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Shankar Varanasy
Shankar Varanasy
Leader, Product Management
Data Center Switching
Shankar Varanasy is a Product Management Leader on Cisco's Data Center Networking team, working on networking software, automation, security, and modern data center designs. He has over 20 years of experience in product management, solution architecture, network consulting, and system integration, helping teams take products from idea to launch and grow the business. In his current role, he defines the strategy and roadmap for data center networking platforms. Earlier at Cisco, he worked as a Senior Product Manager for Data Center Compute and as a Solution Architect and Network Consulting Engineer. He holds an MBA in Product Management.
Articles
Secure your data center against evolving threats, including quantum computing and AI. Discover how resilient, quantum-safe infrastructure from Cisco provides real-time protection to keep your business running smoothly without downtime.
With the 10.2(1) release, Cisco NX-OS adopted Smart Licensing with Policy to simplify license management. Learn about the new friction free experience data center network operators will have while onboarding Nexus Products and managing their license inventory with Smart Licensing with Policy.
In today’s world, multicast senders and receivers are not limited to a single network. They can be spread across enterprise and data center locations. Multicast can be generated or consumed anywhere and can be present in various security contexts - be it a tenant of VXLAN EVPN -based data center or within a traditional IP multicast network.
Acquisition and mergers involve integration of both business and IT infrastructure and there is a need for fast and seamless integration. Similarly, in shared-services scenario, tenants in a network need transparent access to the extranet or shared services in more flexible fashion. Cisco VXLAN EVPN Downstream VNI provides greater flexibility and time savings when it comes to integration of disjoint networks and shared-service deployments.
Announcing Cisco's new Intelligent Traffic Distribution (ITD) features on NX-OS 9.3.1 release. Developed to address concerns with respect to capacity limitation on network service appliances in a multi-terabit environment.