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Scott Harrell

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Enterprise Networking Business

Scott Harrell is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Business. In this role, he is responsible for product management, user experience, and business development for all enterprise networking products and solutions. This multibillion-dollar portfolio consists of the industry’s broadest range of routers, switches, and wireless that span the campus, access, and wide area networks.

Since joining Cisco in 2001, Harrell has held leadership roles in product management and engineering in the Enterprise Networking and Security businesses where he has helped define and build technology portfolios to meet the rapidly evolving demands of digital businesses.

Most recently, Harrell led product management for Cisco’s security business where he helped transform Cisco’s world-class security portfolio and transition the business to a software led business model. In this role, he was also responsible for the product strategy and the integration of several successful acquisitions.

Prior to Cisco, Harrell worked in a strategic planning role at Intel Corporation. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelors of Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Articles

February 21, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

New Wireless Frontiers for the Enterprise: 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and CBRS

5 min read

5G and Wi-Fi 6 will improve networking for everyone, with unique benefits for the enterprise. Here’s how they’ll work together.

December 17, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

CRN’s Awards Validate Cisco’s Vision for Intent-Based Networking

2 min read

CRN, the voice of the reseller channel, named Cisco's Catalyst 9000 family as Product of the Year in “Networking," and Cisco SD-WAN in “Software-Defined Networking.”

November 13, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Intent-Based Networking Everywhere

4 min read

We launched intent-based networking a year ago with the introduction of the Catalyst 9000 and DNA Center. Our next step is putting Intent-based networks in more places.

August 1, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Why I’m So Thrilled to Welcome the Location Services Company, July Systems, to Cisco

2 min read

#Cisco is closing the acquisition of July Systems, the cloud-based mobile experience and location services platform. #wireless #intentbasednetworking

June 12, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Intent-Based Networking’s Next Evolution: The DNA Center Platform

3 min read

DNA Center’s new open platform capabilities mean all its powerful, networkwide automation and assurance tools are available to our partners and customers. #CiscoDNA

April 17, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Extending Intent-Based Networking to the Internet of Things

4 min read

Today we are announcing Cisco DNA enhancements, aimed at further helping you manage the changing extent of networks and expanding the benefits of intent-based networking to IoT.

January 10, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Extends Encrypted Traffic Analytics to Nearly 50,000 Customers

4 min read

It’s here. Cisco has solved one of the biggest challenges facing the security industry – and now thousands of Cisco customers can start using this breakthrough new network security technology....

January 2, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Enterprise Networking – Trends for 2018

5 min read

2017 has been a year of incredible progress and change for Enterprise Networking at Cisco. We redefined networking this year with the world’s first intent-based networking system.

August 1, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Accelerating our vision with Viptela

2 min read

Today, Cisco completed the acquisition of Viptela, which further accelerates our Network Intuitive vision we launched in June. Viptela provides a world-class, cloud-first SD-WAN solution with advanced routing, segmentation,...

June 19, 2017

NETWORKING

New Frontiers: Anti-Aging Treatment for your Network

2 min read

With Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA), flexibility sits at the core of the network thanks to programmability all the way down at the chip level.

June 5, 2017

NETWORKING

New Frontiers: Network Analytics in Real Time

1 min read

Cisco’s approach to security leverages the network as a giant sensor to provide pervasive detection everywhere there is a network device.

May 23, 2017

NETWORKING

New Frontiers: Quality of Service Without the Pain

1 min read

Episode one of Cisco’s five-part innovation series, “New Frontiers: IT Innovations in 5 minutes,” will explore the benefits of transforming your network, starting with QoS.

February 21, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

How To Navigate Your Path to a Digital-Ready Network

3 min read

Everything – and I mean “everything” – is being connected over the network: processes are connected across businesses and organizations, devices across industries, countries and cities; and workers, customers, citizens and partners across the globe.

January 25, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Quantifying the Benefits of Network Transformation

3 min read

We put IDC in touch with eight trailblazers who are using Cisco DNA to transform their business. Read my favorite highlights from the research and results.

July 11, 2016

SECURITY

Effective Security Made Simple

6 min read

Every day companies are turning to digital to create new customer experiences, new business models and gain greater efficiencies. But all the while, attackers continue to advance. To defend against aggressive adversaries, security must advance to more effective solutions that are simple, automated and open. Why?  Let’s take a look at a scenario that could […]

April 26, 2016

SECURITY

The Service Provider Security Question

4 min read

I talk to a lot of customers and partners in the Service Provider space, and among the many conversations, I notice a common set of concerns centered around a simple...

March 7, 2016

SECURITY

Cisco recognized for security leadership at the 2016 RSA Conference

3 min read

Best Security Company and Best Security Organization Awards for Cisco I speak with customers and partners frequently and I always hear common themes in the challenges that prevent them from...