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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

January 13, 2021

DATA CENTER

Citius, Altius, Fortius: Lead in 2021 with Cisco Nexus Dashboard

3 min read

The Cisco Nexus Dashboard gives you better control over your cloud-centric digital infrastructure. Register for our upcoming webinars - January 19 and February 2 - to experience the ease of comprehensive visibility and scale in the multicloud.

May 27, 2020

DATA CENTER

How to Create Networks that Meet Your Intent?

3 min read

Network infrastructure and network operations are experiencing unprecedented demand to support digital transformation initiatives to move at the speed of the business.

Why Do Network and Application Performance Need to Be Superior?

4 min read

Question: Is there still a need for more network capacity and performance enhancements to fixed and mobile networks? Answer: Yes! And tomorrow’s tactile Internet needs and requirements will be met by 5G, Wi-Fi6 and FTTH innovations that support emerging applications (and new services that are just in the ideation phase today). At the beginning of […]

December 19, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Tomorrow’s Tactile Internet Requires High-Performing, Pervasive and Secure Networks

3 min read

The foundation of tomorrow’s tactile Internet demands open and supercharged fixed and mobile broadband spigots.