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Usha Andra
Leader, Product Marketing
Data Center and Cloud Networking
Usha Andra is an experienced product marketer with a focus on Cisco’s Cloud and Data Center Networking connectivity, cloud managed platforms, and cloud-native initiatives around automation, orchestration, and insights with Cisco Nexus Dashboard along with Cisco Nexus switching for 400G/800G. She has also led Cisco's announcements for Nexus Hyperfabric, a cloud-managed data center networking solution, and the fabric-as-a-service solution for Cisco Hyperfabric AI in partnership with leading GPU vendors.
Prior to this role, she was responsible for developing global thought leadership initiatives with the Cisco Service Provider and multi-domain marketing teams. She played a key role in network performance analysis, telemetry, and usage analysis with the Cisco Annual Internet Report, Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI), and Cisco Global Cloud Index (GCI).
Usha has been with the company for 19 years, starting her career in Cisco’s Strategic Marketing Organization. She focused on the Enterprise and Consumer segments, conducting market share and share of wallet analysis. Usha is an MBA/BSEE and has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Business at SJSU, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
Articles
Summertime and the viewin’ is easy (depending on your broadband connection)
3 min read
Summer is my time to play catch up with TV. There is a huge list of TV shows and movies that will be streamed on Netflix and Hulu from the past year. Netflix may even allow you to download its videos, according to recent news. Over a gigabyte of data is consumed to watch an […]
The Ubiquitous Nature of the Internet of Everything (IoE) drives new Network Requirements
2 min read
Co-written with Taru Khurana, Senior Analyst, SP Thought Leadership The ubiquitous nature of Internet of Everything (IoE) is driving a digital transformation in many industries and businesses. This digital disruption has already begun and it’s driving advanced cloud access and network performance requirements for a wide range of devices and machine-to machine (M2M) connections. Faster […]