Those considering of some winter experiences could discover Amsterdam in February to be the best journey to scratch that itch. Offering all the metropolis’s finest sights with out the height summertime crowds, February serves as a implausible time to expertise the Dutch capital at its most real. Just be ready with enough winter clothes.
In only a week or so, Cisco Live Amsterdam 2023 might be able to sizzle on the RAI Amsterdam. From a Cisco Cloud Networking standpoint, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Cisco Nexus Cloud, and Nexus 9000 Series switches are displaying up in an enormous means.
Read on to study what you may anticipate and expertise at this buzzing occasion, and a tour of how Cisco Data Center and Cloud Networking is able to have interaction and enrich you.
1.Can’t miss keynotes
At the outset, I’d suggest that you just attend all keynotes to grasp Cisco’s technique for constructing an inclusive future collectively throughout this new period of hybrid work. Keynotes and Innovation showcases present perception and strategic course. With compelling innovation, the facility of IT, and a give attention to significant influence in our communities, companies can drive change and go away a long-lasting influence for generations to come back. At Cisco, we’re All IN on creating an inclusive future for all. Join us for a dynamic, opening keynote session KEYGEN-1001 on Feb 7 at 10 AM CET, that includes a number of of Cisco’s Executive leaders, to find out how Cisco’s newest improvements may help you now and sooner or later.
Innovation Talks spotlight new improvements and finest practices on options and companies. I strongly suggest innovation session INTENT-1589, that includes Cisco Execs Rebecca Stone and Omri Guelfand on subject “Simplifying Network Experiences, Transform the Way You Work” on Wednesday Feb 7, 12 PM CET, to find out how Cisco delivers better of breed applied sciences with highly effective platforms which can be extra automated, extra clever, safer, extra versatile and extra sustainable.
We even have innovation periods that includes Security, IoT, Enterprise Networking and plenty of different sizzling subjects. Make certain to verify them out.
2.Take a DevNet deep dive
Get fingers on with Cisco Data Center and Cloud Networking at this yr’s Cisco DevNet Zone. We’re internet hosting a number of periods, workshops, demos and studying labs that includes ACI, Infrastructure as Code, NX-OS, and Nexus Dashboard. Cisco DevNet Zone is a beehive of pleasure in any respect Cisco Live occasions and plenty of attendees discover it very compelling given its enchantment to everybody from novices to API specialists. Over the years, our DevNet neighborhood has grown to 500,000+ members and provides software program certifications beginning with this version of Cisco Live. DevNet certifications are designed for each community engineers and software program builders and supplies Associate, Specialist, Professional and Expert stage paths to specialize.
The prime draw within the DevNet zone is the particular Cloud Networking Takeover Session (DEVNET-1687) on Tuesday, Feb 7, 3 PM native time. Cisco Execs Thomas Scheibe and Yousuf Khan will introduce an open API method with Cloud Networking. Its broad presence in Cisco DevNet provides clients a fast-track to study, take a look at and deploy information heart applied sciences throughout numerous use-cases and as a pre-integrated resolution collectively with our know-how ecosystem companions. As a brand new apply this yr, pre-registered attendees are seated first, so register early to get a more in-depth view.
In this session you’ll find out how Cisco is tackling the IT problem of managing hyper-distributed workloads with illustrations on the brand new capabilities designed to convey simplicity to community operations, altering the best way clients configure, function, and analyze cloud networking. During the Takeover session, we may also characteristic a “Raffle quiz” enjoyable occasion the place you get to reply tech questions and get an opportunity at profitable very engaging prizes. We even have a Demo Pod in DevNet zone the place Cisco’s newest Cloud Networking improvements might be featured throughout the complete course of the Cisco Live occasion. A full hour of giveaways, blissful hour and enjoyable awaits you. Be certain to order this session slot in your calendar for Wednesday.
3.Get fingers on on the World of Solutions (WOS)
The World of Solutions is your alternative to discover the broader Cisco Partner Ecosystem, discover solutions to your particular networking challenges, and listen to the distinctive perspective of Cisco engineers and companions. Get into the middle of the Cisco Live motion! Here’s what you’ll discover within the World of Solutions: Join us for our welcome reception on Tuesday Feb 7, at 6 PM, and join with fellow attendees and Cisco companions to assist us have fun the opening day of the World of Solutions with music, meals, and drinks. We hope to see you there!
The World of Solutions (WOS) allows you to immerse your self within the Cisco Showcase the place hybrid work takes heart stage via greater than 150+ demos. Our purpose is to allow you to uncover the most recent Cisco software program options that present the visibility and administration that IT managers want to rework enterprise. Dive deeper and study much more about particular merchandise, trade options, companies, and {hardware}. Explore the Cisco Show Case for demo specifics.
We have stacked a wealthy know-how demo options menu that includes Full-Stack Observability, Hybrid Cloud, IoT, Cloud Networking, Software Services, Security, amongst main ones. Specifically, on the Cloud Networking entrance, we’ve got demos on “automating and simplifying hybrid clouds” theme (that includes ACI, Nexus Dashboard, Nexus Cloud, and Infrastructure-as-Code). In addition, {hardware} pedestals will show our Nexus portfolio evolution and newest Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches. The checklist of Data Center Networking demos is huge and one of the simplest ways so that you can expertise all of them is to cease by at our demo cubicles in WOS.
4.Choose your individual journey with breakout periods
To your coronary heart’s delight is how I’ll describe Cisco technical breakout periods. Yes, we’ve got a number of 100’s of breakouts from trade acknowledged specialists on the present. Cisco ACI, Nexus Dashboard, Nexus Cloud and different Cloud Networking breakouts characteristic prominently with 50+ periods.
With the rising emphasis on DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation toolchains like Terraform and Ansible, we provide extra periods this yr, and mark DevNet Czar Quinn Snyder’s IaC centered periods DEVWKS-1235, DEVLIT-2785 in your calendar. Visit the periods catalog to select from quite a lot of subjects on Cloud Networking.
5.Connect along with your friends
As a Cisco Live attendee, you profit from the chance to work together along with your friends, Cisco employees and associate technical specialists in each structured and casual settings. Our Welcome Reception and Customer Appreciation Event are the highlights of the week’s social calendar. Get able to be entertained Wednesday night at our annual celebration occasion!
Read extra on the Social Events & Networking Onsite section. Tuesday’s welcome reception on the World of Solutions, and Thursday’s buyer appreciation occasion are the highlights. To have fun the return to stay occasions, we’re happy to welcome again the RPJ Band as our headline act. Jennifer Cooke a DJ/ Singer/Songwriter/Producer from Amsterdam might be opening the occasion and shutting for those who need to proceed to get together!
I can go on and on, however I’d by no means have the ability to cowl all the joy in retailer. There is a lot extra you may discover by yourself, and our Meet and Greet ambassadors might be blissful to help you on the present. As for me, if time permits, I plan to go to a few of Amsterdam’s iconic places. Safe travels and a contented Cisco Live.
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