Cisco Podcast Network
The Cisco Podcast Network is a collection of podcasts produced by Cisco, covering topics from technology to culture. It features insights from Cisco customers, partners, and employees. Listeners can explore various playlists and provide feedback via email.
Episodes
404 Script Not Found Working in Tech in 2026
Ian and Kat set out to talk about AI this week. They do not talk about AI. Instead, they end up defending their sweatshirts, debating when your camera actually needs to be on, and wrestling with a surprisingly heated question: can you protect a lunch break, or will someone always schedule right over it?
Kat's settling into a global role now, which means early mornings, late night (sounds like a go
Cisco Optics Podcast Ep67: The Hidden Intelligence Inside Every Ethernet Link - John Calvin, Part 4 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical lane. All those meetings and all that testing are happening as we speak.
Today I am joined by John Calvin
Beyond the Fiber - S1E6 - Voice of the Customer with ERC Broadband
In this episode Robin Olds interviews Bradley Cain, General Manager of ERC Broadband, about the destruction Hurricane Helene caused in Western North Carolina and how ERC responded. Brad describes the physical damage to fiber, power and facilities, the team and partner efforts to restore service, and how network design (rings and layer‑3 routing) helped reduce customer outages.
They also discuss le
Cisco Tech Stories - ep 39 - Inside ThingQubator Soldering Benches
In this episode Marcin, leader of the ThinkCubator in Krakow, describes a creative tech space at Cisco where people learn electronics, 3D printing and hardware prototyping.
The space includes soldering stations (training required), measurement tools, power supplies, modules, cables and many 3D printers. Projects range from air-quality sensors and badge readers to ruggedized Raspberry Pi tools.
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AI Insights - Ep.9 How Rogue AI Agents Hacked Hugging Face
In this episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco’s Director of AI Incubation, Dr. Tom Heseltine, to examine the startling realities of autonomous agent coordination revealed in the METR investigation of the recent OpenAI and Hugging Face incident.
The discussion unpacks how 1,200 AI agents, originally isolated for cybersecurity benchmarki
404 Script Not Found Cisco Kool-Aid
Ian's got two bone-to-pick this week: a guy lifting in slides, and a CVS receipt that could legitimately double as a scarf. Kat's here to talk him down from both grievances, and once she does, they pivot to something actually important: why all the shiny AI everyone's losing their minds over still needs boring old networking underneath it.
Here's the thing: you can't train a world-changing model w
Cisco Optics Podcast Ep66: Confronting the Physics of 400G per Lane - John Calvin, Part 3 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical lane. All those meetings and all that testing are happening as we speak.
Today I am joined by John Calvin
404 Script Not Found Social Selling with a Purpose
Ian is flying solo BUT is joined by LinkedIn expert Darren McKee this week—founder of 531 Social and Darren McKee Co.
Darren's been posting on LinkedIn almost every single day since March 2020, and yeah, he's got the receipts. He walks us through his journey from mail carrier and pizza guy to building a sales career that actually stuck, and spoiler: the daily posting thing actually worked.
But her
Why Resilience Needs the Human Element | Tech Unscripted
Host and guest Evan Mintzer (Director of Production Infrastructure, Customers Bank) discuss how banks build digital resilience through network design, redundancy, data visibility and governance. The episode covers practical challenges around third-party services, AI-assisted monitoring, and making sure critical systems keep money flowing.
Key topics include the balance between automation and human
Efficient IT Management with AI Tech Unscripted
This episode explores how AI agents, network sensors, and cloud-managed Meraki solutions are transforming workplaces across industries—from stadiums and events to critical infrastructure.
Leaders share real-world use cases on security, hybrid work, real-time visibility, and practical deployments that balance automation with human oversight.
404 Script Not Found The Learning Curve
This week, Kat is speaking Spanish, Ian is preparing to run an ungodly number of miles, and they’re both making fun of men with guitars—so naturally, it’s time to talk about onboarding. With Ian’s new hire starting this week, he shares his plan for helping her learn the role, navigate Cisco, and survive the truly unreasonable number of acronyms that Cisco has.
