simplification of cloud and application del…
The Value of Cisco Live – 7 reasons you need to go
I’m back from my first Cisco Live which was in San Francisco. It was a great experience and I hope to be back for many more events. Why should one go to Cisco Live? Here are my reasons: 1. Sessions – Cisco Live has a great variety of sessions with amazing speakers such as Denise Fishburne, Scott Mor…
RATs in Your Data Center
News agencies like ABC News, CNN, and others have run stories on the FBI sting operation against more than 100 hackers who were involved in using and/or distributing the Blackshades RAT (articles in the hyperlinks for reference). For a mere US$40, a novice computer user can become a hacker and gain…
CiscoLive – 25 Years and 25,000 People
We celebrated 25 years of CiscoLive last week in San Francisco, with more than 25,000 people attending (live) to learn more about the power of the Internet of Everything and the value it will bring for years to come. My favorite part… a ‘dancing’ John Chambers as an intro and close to his opening ke…
Cisco Live!: Threat-Centric Security from Networks to Data Centers to Clouds
Security has emerged as a leading pain point for CIOs, executives, and even in the boardroom due to changing business models and growing attack surfaces, a threat landscape that is more dynamic by the day and the increasing complexity of IT environments. With these challenges as a backdrop, attendee…
My Week at CiscoLive! San Francisco 2014
SDN-SDN-SDN…No longer does it stand for “Still Does Nothing”! Welcome to the world of Cisco where today is ACI and tomorrow is a stellar collaboration lineup. I hope you are prepared for a wild ride! This year was the 25th Anniversary of Cisco Live, previously known as “Networkers”, and what an even…
High Energy at Cisco Live in San Francisco
Cisco Live is always a ‘High Energy’ event, and this week at San Francisco proved no different. It was also a place where Energy companies themselves had come to learn about the newest trends and product solutions from Cisco and, just as important, to mingle and network with peers and in…