http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/ Ken Presti, analyst and president of Presti Research & Consulting, Inc., and author of Cisco Subnet's ChannelSurfing blog, dissects Cisco's past seven days. en Copyright 2012 Ken Presti reports on his discussion with Cisco senior director John Growdon, looking at the go-to-market elements associated with the vendor's data center announcement (4:52) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/032309cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/032309cisconews.html Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Cisco has rolled out a campaign aimed at helping channel partners survive through these troubled economic times. Ken Presti spoke with Cisco senior vice president Edison Peres, who says his company has first-hand experience in positioning itself for economic rebounds. (3:26) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/022009cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/022009cisconews.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Cisco this week released its Draft N Aironet 1140 Series Access Point, designed to ease the adoption of the 11n wireless standard. Ken Presti talks to Chris Kozup, manager for mobility marketing at Cisco, about the limitations of deploying 11n and how the 1140 eases the process. They also discuss what types of applications benefit from 11n. (4:12) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/011309cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2009/011309cisconews.html Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Cisco recently added CCIE Wireless to its Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert level certification program, the vendor's highest designation for engineers. Ken Presti talks to Jeanne Beliveau Dunn, general manager of Learning@Cisco, about why Cisco added wireless to its CCIE stable, the wireless knowledge that CCIE Wireless certification holders must demonstrates and the support that Cisco will provide certification candidates and holders. Plus: How does the introduction of CCIE Wireless affect employers? (4:07) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/121808cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/121808cisconews.html Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Enterprise fixed-mobile convergence start-up Agito Networks first came on the scene in October 2007 with a novel approach to pulling company cellular phone traffic onto the corporate Wi-Fi network when employees are on-premise. Last month, the company named Amit Chawla as president and CEO. Chawla, a former exec with Veraz Networks, says he aims to take the 2-year-old start-up commercial. He talks to Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese about the company's goals in enterprise mobility and FMC as well as Agito's technology partnership with Cisco and Avaya. (13:19) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/120808cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/120808cisconews.html Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Cisco recently announced a $100 million investment in product development, service and support for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Ken Presti talks to Cisco Vice President Andrew Sage about the company's focus on the small business market, which Cisco says is worth $10 billion globally. Sage outlines the three tiers of small businesses that Cisco will be targeting, and how the company plans to serve these customers through partners. The big question for Cisco is how will it be able to move down market where "economy" is the watchword, while keeping Wall Street happy? (5:44) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/120108cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/120108cisconews.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Does Cisco want to be a cloud-based service provider like Amazon and its EC2 service, or a cloud-infrastructure supplier? Guest host and Cisco Subnet blogger Mark Lewis tracks down Doug Gourlay, senior director of marketing and product management for Cisco's data center business to find out what are Cisco's ambitions in the cloud computing space, what's Cisco definition of cloud computing, and where Cisco's virtualization and data center products fit in the cloud. (18:01) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/111108cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/111108cisconews.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard doesn't only affect retailers, healthcare providers are also required to comply. Guest host Jamey Heary is joined by Eddie Mize, chief security officer of a major healthcare provider in Denver, Colo., to discuss how the credit-card handling standard affects healthcare providers and what it takes for health centers to become compliant. (10:12) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/110508cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/110508cisconews.html Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Guest host Jimmy Ray Purser of Cisco Subnet's Networking Geek to Geek blog catches up with Josh Stephens, head geek for SolarWinds. Purser, who says SolarWinds' Engineer's Toolset has saved his bacon many times, gets the lowdown on SolarWinds' newest tools that engineers can use for free or for a limited trial basis, including its Orion Network Performance Monitor, NetFlow Configurator, and VM Monitor for VMware ESX Server. (14:24) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/102908cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/102908cisconews.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Cisco Tuesday rolled out Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIE - Routing and Switching, a six-month program that incorporates e-learning and hands-on practice labs to accelerate expert-level competency. Ken Presti talks to Cisco Director of Marketing Learning Fred Weiller about the program, why it was launched, how it works and who it's aimed at. (4:46) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/101408cisconews.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/cisconews/2008/101408cisconews.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400