They get into what actually makes som
Cisco Optics Podcast Ep65: The Tradeoffs Shaping the Race to 3.2T - John Calvin, Part 2 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical lane. All those meetings and all that testing are happening as we speak.
Today I am joined by John C
404 Script Not Found Career Changes
Our best friend (and career coach) Sammy Brenner is back with a new role, a new language to learn, and approximately six months before she’s ready to teach any of it to us (her words).
Sammy and Kat share what it’s really like to start over in a new part of the business: drinking from the fire hose, rebuilding trust, and reminding yourself that you were hired for a reason, even when doubts creep i
Beyond the Fiber - S1E5 - Tech Talk Broadband Assurance & Observability - When Milliseconds Matter
In this episode Robin Olds interviews Tom Footitt, Cisco Senior Director of Product Management for Crosswork Assurance, about how AI — especially agentic systems and faster LLMs — is changing network traffic patterns and why observability and assurance are critical.
They discuss new KPIs like time-to-first-token and inter-token latency, passive behavioral analysis of encrypted traffic, predictive
Efficient IT Management with AI | Tech Unscripted
This episode explores how AI agents, network sensors, and cloud-managed Meraki solutions are transforming workplaces across industries—from stadiums and events to critical infrastructure.
Leaders share real-world use cases on security, hybrid work, real-time visibility, and practical deployments that balance automation with human oversight.
Scaling AI: What Trace3, WWT, and Presidio Know That You Don't
Across Cisco's partner ecosystem, AI adoption isn't new — it's already happening at scale. So how do partners turn that momentum into trusted, real-world outcomes for their customers?
In this episode of Scaling AI in the Enterprise, we bring together an all-star partner panel featuring Trace3, Worldwide Technology (WWT), and Presidio to tackle the real challenges of scaling AI: the shift from das
SHIFT HAPPENS - EP. 41 Deal Registration Stop Selling Alone
Deal registration isn’t paperwork. It’s partnership—and a powerful lever for growth.
In this episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards is joined by Tim Coogan, Gary DePreta, and Raminder Mann, CEO of ANM, Cisco’s 2025 Security Partner of the Year, for a candid look at what happens when Cisco and partners stop competing with each other and start competing together.
From a $10M+ opportunity closed in u
Beyond the Fiber - S1E5 - Tech Talk: Broadband Assurance & Observability - When Milliseconds Matter
In this episode Robin Olds interviews Tom Footitt, Cisco Senior Director of Product Management for Crosswork Assurance, about how AI — especially agentic systems and faster LLMs — is changing network traffic patterns and why observability and assurance are critical.
They discuss new KPIs like time-to-first-token and inter-token latency, passive behavioral analysis of encrypted traffic, predictive
404 Script Not Found Cisco Charcuterie
This week is a true charcuterie board of an episode: a little career news, a little AI, and a surprisingly serious debate about crackers. Kat recaps her trip to San Francisco, shares some news about her new role, and explains why a tea leaf salad earned “best bite of the weekend.” Meanwhile, Ian reveals that he has very specific charcuterie standards and is now using Haiku almost exclusively becau
Cisco Tech Stories - ep 38 - AI, IPv6, Dataplanes and RFC
In this month episode we interview Andrew Yourtchenko, old timer from TAC Firewall, who also was a Technical Marketing Engineer for IPv6, who was also a release manager for the VPP dataplane and who now is working with standards body around AI and IPv6.
AI Insights - Ep.8 The AI Ergonomics Framework for Trustworthy LLMs
In this episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco’s Technical Leader in Machine Learning Engineering, Dr. Catarina Carvalho, to explore her pioneering concept of "AI Ergonomics," which frames human engagement as a fundamental design principle for AI development rather than a post-development chore.
The conversation examines the complexitie
Cisco Optics Podcast Ep64: Building the Standards Behind Tomorrow’s AI Networks - John Calvin, Part 1 of 8
In the pluggable optics industry every next generation is led by countless presentations and proposals at standards bodies meetings along with lots of lab development and testing behind the scenes. Right now the industry has its sights set on 3.2 terabit transceivers with 400 Gb per electrical lane. All those meetings and all that testing are happening as we speak.
