Join us for the second episode in a special series of the Small Business, Big Solutions podcast. In these episodes, which are geared toward Cisco partners and distributors, we sit down with some of the brightest minds on the Cisco SMB team and share insider knowledge and resources guaranteed to ignite growth in the SMB space.​In this episode, we de…

Ep 48: Live from Cisco Live - “Partner loyalty is earned by us. It is not owed to us.” In this episode, Scott Schell speaks with Rhonda Henley, Vice President of Americas Partner Sales at Cisco about the latest Cisco Live announcements, partner profitability, and a glimpse into how partners are influencing the ability to drive Cisco strategy.…

Believe it or not, we’re already about halfway through 2024. Looking at the outage data from this year so far, we see continued evolution, following patterns observed over the past few years. Notably, the percentage of cloud service provider (CSP) outages is still increasing—though at a more accelerated rate than seen in recent years.Tune on to lea…

Multi-mode fiber has been the workhorse for fiber optic communication within a data center for years, as well as the choice for Ethernet backbones in office buildings. It has a rich history that goes all the way back to the first optical fiber standards when 100 megabits per second was a huge data rate. Anybody remember those days?In Episode 55, we…

Live from Cisco Live! - Join Rodney Clark, our SVP of Partnerships and SMB at Cisco Live with the latest news on updates, partners, and what's to come.By Cisco

Cisco Portugal’s Podcast - #12 – has officially launched its 4th episode with Ruben Ferreira!Ruben is a Client Operations Delivery Analyst who volunteered himself to be a part of the podcast. Tune in to hear about his unique career path starting in hospitality, his passion for cooking, office life, and many other interesting bits.…

A podcast series talking to our UKI Women of Cisco Partner & Customer community. A food for thought series on the insights of how not only Cisco, but our partners and customers are tacking topical headline issues and thriving in today’s tech industry.By Cisco

00:00 Introduction02:30 Nathan flies to Malaysia13:00 Discussing SD-access and switchingIn this episode, Nathan Pan, Switching and SD-access Technical Leader, tells us about his trip onsite to Malaysia. We engage on a long discussion about Cisco SD-access as well as the evolution of switching technologies.…

In Episode 54, we continue our conversation with Hao Dong, market technology development manager for Corning’s optical communications business. We go into more detail about multi-mode fiber and its overall solution-level cost benefits.– Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product ManagerHao Dong is a market technology development manager for Corning’s optical c…

In today's episode of the Cisco Leadership Podcast, we will hear from Carrie Palin, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Cisco. In this discussion we will hear about her professional journey through leadership, experience at Cisco and what is most important in building high performing teams. Thank you for tuning in.…

When it comes to assuring great digital experiences for your users, intermittent issues can be incredibly difficult to discover and diagnose because the service is both working and not working simultaneously—or, it may simply be running slow. Some users may experience issues, while for others, everything will work just fine.In this week’s episode, …

Partners only! Join us for the first episode in a special series of the Small Business, Big Solutions podcast. In these episodes, which are geared toward Cisco partners and distributors, we sit down with some of the brightest minds on the Cisco SMB team and share insider knowledge and resources guaranteed to ignite growth in the SMB space.​In this …

In this episode, host Brandon Copeland is joined by ThousandEyes Partner of the Year 2023, WWT. They discuss how they built their ThousandEyes practice, how they received executive buy-in, and the lessons they learned along the way. Subscribe to our Partner Newsletter: https://www.thousandeyes.com/partners/newsletter/ Join our ThousandEyes Partners…

Hear from Valérie Poulain, Cisco Sales Business Development Manager for Paris Olympics 2024, and Andrea Vitali, Cisco Solutions Development Architect, as they discuss their experiences with One Cisco, Many Careers. For questions, comments, or feedback, please contact cisco-techinsiders-podcast@cisco.com…

On this episode, Scott Schell sits down with Brian Dixon at CDW to discuss the moments that matter around Enterprise Agreements (EAs), software adoption, and the customer lifecycle across the two.By Cisco

Multi-mode fiber has been the workhorse for fiber optic communication within a data center for years, as well as the choice for Ethernet backbones in office buildings. It has a rich history that goes all the way back to the first optical fiber standards when 100 megabits per second was a huge data rate. Anybody remember those days?In Episode 53, we…

Explore what happened during recent outages at google.com, X (formerly Twitter), and CDN service jsDelivr. The Internet Report team will also discuss why a detailed understanding of every component in your service delivery chain is vital to maintain the availability and resiliency of your service. If even one component encounters challenges, the en…

