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Businesses need a way to manage and grow branch networks in a faster, simpler, and more flexible manner. With advancements in 5G cellular, fixed wireless access (FWA) is now a choice method for primary network WAN access.


In this episode, Cisco Champions and experts will talk about Cisco Meraki's recently announced first-ever 5G cellular gateways – the MG51 and MG51E – and how Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA helps business – from retail and food services to financial services and healthcare – scale robust, always-on 5G connected experiences anywhere.

Try Meraki 5G FWA for free: https://meraki.cisco.com/form/trial/

Learn more about Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA:
https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless-wan/

Learn more about the MG51: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/integrated-antenna/mg51/

Learn more about the MG51E: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/cellular/external-antenna/mg51e/

See MG51 and MG51E in the press: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m02/cisco-launches-meraki-5g-gateways-with-t-mobile-to-deliver-simple-and-scalable-business-internet.html



Learn ways businesses can create new customer experiences with Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA: https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2023/02/simplify-and-scale-anywhere-connectivity/


Cisco Champion Hosts
Marc Luescher, (twitter.com/LuescherMarc) Fresenius Medical Care, Network/ Email Security Architect
Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect
Dan Kelcher (twitter.com/ipswitch), IP Fabric, Solutions Architect

Guests
Pratik Desai,Cisco Meraki, Product Marketing Manager
Unni Ambat Rajagopalan, Cisco Meraki, Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader
Shankarnarayan Dharmarajan, Cisco Meraki, Product Management

Moderator
Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Troubleshooting can be daunting; automating can be hard; and managing a network can be difficult. Experience a new way of addressing your equipment, boosting your Cisco Services and expanding your capabilities with RADKit—a network-wide orchestrator.

In this episode, Cisco Champions uncover what you want to know about RADKit, a Software Development Kit (SDK) with a set of ready-to-use tools and Python modules which enables efficient and scalable interactions with local or remote equipment.


Resources
Product page: https://radkit.cisco.com/
Community page: https://community.cisco.com/t5/radkit-discussions/bd-p/disc-radkit

Cisco Champion Hosts
Alfred Thyri (twitter.com/phred_at) Axians ICT Austria, Sr. Systems Engineer
Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect
Richard Atkin (twitter.com/ukricha), ITGL, Solution Architect

Guest
Frederic Detienne, Cisco, Distinguished Engineer, CX GC TAC

Moderator
Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Transform your network with a secure foundation that unlocks the power of automation, simplicity, and network insights to meet the demands of the future workplace.


In this podcast, Cisco Champions and Cisco experts discuss the ever-increasing bandwidth needs being driven by the rapid transition to more and more cloud services and next-generation Wi-Fi technology. We will highlight how the newest offering in the Catalyst 9500 Series—the high density 10/25G/50G C9500X-60L4D model with 400G uplinks—helps network operators take the next steps to meet the demand now and in the future.


Learn more
https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/catalyst-9500-series-switches/index.html


Cisco Champion Hosts
Len Ledford, Cerium Networks, Technical Solutions Architect
Pat Allen (twitter.com/layer8packet), Customers Bank, Sr. Network Engineer
Tim Bertino (twitter.com/TimBertino) Nebraska Methodist Health System, Senior Network Engineer

Guests
Iqbal Syed, Cisco, Product Management Leader, ENB TME Platforms
Ninad Diwakar, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer, ENB TME Platforms

Moderator
Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Ninety-four percent of recent survey respondents are concerned that TLS 1.3 will break their existing security controls. With the ever-expanding amount of encrypted network traffic mandated, it’s important to understand how to balance user and customer privacy with security controls. Join experts from Cisco Security and EMA Research as they discuss the rise in compliance mandates, the benefits, and the risks of uninspected encrypted traffic as adoption of TLS 1.3 grows.


Join this episode to learn:
-Details surrounding the rise of encrypted traffic
-Sources and meaning of mandates for internal and external compliance
-Different approaches to managing encrypted data/traffic

Learn more
Cisco Secure Firewall solutions: See, Try, or Buy
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/firewalls/get-started.html?ccid=cc000155&dtid=odicdc000509&oid=trlsc027054

Cisco Champion Hosts
Adam Hollifield (twitter.com/adambomb1219), Insight Enterprises, Architect
Marc Luescher (twitter.com/LuescherMarc), Fresenius Medical Care, Network/ Email Security Architect

Guests
Alex Tatischeff, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineering Leader

Moderator
Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

As your network evolves into future generations and topologies, it is critical to have an understanding of VXLAN, an underlying technology used in many campus and data center designs.

Join Cisco Champions as they discuss:

-What VXLAN is,
-the evolution of VXLAN,
-its purpose in the campus and data center,
-the benefits and disadvantages,
-and why an organization may want to adopt VXLAN over spanning tree.


Resources
https://github.com/Cat9kEVPN/cat9k-evpn-ansible

Cisco Champion Hosts
Dan Kelcher (twitter.com/ipswitch), IP Fabric, Solutions Architect
Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect
Liam Keegan (twitter.com/liamjkeegan), 24/7 Networks, Solutions Architect
Ryan Harris (twitter.com/bridgeisroot), NetCraftsmen, Senior Engineer
Girard Kavelines (twitter.com/GKavelines) Helient Systems, Managed Services Systems Analyst

Moderator
Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) is a comprehensive networking solution for data centers. It enables businesses to innovate faster and minimize downtime by radically simplifying, optimizing, and accelerating infrastructure deployment and expediting the application deployment lifecycle.

Tune in to this episode to learn how Cisco ACI delivers a network policy-based framework that extends to the WAN and campus, translating intent into the network constructs necessary to dynamically provision the network, security, and infrastructure services. Hear how it enables building a data center network fabric with up to hundreds of switches automatically, and focusing on communications, through a single point of network configuration.


Learn more
https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html
https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html?socialshare=demo1

Cisco Champion Hosts
Jian Zou, PKA Technologies, Principal Network Architect
Micheline Murphy (twitter.com/MichyfishMurphy), WWT, Consulting Systems Engineer
Tim Bertino (twitter.com/TimBertino) Nebraska Methodist Health System, Senior Network Engineer

Guests
Jim Mathers, Cisco, Engineering Product Manager
Takuya Kishida, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineering

Moderator
Danielle Carter, Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program