Today I am joined by John C
Scaling AI: The Playbook for IT Services Delivery
Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) manages 1.4 million SRs annually, and today, 97% are touched by AI. As we shift from task-based automation to Agentic AI, some of these interactions are becoming "no-touch"—driving higher customer satisfaction and faster resolution. How did Cisco transform its Support at scale, and where is the IT services industry heading?
In this episode of Scaling AI in t
404 Script Not Found Part 2! AI Deep Dive with Annie Hardy
Back for part two of our split episode with the founder of Split Futures, Annie Hardy and jump right in where we left off...getting practical about choosing the right AI model—because apparently not every task requires the AI equivalent of a Nobel Prize winner. Annie breaks down when to use smaller models, why bigger isn’t always better, and how those choices connect to energy, water use, and buil
404 Script Not Found AI Deep Dive with Annie Hardy
Your company bought all the AI tools and now nobody knows what to do with them. Sound familiar?
Kat and Ian sit down with Annie Hardy, founder and Chief AI Architect at Split Futures, to unpack why leaders aren't listening, why measuring employees by "lines of code" is quietly torching everything, and why Gen Z is somewhere between anxious, angry, and low-key sabotaging the robots.
You'll learn ho
The evolution of good technology | Tech Unscripted
In this episode, industry leaders discuss how to redefine “good” technology today — weighing speed, agility and AI against security, ethics and human impact. Panelists share real examples, from digital avatars for pediatric care to network and industrial use cases, and explore how AI can enhance outcomes without replacing human judgment.
The conversation highlights practical steps for bringing org
Cisco Tech Stories Season 4 Kickoff: Top Episodes & Wild Tech Tales
Episode 37 kicks off Cisco Tech Stories' fourth season with a highlights reel of the best episodes from the past three years. Hosts Nico and Tristan revisit standout interviews and mini‑series, sharing short snippets that cover troubleshooting adventures, accessibility and disability in networking, eBPF, quantum computing, CCIE stories, cruise‑ship deployments and more.
Listeners get a concise tou
Scaling AI: Enterprise Requirements of Agentic AI
95% of enterprise IT leaders plan to launch agentic AI projects — but 69% aren't ready. So, what's standing in the way?
In this episode of Scaling AI in the Enterprise, we bring together an expert panel to tackle the real engineering and organizational challenges of AI deployments: the probabilistic nature of AI agents, the limits of traditional testing, and why "making your prompt stronger" is n
9. Hyperscalers, NeoClouds, Sovereign Clouds, and Service Providers with Jeetu Patel and Guru Shenoy
Jeetu Patel and Guru Shenoy discuss the evolution of how Cisco is working with some of its largest and most innovative customers as they transform to address the challenges and opportunities of AI.
8. The Opportunity and Challenge of Agentic Security with Jeetu Patel, DJ Sampath, and Matt Caulfield
Jeetu Patel, Matt Caufield and DJ Sampath tackle the shift toward a landscape where AI agents are no longer just assisting humans but are actively executing critical security tasks. As these agents take on more autonomy, the traditional pillars of cybersecurity, particularly identity, must undergo a radical evolution to ensure that our automated defenses remain both powerful and trustworthy.
