events

November 18, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Building Cities Made of Dreams: SCEWC19

Co-Authored with Heather Keleher and Dani Schrakamp When you dream of the city of tomorrow, what do you picture? Healthcare that transcends the hospital? Education that weaves technology into every classroom? A revolution in mass transit? Cities that are not only safer, but also infinitely more liva…

October 17, 2019

DATA CENTER

Cisco and Splunk Technology Innovations Showcase at Splunk .Conf19, Vegas, 2019

Cisco-Splunk partnership is growing at a terrific pace. Recently, Splunk showcased Cisco as one of its top 4 partners. As a testimony to our growing momentum, Cisco is a Peta sponsor this year at Splunk .conf19, Venetian sands, Las Vegas, Oct 21-25, and I can’t wait to get inspired and energized by…

July 18, 2017

THREAT RESEARCH

The Official Talos Guide to BlackHat 2017

It is once again time for Security Summer Camp – the week in July that many of us descend upon Las Vegas for Black Hat and DEFCON. This is your official guide to what Cisco’s Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at Black Hat 2017. Whether you are looking to catch some great talks, hun…

May 18, 2017

CLOUD

The Force is Strong With the Bold New Tech Buyer

The recent CNCF CloudNative 2017 conference in Berlin played host to the crème de la crème of IT, niche container-focused software vendors, and integrators. All of them came equipped with their most switched-on engineers and marketers (intentionally leaving the usual marketing glaze behind). I was t…

A Major Shift is Underway in IT – See What is on the Horizon

Attend Cisco Sessions at Gartner IT Operations Summit IT leaders from all over are traveling to Orlando, Florida to attend the Gartner IT Operations Solutions & Strategies Summit, May 8-10, 2017.  The theme, “Beyond Business as Usual: Increase Relevance, Engage Change,” perfectly captures the te…

March 21, 2017

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Save the Date for DevNet Create

Welcome DevNet Create Being social and digital first, it’s really #DevNetCreate to me – who doesn’t talk in hashtags? What an exciting time where a big shift continues toward application development and how apps are changing the world. Application developers are no longer confined…

October 11, 2016

EDUCATION

Gearing up for EDUCAUSE 2016

There’s never been a better time to attend EDUCAUSE! Who wouldn’t want to hear education revolutionaries and TED Talk alumnae, Sugata Mitra and Susan Cain speak, along with the best thinkers in Higher Education IT? EDUCAUSE is higher education’s premiere technology event, and this year thousan…

July 27, 2016

SECURITY

The Official Talos Guide to Black Hat 2016

There is always something of an air of anticipation in the Security community as we approach Black Hat and DEFCON. This is your official guide to what Cisco’s Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at Black Hat 2016. There are a lot of classes, great talks, technical deep-dives, late parties,…

June 6, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Integration, Consolidation, Automation: Why Cisco Cyber Solutions are Essential for CDM

Cybersecurity for the federal government is increasingly complex. More and more important data is being stored or shared using the Internet, and at the same time, hacks and other cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and frequent. Agencies need to stay on the cutting-edge of cyber solutions t…