#DevNet

March 21, 2018

DEVELOPER

Application Developers Who Leverage the Programmable Network Will Have a Leg Up in the Coming Industry Transformation

DevNet Create is right around the corner again! This 2-day conference is unique in the industry. It is 100% focused on the innovative outcomes that can be delivered by coders when their applications are aware of and integrated to the physical infrastructure all around us. If you are a traditional so…

March 15, 2018

DEVELOPER

How Braga, Portugal Is Using IoT and Cisco DevNet to Become a Smart City

Digital transformations are everywhere around us – innovative uses of digital technology that generate real improvements for people.  I often wonder about the story behind the transformation. How did they figure out the right technology to use, and the right partners? This is the story behind the st…

March 8, 2018

DEVELOPER

Why is Cisco Teaching Me Python? 

At a recent network programmability workshop one of the attendees asked, “Why is Cisco teaching me Python?” I was leading a workshop for a group of senior network engineers at a large financial company that was organized and sponsored by a member of their cloud leadership team.  This made the worksh…

March 7, 2018

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio, S5|Ep.7: Interview with Susie Wee for International Women’s Day

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by technologists for technologists. In this episode we’re interviewing Susie Wee, VP & CTO of Cisco DevNet, for International Women’s Day. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Check out all Season 5 episodes in iTunes Listen to Seasons 1-4…

March 6, 2018

DEVELOPER

How Do I Get Started Learning Network Programmability?  

One of the most often asked questions I get at events or online is “How do I get started with network programmability?” Another common question is “Should I get my CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE?”  These are important questions for network engineers with limited time and resources to invest in training, and lo…

March 2, 2018

DEVELOPER

NetDevOps, and the Rise of the Programmable Network (PN)

In the “old” days, applications and infrastructure were designed and built by separate teams. But things have changed. Cloud infrastructure has emerged and beckons cloud applications into play. And just like that we’ve entered the world of DevOps, where new applications are being deployed with expec…

February 28, 2018

DEVELOPER

The Programmable Network and the Rise of the Network API

There is a really important trend in front of us in the industry. I call it “the rise of the network API.” We’ve entered a whole new world where the network is programmable. And what’s really exciting…the programmable network has APIs. As a result, the power and capabilities of networks and network…

February 28, 2018

DEVELOPER

Network Programmability at Cisco Live Melbourne

With only a few days before Cisco Live Australia and New Zealand kicks off, and still with a couple of open registration spots available, I want to invite the attendees of this event to sign up for the two workshops I will be running in Melbourne: DEVNET-2101:NXOS in the real world using NX-API REST…

February 27, 2018

PARTNER

Cisco SolutionsPlus: Expanding the Market and Accelerating Growth (oh, and Simplification)

As Cisco and our strong channel partner community lead market transitions and enable customers to embrace and capture new opportunities with digital transformation, the solutions we deliver grow progressively complex.  While accelerating partner growth is foundational to Cisco’s business model, simp…