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A Baby Goes to Cisco Live Melbourne: How Cisco Lives its Dedication to Flexibility
Yes, I brought a baby to Cisco Live Melbourne. And no, to answer the #1 question I received throughout the 5 days I spent in Melbourne for the Digital Summits (a side event to Cisco Live) it wasn’t just some random baby I found in the convention center. A year ago, I reluctantly missed out on the ch…
Cisco Live! Melbourne Abounds with Co-Innovation Opportunities
With record-setting attendance of nearly 8,400, Cisco Live! Melbourne opened up new vistas of digital opportunity for our co-innovation teams across Asia Pacific, Japan and China (APJC). Throughout the week at the Co-Innovation Pavilion, we hosted a steady stream of inquisitive customers, partners,…
The Business Benefit behind ACI and Multicloud Networking
I had the chance to spend some time with some of our customers at Cisco Live Melbourne this past week where they asked me about ways to justify the migration to a Software-Defined-Network approach with ACI, by providing hard evidence that this is a game-changer for any industry. I joked with them (s…
Cisco Live! Melbourne’s Innovation Pavilion Showcases Digital Future
Next week kicks off Cisco Live! Melbourne, and four of our inter-connected Co-Innovation Centers in the greater Asia Pacific region—in Sydney, Perth, Tokyo, and Singapore–will showcase some of the world’s latest digital solutions co-developed with customers and partners. Please join us along w…
Cisco DNA Center Plug and Play (PnP) Freewheeling – Part 6
Background In my previous blog post, I wrote about the changes in process when using Cisco DNA Center to on-board a network device. At the heart of the PnP process are two key concepts. One is the serial number of the device, which is used to identify it, the other is a template file which is appl…
NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG Sessions Coming to CLMEL
I’ve got a secret and I’ll share it, if you promise not to tell anyone in the US, Europe, or LATAM. You promise?… OK, good. In the past twelve months, I’ve spoken at all four Cisco Lives around the globe and hands down, without a doubt, my favorite location is Melbourne. Between its setting (r…
Data Center Compute Sessions at Cisco Live Melbourne
I told some friends recently about my upcoming trip to Melbourne Australia for Cisco Live 2019 and their reactions were all very similar… “How can you be on a plane so long?!” “I would go crazy!” “No way you would get me on that plane!” “I cannot even think about it, stop talking…” That last comme…
Cisco Live Melbourne – DevNet Zone – Where Is Silvia?
Cisco Live weeks are long and busy. As my friend Denise warned you, sometimes when I need a break, I hide. So, here’s the Australia edition of “Where is Silvia?”, to help you find me at Cisco Live in Melbourne. #CiscoChat LIVE! #TeamDevNet is kicking-off the conference with the fi…
Cisco Live Melbourne and the thriving Developer Community
It is that time of the year again. Summer in Australia is in full swing! I have just come back from an amazing Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona. Now, I am turning my attention to the upcoming Cisco Live in Melbourne (March 5-8). This is one of my favorite events! Cisco Live Melbourne is in my home…