AB sits down with Joe Vaccaro, GM, Cisco ThousandEyes, for a great conversation on the unique technology of ThousandEyes and how it is becoming the de facto digital experience assurance solution across Cisco products and beyond, helping customers deliver excellent digital experiences. Beyond the tech talk, Joe also discusses his passion for family,…

When it comes to cyber security, you're not just protecting your business, you're also protecting your employees and clients. As a small or medium business, the threat of cyber security attacks are imminent. The reality is, you have to be prepared to survive an attack, not prevent one.In this episode, we recap previous conversations that host Ian T…

In this episode, we interview Justin Roberts, Technical Leader in Next-Gen Firewalls in the US. He takes us, in a very technical episode, through the artchitecture of Cisco Firewalls, how they work and how performance and security are two concepts that are very related. In this story, a customer is seeing applications performance issues after the s…

Multi-mode fiber has been the workhorse for fiber optic communication within a data center for years, as well as the choice for Ethernet backbones in office buildings. It has a rich history that goes all the way back to the first optical fiber standards when 100 megabits per second was a huge data rate. Anybody remember those days?In Episode 52, we…

Join Gabby McGee, Cisco's Partner Renewals Leader for EMEA as she navigates partner profitability. “Profitability is about sustainability and longevity for partners. It’s exactly about relevance. If our partners aren’t profitable, they likely can’t continue to operate, and they certainly can’t reinvest and grow.”…

Go under the hood of a ChatGPT outage, H&R Block’s Tax Day disruption, and more incidents from the past few weeks. The Internet Report team will also discuss Microsoft’s update on recent subsea cable cuts and the latest global outage trends.———CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro00:57 ChatGPT Outage03:35 Revisiting West Coast of Africa Cable Cuts09:07 H&R Block Ou…

This Earth Day we celebrate the people behind #sustainability efforts at Cisco! In this episode of CX EMEA Unplugged, we meet Esther Roure Vila, Saumya Dubey, and Tiziano Canovai, and we find out how a surfer, a PhD student, and an avid camper brought their passion for sustainability to Cisco.By Cisco

B sits down with Denise Lee, Cisco’s VP Engineering Sustainability Office, for a great chat on a wide range of sustainability topics, from circular design to embedding sustainability principles into business practices to achieving overall sustainability goals. This is also a great conversation for anyone looking to explore the diversity within sust…

Join Dana Abrams, our Success Tracks Partner Go-to-Market Strategy Lead as she discusses Success Tracks and how partners benefit and monetize from CX Cloud, PX Cloud, APIs, and service creation only offered through Success Tracks.By Cisco

With tax season coming to a close in the United States, IT teams at tax preparation companies and other organizations in the industry will be taking extra care to make sure that their systems can handle a spike in traffic due to a potential last-minute rush of filings. Tune in to hear The Internet Report hosts discuss how IT teams can navigate majo…

In this episode you will get the chance to meet Dragan Marjanovic, Cisco Consulting Engineer!Tune in to discover more about Dragan's career path, his transition to life in Portugal, sharing the same Padel appreciation as our host Rodrigo, and many other insights.By Cisco

In this episode, host Brandon Copeland is joined by Tanner Bechtel, Global Leader of Partner Solutions at ThousandEyes, where they deep dive into the intricacies of building a successful practice. From the initial conversations within your organization, to mitigating roadblocks along the way, this episode is packed with advice to ensure your succes…

In today’s episode, Scott Schell talks with Steve Dock from CX Partner Marketing to get a glimpse behind the scenes of the intensive, yet minimally disruptive rebrand efforts for the CX Partner Framework content and learning resources. For access to Blackbelt Trainings, please visit https://ebooks.cisco.com/story/your-cx-service-strategy/.…

In this episode, Jaroslav Gawron, Ivan Shirshin and Rik Boven tell us 3 crazy stories. However, only 2 are true. Will you be able to find out which one is the fake one ?By Cisco

The end-to-end delivery of modern digital services can introduce a complex web of dependencies and failure points, which can stem from direct relationships as well as third-party providers, introducing layers of abstraction for operations teams to keep track of. Managing this complex ecosystem can be challenging. Unexpected issues may arise from se…

“Organizations are increasingly aware that they may not be as prepared as they should be for cyber incidents and are starting to understand the potential financial impact of downtime.”This was an eye-opening discussion with two of the best! Check out this awesome conversation with Randall and Larry, who joined From the Field to chat about importanc…

In this episode, hosts Eric and Val engage in a conversation with Karina Loor, a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer Veteran and Partner Account Manager at Cisco Systems. Karina's journey unfolds as she recounts her remarkable life story, beginning as an immigrant from Ecuador and navigating her way into the military. The narrative expands to her exper…

