Cisco Champion Radio

Listen to Matt MacPherson and Bart Brinckman talk to our Cisco Champions about OpenRoaming, who is using it, what are it’s benefits and how it works with WiFi 6. Also, what are the technical requirements, OpenRoaming and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (https://twitter.com/WBAlliance), along with industry partnerships with Samsung, Boingo and others. Cisco Champion Hosts Mark Sibering, Devoteam NL, Principal Architect Jody Lemoine (https://twitter.com/ghostinthenet), Tish Co, Network Architect Cisco Guests Matt MacPherson (https://twitter.com/macpherson7), Cisco Wireless CTO Bart Brinckman, Cisco OpenRoaming Engineering Lead Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Aniket Patankar, Cisco’s HyperFlex PM, talks to our Cisco Champions and is asked what Is HyperFlex, what is hyperconvergence, and what is HyperFlex AP? Learn the use cases of HyperFlex, how Intersight Management works with HyperFlex, what are the customer benefits of using HyperFlex AP, and more. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Presidio, Enterprise Architect Malcolm Booden (https://twitter.com/malcolmbooden), MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Guests Aniket Patankar (https://twitter.com/aniketpatankar), Cisco HyperFlex Product Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

In this episode of Cisco Champions Radio, Cisco SMEs, Adrian Iliesu and Anna Rubin, talk to our Cisco Champions about the updated 2020 Cisco Certifications, including, but not limited to, creating the new consolidated CCNA exam; the new DevNet Certifications; what has changed and what hasn’t; details on the new Certification levels, the new technology topics, why the certifications are changing and more! Cisco Champion hosts David Penaloza (@davidsamuelps), Verizon, Lead Network Consulting Engineer Mir Hossein Mirghassemi (@PacketRoute), Itron, Principle Cloud & Network Security Engineer Guests Adrian Iliesu (@aidevnet), Cisco DevNet Technical Lead on Co-creations Team Anna Rubin, Cisco Certification Exam Developer, CCNA, CCNP and DevNet Exams Moderator Lauren Friedman (@lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program

Cisco SD-Access and Multidomain are discussed in depth in this podcast where Cisco Champions ask Cisco Experts the questions their peers might have. Discussion Topics: - Why SD-Access and how does it compare to the way things are usually done today? - I’m a CLI Warrior, why do I need SD-Access? - How SD-Access Multi-Domain fits in with other domains - How is Intent the glue? - Multi-Domain success stories - What hardware supports SD-Access? Do I need to forklift the entire network? - How does the security evolution impact SD-Access? - Does it matter where you start with your deployments or systems? - Trust vs threat - Encrypted traffic analytics - Why you should embrace fabric technology - Business drivers for why people invest in learning and migrating into SD-Access Multi-Domain - Need-driven architecture? Cisco Champions Hosts: Paul Campbell (www.twitter.com/paulmc3), Cisco Champion member, CEO & Founder, Quaversal LLC. Scott McDermott (www.twitter.com/scottm32768) Cisco Champion member, Managing Directo

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is a cloud-based application to helps you consistently manage policies across your Cisco security products and keep your organization protected against the latest threats. This security-focused podcast dives into what’s new with CDO and gets into the technical details of the why and how. Discussion Topics: - What is new with Cisco Defense Orchestrator, - What types of customers benefit from Cisco Defense Orchestrator - FTD support - What is the CDO licensing model - Is there a CDO API Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. David Yarashus (twitter.com/dyarashus), Cisco Champion member, Chief Engineer, Netcraftsmen. Cisco Guests: Guy Telner (twitter.com/guytelner), Director of Engineering and Developer of Cisco Defense Orchestrator. Adam Bragg (twitter.com/adbragg), Systems Engineer for Cisco Defense Orchestrator. Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. To learn more go to GetCD

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with JP Vasseur about Cisco DNA Center and AI/ML Network Analytics. Interviewing JP are Cisco Champion hosts, Pieter-Jan and Josh Warcop. Cisco Champions: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. Josh Warcop (twitter.com/warcop), Cisco Champion member, Solutions Architect, iVision. Cisco Guest: JP Vasseur (twitter.com/jpvasseur), Distinguished Engineer. Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Product Marketing Team. Discussion Topics: - The various models for processing of the machine learning data - How traffic is anonymized - AI/ML use case - Why we use machine learning - How Cisco DNA comes into play with AI/ML - The UX experience

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Stuart Clark of Cisco DevNet and Rick Sherman of Puppet about network automation. Our Cisco Champion hosts are Daren Fulwell and Pieter-Jan Nefkens. Podcast Discussion Topics - Various ways to do network integration, it isn’t all Python! - What makes Puppet unique - How the DevOps culture is breaking down silos in the office - How to get started with Puppet - DevNet Learning Labs and Sandboxes - Hooking up Puppet to Cisco DNA Center - What does automation look like in 10-years’ time Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies. Cisco Guest Stuart Clark (twitter.com/bigevilbeard), Network Automation Developer DevNet. Puppet Guest Rick Sherman (twitter.com/shermdog01), Network Automation Czar. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisc

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Adrian Iliesiu about developing with SD-WAN and how you can streamline your workflow with vManage. Interviewing Adrian are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - Components of Cisco’s SD-WAN solution - vManage – your point of interaction with the entire fabric - Rest API interface into the fabric using DevNet - Programming and developing your own features for your fabric - What can you leverage with the SD-WAN API Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cisco Guest Adrian Iliesiu (twitter.com/aidevnet), DevNet Engineer. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/developing-with-sd-wan-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep10

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Darryl Sladden about the evolution of Cisco’s location technologies as well as the operational insights inside Cisco DNA Spaces. Interviewing Darryl is Cisco Champion host, Daren Fulwell. Podcast Discussion Topics - The evolution of Cisco’s locationing technologies - GDPR compliance and privacy - Operational insights inside Cisco DNA Spaces - Integration capabilities - Cool ways companies are using Cisco DNA Spaces Cisco Champion Host Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. Cisco Guest Darryl Sladden (twitter.com/darrylsj), Senior Product Manager. Moderator Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program. Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/digitizing-the-physical-space-with-cisco-dna-spaces-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep9

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with David Klebanov about the benefits of OMP, Overlay Management Protocol and why OMP is more than a routing protocol. Interviewing David are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela - Cisco vManage, vSmart and vBond features - What are the benefits of OMP, Overlay Management Protocol - Why OMP is more than a routing protocol - The 3 main policies distributed inside OMP - Cloud Onramp – cloud integrations - ExpressRoute, Direct Connect - Difference between vManage and vAnalytics Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member, Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Cisco Guests David Klebanov (twitter.com/davidklebanov), Technical Marketing Engineer, EN BU. Moderator Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Cisco's Chief Privacy Officer Michelle Dennedy and Robert Waitman, Director of Data Privacy, about the Cisco 2019 Data Privacy Benchmarking Study and the value of data privacy. Interviewing Michelle and Robert are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and David Peñaloza. Podcast Discussion Topics - What is data privacy and what is Cisco doing about it - The technology aspects of data privacy and data protection - What are the regional differences with privacy law above and beyond GDPR - How investments made in privacy are translating into better security - What benefits do companies get (beyond compliance) from GDPR regulations - Enhancements in the hardening of the data center - Data as an asset - What Cisco is doing to help the industry understand the importance of data privacy Cisco Champion Hosts Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member, Network Architect, ANS Group. David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion memb

How has Cisco Smart Licensing evolved? Who owns a Smart License and what are the implications? In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Donnie Savage about Cisco Smart Licensing. Interviewing is Cisco Champion host, Daren Fulwell. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect, ANS Group. Cisco Guests: Donnie Savage, (twitter.com/diivious), Architect.Engineer, Lead Architect Smart Software Licensing. Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - How Smart Licensing evolved - How you get intelligent data about your inventory - How data privacy concerns are addressed - The 5 methods of communication - What happens with Smart Licensing if connectivity is lost? - Who owns a Smart License and what are the implications? - What you need to enable Smart Licensing Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cisco-smart-licensing-in-30-minutes-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcas

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Chris Paggen and Lionel Hercot about the Cisco ACI experience on AWS. Interviewing are Cisco Champion hosts, Charlie Greenaway and Mat Jovanovic. Cisco Champion Hosts: Charlie Greenaway (twitter.com/cciechaz), Cisco Champion member and Principal Architect. Mat Jovanovic (twitter.com/matjovanovic), Cisco Champion member and Cloud CTO. Cisco Guests: Chris Paggen, TME Lead for ACI. Lionel Hercot, (twitter.com/lhercot), Technical Marketing Engineer. Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - ACI on AWS – what it is and the value it drives - How ACI is deployed in the cloud - Use cases that inspired the ACI AWS solution - Roadmap for integrations with Azure and other cloud options - How the integrations work when exposing info to a 3rd party - Cost projection model help estimate the running cost of the solution - The 3 elements of the ACI on AWS architecture Learn more: https://blogs.cisc

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chat with Darren Williams, EMEAR UCS & HyperFlex Leader about the latest developments with Cisco HyperFlex. Interviewing our Darren are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Colin Lynch. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect Colin Lynch (twitter.com/ucsguru), Cisco Champion member and Principal Consultant Cisco Guest: Darren Williams, (twitter.com/mrhyperflex), Cisco EMEAR UCS & HyperFlex Leader Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Hyperconverged Infrastructure - Better together: HyperFlex with ACI - Cisco’s approach to the network with HyperFlex - What’s in the HyperFlex 4.0 release - Unique HyperFlex deployments - Cisco Intersite advancements - HX220c M5 All NVMe node Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/hyperflex-gets-edgy-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep-4