7. The Evolution of Cisco’s Silicon Architecture with Jeetu Patel, Nick Kucharewski, and Mohammad Issa
Jeetu Patel, Nick, and Mohammad delve into our custom silicon strategy. While many see networking as a software-driven game, we discuss why many of the most significant breakthroughs are happening at the physical layer. We explore how Cisco’s unique approach to co-designing silicon alongside our software and systems portfolio is creating a level of performance and efficiency that simply cannot be
10. Observability in the Age of AI with Jeetu Patel, Atin Sanyal, and Yash Sheth
As enterprise environments become increasingly distributed and complex, the volume of telemetry data has outpaced human capacity to analyze it. This has been future compounded by the challenges of tokenomics. Jeetu Patel sits down with the founders of Galileo to discuss how we are moving beyond passive dashboards toward a future of autonomous, intelligent agents that can reason through system issu
6. The Path to Digital Resilience with Jeetu Patel and Kamal Hathi on Digital Resilience
Jeetu Patel and Kamal Hathi dive into how the addition of Splunk to the Cisco family is about more than just portfolio expansion; it’s about providing our customers with the most comprehensive platform for security and observability in the industry. By breaking down the barriers between the network and the data that runs on it, our customers can operate with unprecedented speed, confidence, and cl
Reimagining Cisco Security with Jeetu Patel and Peter Bailey
Reimagining Cisco Security with Jeetu Patel and Peter Bailey by Cisco
4. Building AI-Ready Data Centers w Jeetu Patel, Tom Gillis, Kevin Wollenweber, and Will Eatherton
Jeetu, Tom Gillis, Kevin Wollenweber, and Will Eatherton discuss why the "AI revolution" is fundamentally a networking challenge and how Cisco has evolved its portfolio to serve as backbone for the next generation of enterprise intelligence. By aligning our networking, compute, and security innovations, we are providing our customers with the foundation they need to move from experimentation to pr
3. Cisco AI and Cisco Cloud Control with Jeetu Patel and DJ Sampath
3. Cisco AI and Cisco Cloud Control with Jeetu Patel and DJ Sampath by Cisco
Shaping Cisco’s Portfolio Strategy with Jeetu Patel and Jeff Schultz
Jeff Schultz joins Jeetu Patel to delve into the evolution of the Cisco Portfolio and how this focus on critical business outcomes for the AI era is delivering real results for the ecosystem.
Building Future-Proofed Workplaces with Jeetu Patel and Anurag Dhingra
Jeetu and Anurag Dhingra explore the transformation of physical infrastructure and intelligent software as the foundation for the workplace. As the nature of work continues to evolve, the demand for environments that are both seamless and secure has never been higher.
AI Insights - Ep.7 Building Better Memory for Smarter AI Agents
This month on The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco software engineer João Costa to explore Andrej Karpathy’s GitHub Gist on the LLM wiki pattern concept. It imagines how Large Language Models can move beyond one-off chat sessions and help build a persistent, interconnected knowledge base that grows and improves over time.
The conversation examin
404 Script Not Found Resumes and Interviews
Welcome to another episode of 404 Script Not Found, where we start with sports betting, pivot to the emotional rollercoaster of a new fidget toy, and somehow land on the serious business of hiring.
Ian and Kat dive into the wild world of corporate recruiting, where Ian admits he doesn’t read cover letters...Does anyone?
We tackle the big questions:
- Is it okay to use AI to write your resume? (Ma
Operational AI Insight | Tech Unscripted
This episode of Tech Unscripted explores how agentic AI, advanced networks like Wi‑Fi 7, and automation are transforming workplaces in higher education and live sports production.
Leaders from Georgetown University and NBCUniversal discuss using AI to reduce administrative load, enable real‑time operational insights, ensure resilient low‑latency networks, and augment teams to deliver seamless glob
S 07 E 09 Talking women in tech leadership, customer experience, and marketing in the AI era with Carrie Palin
AB sits down with Carrie Palin, Cisco’s Chief Marketing Officer, for a spirited conversation on a variety of topics, from her journey as a marketing leader across several tech giants, to the skills she looks for when building an incredible organization, to how AI is positively reshaping the marketing landscape and customer outcomes.
404 Script Not Found How to Beat Linkedin
I'm sure the algorithm will love this one!
This week on 404 Script Not Found, Ian and Kat tackle the wild world of LinkedIn-but only after settling the truly pressing issues first (like whether Messi is undeniably the GOAT). Once they finally stop getting distracted, they break down what makes a profile genuinely click-worthy and why the old "set it and forget it" strategy is doing you no favors.
S7 E8 Talking humanitarian aid, World Central Kitchen, and food as a unifying human experience, with Chef José Andrés and Brian Tippens
AB joins Chef José Andrés and Brian Tippens for a powerful talk on food, disaster relief, and how technology helps World Central Kitchen deliver hope globally
CISCO SHIFT HAPPENS - EP. 40 The CSAP Episode
What do law school, Monster.com, the San Francisco 49ers, Baby Spice on roller skates, and one accidental conversation with Cisco's CFO have in common?
