Usha Andra

Leader, Product Marketing

Data Center and Cloud Networking

Usha Andra is a senior product marketing leader with over 20 years of experience driving product marketing and more recently focused on innovation in Cloud, Data Center, and AI Networking. At Cisco, she leads outbound marketing and go-to-market strategies for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard, high-performance Nexus switching for 400G/800G, and the Cisco One Fabric experience across NX-OS VXLAN EVPN and Cisco ACI fabrics. Usha has also spearheaded the launches of the N9100 series switches with Spectrum X Ethernet silicon, Cisco’s 800G portfolio, and Nexus Hyperfabric, while advancing the fusing of security in networking through Cisco Nexus Smart Switches. She also collaborates with leading GPU vendors to market Cisco’s validated offerings with AI and modern data center network workloads. Previously, Usha was part of the CRS-3 and ASR9K marketing launch team in Cisco’s Service Provider group and led analytical efforts like the Cisco Annual Internet Report and Visual Networking Index (VNI), shaping global thought leadership. She has successfully led product marketing teams, driving strategic messaging and customer engagement across Cisco’s portfolio. Usha holds an MBA and a BSEE, blending technical expertise with business acumen. She also teaches marketing and strategy as an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Articles

DATA CENTER

Sai Natarajan

Usha Andra

Powering the Future of AI: Cisco’s Breakthroughs in Secure AI Networking with NVIDIA

5 min read

Cisco delivers foundational infrastructure for giga-scale AI, combining advanced networking, silicon diversity, and integrated security to help enterprises, neoclouds, and sovereign cloud providers deploy AI securely at scale.

DATA CENTER

Usha Andra

Cisco at ONUG Dallas 2026: Securing the AI Data Center in the Agentic Era

4 min read

Join Cisco at the ONUG AI Networking Summit in Dallas to discover how our latest innovations in scale, simplicity, and security are powering the next generation of AI-ready enterprise infrastructure.

DATA CENTER

Robert Burns

Usha Andra

Modernize your data center operations with Cisco Nexus Dashboard

4 min read

Discover how Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.2 modernizes data centers with AI-driven operations, enhanced security with Live Protect, and unified management across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

DATA CENTER

Devanshi Kotak

Usha Andra

Evolve IP Media to AI-Driven Media Fabrics: Future-Proof Broadcast with Cisco and NVIDIA

6 min read

AI is revolutionizing live broadcast, but it demands a network built for heavy lifting. Read how Cisco and NVIDIA are teaming up to power scalable, high-performance media production.

DATA CENTER

Javed Asghar

Usha Andra

Cisco secures AI infrastructure with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs

3 min read

Discover how Cisco is transforming AI security with NVIDIA by embedding hardware-accelerated, stateful segmentation in AI servers—delivering maximum performance and protection without compromising GPU/CPU utilization.

PARTNER

Usha Andra

Unlocking Real-Time Insights: Announcing Native Splunk in Cisco Nexus One

4 min read

Cisco announces a major leap in network observability with Native Splunk integration on Cisco Nexus One. This embedded architectural integration allows NetOps and SecOps teams to stream high-fidelity telemetry directly to Splunk, accelerating root cause analysis, ensuring data sovereignty, and reducing operational costs for modern data center fabrics.

DATA CENTER

Sai Natarajan

Usha Andra

A Validated Approach: Lenovo and Cisco for AI Data Center Infrastructure Deployment

2 min read

Scale AI with confidence. Lenovo Hybrid AI 285 with Cisco Networking delivers pre-validated, high-performance infrastructure—removing deployment risk and accelerating your time to value.

PARTNER

Usha Andra

Cisco AI Networking & Splunk: Enhanced Data Center Network Visibility

3 min read

Discover how Cisco Data Fabric, powered by Splunk, unifies data center analytics—enabling cross-domain visibility, real-time insights, and AI-driven monitoring for optimized, scalable, and secure enterprise infrastructure.

DATA CENTER

Usha Andra

5 key data center network themes at Cisco Live EMEA

5 min read

It’s time to bring your networking best, get ready to taste great cheeses, and bring your inquiring minds to Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam from Feb 6-9th, 2023 Read all about the five reasons why Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam is buzzing with excitement!