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Tim Szigeti about the latest developments with Cisco IoT. Interviewing our Principal Technical Marketing Engineer are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Bernhard Albler. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell), Cisco Champion member and Network Architect Bernhard Albler (twitter.com/balbler), Cisco Champion member and Technical Lead Cisco Guest: Tim Szigeti, (twitter.com/tim_szigeti), Principal Technical Marketing Engineer Moderator: Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Latest developments in Cisco’s IoT portfolio - The biggest challenges in IoT - Features of the IR1101 router - Compact ruggedized switch - Macro-segmentation and micro-segmentation - Cisco Catalyst IE 3200, 3300, 3400 Rugged Series - Tim shares use cases he's seen in his hometown Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/extending-intent-based-networking-to-the-iot-edge-a-cisco-champion

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Kureli Sankar about the latest developments with Cisco SD-WAN Security. Interviewing our Technical Marketing Manager are Cisco Champion hosts, Pieter-Jan Nefkens and David Peñaloza. Cisco Champion Hosts: Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member and Consultant David Peñaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Cisco Champion member and Lead Network Consulting Engineer Cisco Guest: Kureli Sankar, (twitter.com/jmckg), Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The 4 predominant customer use cases for Cisco SD-WAN Security - Cisco SD-WAN Security components - How the Cisco SD-WAN Security URL filtering is different from - FirePower filtering. - Cisco AMP Threat Grid features - IOS XE SDWAN - The 3 network controllers: Vmanage, VSmart and vBond - ASR 1000 series routers and ISR900 routers Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Prakash Rajamani about the latest developments with Cisco DNA Center. Interviewing our Director of Product Management are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Pieter-Jan Nefkens. Cisco Champion Hosts: Daren Fulwell (twitter.com/darenfulwell) Cisco Champion member and echnical Architect Pieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member and Consultant Cisco Guest: Prakash Rajamani, Director Product Management, Cisco Moderator: Brett Shore (twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Cisco DNA Center - What sets Cisco DNA Centerapart from previous location services - The new capabilities in the latest release of Cisco DNA Center - The plan for updating Cisco DNA Center - What applications are coming - What has been updated in Assurance - Make a Wish feature Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/dissecting-cisco-dna-center-cisco-dna-center-a-cisco-champion-radio-podcast-s6ep-1

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss the Cisco Duo acquisition. Cisco Champion Hosts Evan Mintzer (https://twitter.com/evanmintzer) Cisco Champion member and Manager, IT Information Security Martin Schönbacher (https://twitter.com/nfvguy), Cisco Champion member and Datacenter Architect Cisco Guests: Karianne Butler, Product Manager, Duo Umang Burman, Product Marketing Manager, Duo Moderator: Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Duo history and culture - What Products and services are part of the Duo portfolio - Changes to Duo since the Cisco acquisition - What can Duo customers can expect - What platforms are supported with Duo - How POC work at Duo - Where things are going in the future - Duo’s global footprint - When the Duo products will be added to CCW - The Duo Community - Meraki support Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/multifactor-authentication-comes-together-with-duo-and-cis

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, 5 Cisco Champions talk about the Cisco Champion program. Cisco Champions: - Alex Bisset (https://twitter.com/abisset1) Cisco Champion member and VP Platform Strategy - Amr Nasher (https://twitter.com/amr_abari), Cisco Champion member and Solutions Architect - Gert-Jan de Boer (https://twitter.com/gjdeboer) Cisco Champion member and CTO - Peter Onipe (https://twitter.com/c0dell) Cisco Champion member and Systems Engineer - Tony Cuevas (https://twitter.com/cuevas27) Cisco Champion member and Practice Lead Cisco Moderators: - Kim Austin (https://twitter.com/ciscokima), Cisco Champion Program Management - Lauren Friedman (https://twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Why each of our Champion hosts joined the program - What is the Cisco Champion Program and its benefits - What the Champions have gotten out of the Cisco Champion program and did it meet expectations - What has surprised the Champions about being in the program

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, our Cisco Champion hosts discuss Cisco DevNet Code Exchange. Cisco Champion Hosts Jeff Levensailor (https://twitter.com/levensailor ), Cisco Champion member and Sr Collaboration Engineer Paul Giblin (https://twitter.com/dreamlessod), Cisco Champion member and Sr. Solutions Architect Cisco Guests: Casey Bleeker (https://twitter.com/geekbleek), DevNet Podcast Discussion Topics - What is Code Exchange - How Code Exchange is different from Ecosystem Exchange and Solutions Plus - How to submit code to Code Exchange and what the approval process is - What core components DevNet looks for in code submissions - What level of coding experience you need - What technologies have the greatest code samples - What is the language distribution inside DevNet Code Exchange - How Code Exchange is driving business value - What Ansible and Puppet are doing on Code Exchange - How data scientists are using Code Exchange Learn more: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/devnet-code-excha