They're all part of the incredible stories behind Cisco's Sales Associate Program (CSAP).
In this special panel episode, Jeff Edwards sits down with five CSAP alumni whose careers span more than two decades—from early hires in 2000 to entrepreneurs
404 Script Not Found Change Management
This week, Sammy is back with Ian and Kat, which means the episode starts exactly where you’d expect: haircut commentary, a brief discussion about dating, and Kat casually considering a move to San Francisco by lunchtime. Somewhere in the middle of all that, they do eventually get to the actual topic: change management.
Together, they unpack what it looks like to lead through change when everyone
Why Universities Must Master AI Now | Tech Unscripted
In this episode of Tech Unscripted Season 3, leaders Dr. José-Marie Griffiths and Dr. Kristina Johnson discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education across learning, research, and campus operations. They explore infrastructure needs like data modernization, emerging teaching and assessment methods, and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and ethics.
The conversati
SHIFT HAPPENS EP.39 Beside Every Great Leader w Samantha Ha
What Great Leaders Do That Most People Never See
The best leaders aren't defined by what happens on stage—they're shaped by what happens behind the scenes.
In this episode of Shift Happens, Samantha Ha shares lessons from decades spent alongside some of Cisco's most senior leaders. Through stories of trust, influence, and emotional intelligence, she reveals why the strongest leaders create calm un
404 Script Not Found Tech Annoyances
This week starts with plans to see Damon Wayans Jr. (Coach, from New Girl) and somehow turns into a full therapy session about all the little ways technology can sometimes frustrate us a bit (even as two tech evangelists).
Ian and Kat riff on the everyday tech frustrations that seem small until they absolutely are not—printers that still don’t work, painful guest Wi-Fi experiences, verification co
Cisco Tech Stories - ep 36 - Smooth Sailing Network Overhaul
In today's episode, Cisco CX engineers and architects reveal how cruise ship networks are built and upgraded: everything from door locks and cameras to navigation and guest entertainment runs over the same segmented, secured infrastructure, and internet connectivity depends on intermittent satellite links so content must be stored locally. We follow a high‑stakes dry dock upgrade on a large cruise
Digital Inclusion in Higher Education | Tech Unscripted
In this episode of Tech Unscripted host George Lewis talks with Terry Bankston (Delaware State University), Dr. Vicki Robinson (retired U.S. Department of Education), and T.J. Mercer (founder of Move In Day Mafia) about closing the digital divide at HBCUs and in surrounding communities.
They explore pressing challenges—aging infrastructure, unreliable connectivity, disconnected cell plans, and lac
Ep.6 How Real-World Messiness Impacts AI Agent Success
In this episode of the Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco ML Engineer Paul Mutawe to explore the fascinating paper, "Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Software Tasks," which introduces a novel time horizon metric to evaluate how autonomously AI agents can execute complex, multi-hour engineering projects.
The discussion looks at the rapid evolu
Shift Happens Episode 38 Rolling Out AI to 90,000 People w Greg Sylvester
Most companies are still figuring out how to use AI.
Greg Sylvester is figuring out how to deliver it to nearly 90,000 employees.
As Cisco's VP of Enterprise AI Platform & Infrastructure, Greg is leading the transformation of Circuit from a simple AI assistant into a full-scale enterprise AI platform—while tackling the realities of adoption, governance, cost, and change along the way.
In this
404 Script Not Found Cisco Live 2026
Strap in, folks—we’re recapping all the chaos, genius, and buffet lines from Cisco Live (just a few weeks late)!
Kat and Ian are cutting through the noise to tell you what actually mattered (and what should have stayed in Vegas).
We’re breaking down the big keynote moments, including why Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol—a guy who knows more about burritos and macchiatos than binary—is driving real-world
S7 E7 Talking insights, strategy, and the human side of AI with Pascal Bornet and Sam Charrington
Join AB for a candid conversation with AI luminaries Pascal Bornet and Sam Charrington. From the sci-fi films that sparked their early interest in tech to the strategic frameworks for mastering today's AI, this episode bridges the gap between high-level industry insight and the personal stories that shaped their careers. Discover how to move beyond the hype and truly harness the power of AI.
