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Robb Boyd

Producer, Writer, Host

Robb Boyd is the host, writer and producer for Cisco’s globally distributed communication vehicle, TechWiseTV. Robb began his Cisco career in field sales working directly with customers. He became a product specialist for network security and assisted with sales and the channel organization.

Robb’s reputation for simplifying technical concepts and making them accessible to a broader audience soon lead him to become one of the original creators of TechWiseTV in 2006. Now recognized as the most valuable storytelling platform in Cisco history. TechWiseTV and its related programs have expanded into more than 50 global markets earning over 25 industry awards in multiple categories including 2 Emmy Nominations.

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November 9, 2015

TECHWISETV

Network Automation for DevOps

Network automation is an integral part of the overall infrastructure automation. Yet, it has been largely left out of the DevOps movement.

November 6, 2015

TECHWISETV

Splunk on TechWiseTV: Operational Intelligence at Scale

Cisco UCS, and the ability to expand to thousands of servers, supports the massive scalability that Splunk deployments require to deliver exceptional performance

September 28, 2015

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More Wi-Fi. Less Controller.

Surely the notion of enterprise quality does not equate to some kind of increase in complexity?

August 7, 2015

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TECHWISETV

Open NX-OS featured on TechWiseTV

NX-OS is now more modular, more open, more capable of third party integration providing a wide variety of programmability choices ideal for Dev-Ops environments. C'mon Network Engineers. Time to brush up on your Linux...maybe a little Python...

July 27, 2015

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TECHWISETV

Microsoft Lync Made Better

Jabber supports Lync interoperability despite having to work with proprietary Microsoft protocols.

July 23, 2015

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TECHWISETV

Cisco Modeling Labs on TechWiseTV

Designing, building, testing and launching physical networks can be an expensive, complex and time-consuming endeavor, and these trends are putting a premium on the need to speed up the process.

July 21, 2015

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Intercloud Fabric: Unleashing Hybrid Cloud

TechWiseTV Episode 174 featuring Cisco Intercloud Fabric, part of the Enterprise Cloud Suite with guest John McDonough, @johnamcdonough YouTube Preview https://youtu.be/XjPGaZK-yTE Watch the full show right now. Related Episode 171: Cloud Agility for automation in the private cloud featuring Cisco Prime Service Catalog, Stack Designer.  Short on time but curios?  Watch the Short Promo of 171. The […]

May 7, 2015

TECHWISETV

TechWiseTV SP: Cloud VPN

We ARE going to show you a specific service, using YOUR network, where the technology can be ready to go faster than your marketing or sales department can be ready to sell it.

May 4, 2015

TECHWISETV

Network Service Orchestration enabled by Tail-f

These engineers recognized that network management was full of increasingly complex ‘stuff’ being ladled over the top of our networks ignoring the root issues. They believed that a standardized data construct that could be used within any vendor, but it would be such a monumental undertaking that up to that point, nobody had tackled it. This significantly changes how services are created. It changes the focus from defining a configuration to defining a service. This is a capability that a business leader can understand and get behind.