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Jean-Luc Valente

Vice President, Product Management, Enterprise Routing and SD-WAN

Networking Experiences Team

JL Valente leads product management in the Networking Experiences Team with direct responsibility for the enterprise routing, SD-WAN, and multi-cloud networking portfolio. In this role, he is globally responsible for product strategy, definition, and delivery. He is also the executive sponsor of a number of key service provider accounts. A highly respected industry veteran, Valente joined Cisco in 2013 as a software executive with 25 years of operating and leadership experience in building international software businesses. He is a technology advocate with intimate knowledge of the evolution of networking and information technology. At Cisco, he led the service provider network automation strategy including the acquisition of Tail-f, organized the initial 5G initiative including OpenvRAN, brought to market Cisco telco cloud and the first SDWAN aaS platform known as ngena. Previously, he led the product management of Cisco Cloud Platform and Solutions Group portfolio across network automation and cloud management. A sought-after industry speaker, he is often featured at venues such as Mobile World Congress, CTIA and many Cisco hosted events. Prior to Cisco he was President and CEO of blueKiwi, a social business startup, which was acquired by the IT service firm Atos to form the backbone of the Atos Zero eMail initiative. Before that, Valente was CEO of RiverMuse, an IT operations software company. He also held leadership positions at software companies including InfoVista, Viasoft (now ASG), and CA where he led regional and worldwide marketing for its information management division. He also spent a year as an entrepreneur in residence with Atlas Venture, where he focused on the wireless industry.

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January 24, 2023

NETWORKING

More SASE options for customers with Cisco SD-WAN, security, SSE and SIEM collaborations

Cisco has expanded its SASE ecosystem by -collaborating with third-party Secure Service Edge (SSE) vendors Zscaler, Cloudflare and Netskope, allowing you to build SASE architectures using your preferred cloud security vendors.

October 5, 2022

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Introducing automated site-to-site connectivity over Microsoft’s global backbone network with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Hub

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Hub with Microsoft Azure establishes site-to-site connectivity between regions, delivering a high-performance network over Microsoft Azure’s extensive points of presence across the world.

March 30, 2022

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Cisco named Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for WAN Edge Infrastructure

“Improved transparency of [our] IT infrastructure. Greater automation thanks to cloud-managed IT. Simplification of processes.” — IT Security Manager, Germany At Cisco, we believe that by simplifying technology and improving the way people connect, we can give passionate people the freedom to focus on their missions, and ultimately, do amazing new things. To us, there are few […]

November 19, 2021

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Cisco Catalyst 8000 wins CRN 2021 Tech Innovation Award

We are extremely honored to receive the CRN 2021 Tech Innovator Award for the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platform in the Networking - Enterprise category.

June 2, 2021

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Enriching SD-WAN Visibility with Cisco ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence

Learn how the integration of ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence with Cisco SD-WAN enables ITOps to visualize and take control of the digital experience across internet, cloud, and SaaS platforms.

March 30, 2021

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Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect with Megaport Delivers On-Demand, Cloud-Agnostic Interconnects

Announcing the availability of the integrated capabilities for Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect with Megaport Virtual Edge in the Cisco SD-WAN 17.5 release, enabling customers to create network connections to their multicloud deployments in a few clicks through the automation capabilities of the Cisco SD-WAN vManage controller.

March 23, 2021

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Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Hub with Google Cloud Delivers Enterprise Connectivity Over Global Cloud Network

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Hub with Google Cloud now extends Cloud OnRamp support is to Google Cloud. This is made possible through the integration between Cisco vManage and the new Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center. The integration goes beyond connecting branch sites to Google Cloud workloads, delivering enterprise SD-WAN connectivity over Google Cloud’s extensive global network.

March 23, 2021

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KDDI selected Cisco SD-WAN with unique innovations for their Microsoft customers

Recently, KDDI announced they added a managed Cisco SD-WAN offering. KDDIA feels offering Microsoft Azure Cloud Services alongside Cisco SD-WAN is the perfect pairing for its customers’ cloud and connectivity needs.

January 6, 2021

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Bringing Office-Quality Connectivity to Home Teleworkers with SD-WAN

Learn how IT can step up to provide enterprise-grade services to high-value teleworkers for whom every minute with clients, customers, and coworkers counts.