What Deep Space Operations Can Teach Us About Agentic AI
The Internet Report podcast examines lessons from deep space operations that can help developers build more resilient agentic AI systems that are capable of managing intermittent connectivity and stale data.
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CHAPTERS
00:54 Making Decisions Autonomously
03:08 How Intermittent Connectivity Impacts Agentic AI
07:11 Existing Protocols for Extreme Environments
12:27 Broader Implications Beyond Ex
404 Script Not Found The Evolution of WiFi
This week starts with Ian having the kind of week that feels almost made up: his AC is out, the gym AC is out, the other gym AC is out, and somehow he is just supposed to act like everything is fine! While Kat is completely unbothered by the heat, Ian is very much not, which makes the transition into Wi-Fi 7 feel a little too on the nose.
Once they get there, they talk through what Wi-Fi 7 actuall
S7 E6 Talking strategy, M&A, and accelerating Cisco innovation with Ammar Maraqa
AB sits down with Ammar Maraqa, Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer, to discuss topics such as turning an acquisition into a competitive advantage, fostering an agile and customer-centric culture, aligning business cases with long-term innovation goals to drive real value, and much more.
404 Script Not Found Talking Tech in Sports with Bryan Bedford
Ever wonder how 80,000 people can upload to TikTok at the exact same time during a halftime show? Or how NFL teams are using AI to draft the next superstar? This week, Kat flies solo (while Ian is off "hosting partners"—sure, Ian, we know you're golfing) to sit down with Bryan Bedford, Cisco’s Director of US Commercial Sports, Media, and Entertainment. Bryan shares his hilarious journey from colle
Is AI Breaking the Data Center? | Tech Unscripted
Is AI breaking our data centers? We explore the power, cooling, and sustainability crisis with experts from Devoteam and Dutch Air Traffic Control. Discover how to navigate the AI era responsibly on this episode of Tech Unscripted.
SHIFT HAPPENS Ep. 37 - 35 Years. One Handshake The Cisco & NTT Partnership
Thirty-five years ago, there was no AI, no cloud, no smartphones—and no contract.
Just a handshake.
In this special episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards sits down with John Van Der Vyver (NTT DATA) and Tony Meredith (Cisco) to explore one of the most successful and enduring partnerships in technology.
What started with a handshake in South Africa grew into a global relationship spanning 50 count
Beyond the Fiber - S1E4 - Voice of the Customer with Fidium Fiber
Beyond the Fiber - S1E4 - Voice of the Customer with Fidium Fiber by Cisco
Cisco Tech Stories - ep 35 - CCIE with a twist
In this episode, we interview Sheikh Habeebul Haq who is the first visually impaired engineer to ever pass the CCIE exam. He didn't ask for accomodations to pass his CCIE, he developped them and took the actual legit exam over two days. And what about you ?what's your excuse for not being a CCIE ? :-)
AI Insights - Ep.5: Forecasting Mental Health with ML, Deep Learning and LLMs
In this episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques are joined by Cisco’s Technical Leader in Machine Learning Engineering Leticia Fernandes to explore the groundbreaking study, "A Comparative Study of Traditional Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Large Language Models for Mental Health Forecasting Using Smartphone Sensing Data," which evaluates how differen
404 Script Not Found: My Friend Claude
This week’s episode starts with Ian’s birthday, a conversation about fitness age that quickly goes off the rails, and the very real realization that getting older is, honestly, kind of rude.
From there, Kat and Ian dive into something they’ve both been curious about lately: Claude.
Kat recently switched from ChatGPT and shares what’s actually been useful so far — from using Claude to organize he
Secure Hybrid Offices People Love | Tech Unscripted
Learn how experts are using AI, SASE, and data analytics to build a future-proof hybrid workplace. This Tech Unscripted episode explores how to balance technology, security, and the human element to create a truly productive workspace.