In this episode, hosts Eric and Nicole welcome Valerie Bennett, a multi-faceted individual with a background as a surfer, technologist, and US Marine. Valerie shares her compelling journey, recounting her transition from the Marine Corps into technology. The conversation delves into the valuable lessons she has learned throughout this transformativ…

AB welcomes Adele Trombetta, Cisco’s SVP and GM, Cisco CX EMEA, for a fun and spirited conversation on her passion for technology and her mission to create an extensive inclusive culture program in EMEA. From her days as a young mechanical engineer to her current role as a CX leader at Cisco, Adele’s story is a perfect example of how even in an ind…

In this episode, Scott Schell talks with Pete Davis about the latest updates within CX Partner Success and how partners are benefiting from a “Greater Together” approach through lifecycle selling and digital-first business models.By Cisco

Over a two-day period this past week, major social media platforms—Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn, and Discord—all experienced disruptions. In the same timeframe, Comcast was also impacted by an outage that affected access to specific services and applications.Meta experienced issues with its log-in process, Discord navigated unexpectedly …

This episode unveils the compelling journey of Nadine Fakhoury, an engineering leader whose path was shaped by resilience, curiosity, and a series of bold moves. Coming from a vastly different cultural background, she faced and overcame significant challenges, demonstrating the profound impact of adapting to new environments and embracing change. H…

In this episode, host Brandon Copeland and co-host Craig Vario are joined by Tony Finn, Director of EMEA Channel Sales at ThousandEyes, where they disect all that happened at Cisco Live EMEA 2024 where ThousandEyes had their biggest channel presence to date.Subscribe to our Partner Newsletter: https://www.thousandeyes.com/partners/newsletter/ Join …

Today we're diving into a topic at the forefront of global innovation—sustainability in business. In this episode, we're honored to have two distinguished guests. Joining us is Cisco's Chief Sustainability Officer, Mary de Wysocki, whose vision and leadership are driving Cisco and its partners and customers towards a greener future. Interviewing Ma…

Welcome to this week's episode of Line of Departure, where Eric and Ben dive deep with Morgan Mann, from his time serving in the Marine Corps to his current role as Vice President of Transformation at Cisco.In this episode, Morgan chats with us about his passions for the outdoors, family, national security issues, along with the challenges and oppo…

In this episode of Partner Perspectives, Scott Schell meets with Pat Henson from Veytec to discuss how they built a scalable and profitable Customer Experience (CX) practice and found value by vesting in the Cisco Advanced CX Specialization.By Cisco

Load is a fundamental but, at times, challenging variable for networks and operations teams to handle. In the past few weeks, ThousandEyes saw various load-related problems impact organizations including Google Cloud, Front, several Australian banks, and Minnesota State University Moorhead.Tune in to learn more about what happened during these inci…

In this episode, Steven Janssens takes us through his most memorable Collaboration mysteries.In one story, Steven is faced with random Webex endpoints disconnecting with no other logs than "user disconnected session" but the user swears they didn't disconnect. Is there a ghost involved ?The other story involves latency troubleshooting in peak hours…

We continue our conversation around skills with this new episode about the lifelong learning mindset. Hear from Koen Bastiaens - VP at Cisco CX EMEA North, Kaja Siwacka – Finance Manager, and Piotr Jarzynka – Principal Architect, about their lifelong learning journeys and tips & tricks to keep growing.Did you miss the previous episode? Catch the po…

The concept of cyber resiliency for businesses is not entirely new, but its prominence has grown significantly in recent years, partly due to high-profile, high-visibility breaches. Unfortunately, cyber-attacks are inevitable, so it’s imperative that businesses focus on preparing for and surviving breaches. To do so, security needs to be prioritize…

In this episode, we embark on a journey of discovery and collaboration, led by Eric Templeton and Ben Davis, as they introduce us to a remarkable individual, Marcus Moffett. Marcus, the Vice President of America's Sales Engineering for Cisco and a proud Air Force veteran, brings a wealth of experience and passion to the table.As Marcus shares his b…

AB sits down with his friend and colleague Classye James to talk about the challenging shift many athletes face when moving from their sports careers to positions in the business sector. Serving as a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Events & Activations Business Leader at Cisco, Classye is committed to developing tools that enable former athl…

In today's episode, we bring together a dynamic group of cybersecurity enthusiasts, Andro Dio and Jeremy Hagerman, who not only excel in their profession but also bring a wealth of diverse interests and experiences to the table.Join us as we explore Andro and Jeremy’s burning passion for cybersecurity, fueled by a genuine desire to protect and empo…