I spend a lot of time behind curtains.  That’s not really out of choice as it’s the nature of where they stick you when you’re running the network at a large tradeshow.  We call it the Network Operations Center – NOC if you want to sound cool – but most people just know it as the guys to complain to when your computer doesn’t work at a show.  It’s often a thankless gig and it can be extremely stressful at times, but setting up a temporary networ…

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Tags: #CLEUR, CDP, Cisco Discovery Protocol, ciscolive, Network Operations Center, NOC, tradeshow, What you need to set up a conference

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”   Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) At CiscoLive 2011, more than 15,000 customers, partners, and thought leaders have came together to celebrate and explore the evolution and convergence of technology and business. I came away with even greater respect for the innovation taking place in today’s enterprises and excited by the role Cis…

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Tags: ciscolive 2011, cloud, virtualization

It was way back at Interop in Las Vegas this year where one of our PR guys, Ben Stricker, asked if I would be interested in the tour of Petco Park coming up as part of CiscoLive in San Diego.  I said ‘yeah!’ for a number of hopefully obvious reasons and then volunteered to have our team shoot footage of the event.  We planned and worked back and forth as the event got closer and I had been working on a storyline that focused on the a…

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Tags: baseball, ciscolive, MLB Network, stadium, TechWiseTV

I’ve spent the majority of my time last week mixing it up with the record-breaking crowd of over 15,000 customers, partners, press, analysts, and other Cisco enthusiasts and it was truly gratifying to feel the positivity generated by the basket of Catalyst switching innovations we announced at the show (please take a look at my previous post for details).  Here’s a rundown of the highlights: Catalyst 6500 — The most widely deployed modular swit…

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Tags: Catalyst 6500, Catalyst Access Innovations, cisco live virtual, CiscoLive 2011 review, The Cisco Catalyst Switching Innovations Booth

Who is going to CiscoLive!? Hands down this is easily my favorite event of the year — although we look at it as an annual homecoming with all our friends there are obviously going to be many people who just can’t afford the travel time or perhaps the budget this year for any number of reasons…but don’t fret! The show can come to you! In fact, there are FOUR options to take advantage of: (1) — THE WHOLE ENCHILADA — (the…

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