#CiscoChampion Radio, S4|Ep.10: The Importance of Flexible Infrastructure

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by technologists for technologists. In this episode we’re talking to David Zacks, the importance of flexible infrastructure.

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Cisco Guests

David Zacks (@davezacks), Distinguished System Engineer

Cisco Champion Hosts

Justin Cohen  (@cantechit), Solution Architect

Podcast Discussion Topics

Introducing the Cat9K platform and next gen of chip set.

The power of the single code base in the new Catalyst Platform 9300, 9400 and 9500.

The ability to empower people with analytics at the edge.

Focusing on the flexible infrastructure and looking 1-3 years out.v

Encrypted threat analytics.

The power behind Network Intuitive.

The importance of flexible evergreen hardware as Cisco moves into being a software company.

Working with the design team to build a flexible infrastructure.

Moving to intent based networking.

Elevating the conversation in SDA and why it was built it in the first place.

Micro-segmenting.

How to do identification through context.

Coming out of the starting blocks with SDA.

CLI is not going away.

Building blocks for a new network implementation.

Moving networks into the 21st century.

Explaining cryptographic compliance.

SPLT packet review.

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Resources:

Cisco Enterprise Silicon – Delivering Innovation for Advanced Routing and Switching [BRKARC-3467] by Peter Jones and David Zacks, PDF of session presentation.

Detect threats in encrypted traffic without decryption, using network based security analytics [BRKCRS-1560] by Sarav Radhakrishnan, PDF of session presentation.