Cisco SE Talks: Conversation on AI, Cisco + CDW
Cisco SE Talks: Conversation on AI, Cisco + CDW by Cisco
Episode 9 - CDW
In this episode of Cisco SE Talks, we sit down with industry experts Joe Chenevey, AI Solutions Strategy Lead, and Cody Weaver, Cisco AI Team Lead from CDW to cut through the noise surrounding Artificial Intelligence. As AI moves from experimental "front-office" use cases to core IT infrastructure, organizations are facing a critical inflection point.
Our panel explores the shifting landscape o
404 Script Not Found: We Love MFA!
Join Kat and Ian as they stumble through the basics of DRIP (yes, we finally figured it out!), share some questionable life advice for surviving a seven-hour meeting marathon, and geek out over why Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is the ultimate digital bodyguard. We’re breaking down the "something you know, have, and are" magic that blocks 99% of attacks, and why that extra verification step is
SHIFT HAPPENS: Ep. 36: Talking Shift - The Coach’s Playbook: Unlocking your Potential w/Sam Barcus
In this special edition Talking Shift episode, host Jeff Edwards sits down with executive coach and NewLeaf Partners International co-founder Sam Barcus — the trusted advisor behind many of Cisco’s most influential leaders.
But this conversation is bigger than leadership coaching. It’s about the invisible ceilings that hold ambitious people back… the difference between performing and simply looki
Is AI Ready for Healthcare? Real Talk from the Frontlines | Tech Unscripted
As hospitals move toward Automation and Smart Buildings, we explore how Integrated Technology is transforming the Patient Experience. We discuss the infrastructure required to make "Smart Hospitals" a reality.
What Complex Failure Modes at Anthropic and X Reveal
The Internet Report explores recent disruptions at Anthropic and X, analyzing how architectural differences and deployment cycles impact digital reliability.
CHAPTERS
00:54 Anthropic's Claude: Three Early April Events
06:03 The Deployment Hypothesis
08:51 The Reliability Challenge for AI Services
11:24 A Pattern to Disruptions at X
12:45 Outage Trends: By the Numbers
17:59 Get in Touch
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Beyond the Fiber - S1E3 - Tech Talk on AI with Jim Grubb
The Challenge: AI is fundamentally changing traffic patterns, operations, and customer expectations, exposing the limits of legacy network architectures built for static connectivity rather than intelligent, real-time automation. Service providers are now under pressure to scale AI-ready infrastructure, manage growing operational complexity, and deliver predictive, always-on customer experiences.
404 Script Not Found: Bad Actors
We’re back to tech this week, and Ian and Kat are tackling a question that feels equal parts fascinating and mildly terrifying: how are bad actors using LLMs? From prompt injection attacks (Kat's really passionate about these) to phishing emails that sound way more convincing than they used to, they dig into the very real ways AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape—and why that matters for eve
S7 E5: Talking AgenticOps and the evolution of artificial intelligence with Akshay Bhargava
AB sits down with Akshay Bhargava, Cisco's VP of Product Management, AI Software and Platform, to chat about AgenticOps, how Cisco is providing guardrails to keep AI safe, and the risks modern businesses face if they fail to adopt AI quickly.
S7 E5: Talking securing legacy networks in the AI era with Anthony Grieco and Eric Wenger
AB chats with Anthony Grieco, Cisco's SVP & Chief Security & Trust Officer, Security and Trust Organization. and Eric Wenger, Cisco's Senior Director, Technology Policy, Global Government Affairs, about how Cisco is revolutionizing product security by removing insecure protocols, updating defaults, and strengthening authentication across our portfolio.
AI Insights - Ep.4: Can AI Pick Stocks by Reading the News?
In this month’s episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques explore the evolving landscape of sentiment analysis with Cisco machine learning engineer Joan Rossello. The conversation centers on the research paper from Imperial College London, “FinDPO: Financial Sentiment Analysis for Algorithmic Trading Through Preference Optimization of LLMs,” which proposes a
SHIFT HAPPENS - EP.35: Listen. Learn. Act. Measure. Celebrate: A Leader’s Playbook w/Mario Castro
In this episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards sits down with Mario Castro, the executive leading Cisco's $2B+ AI Infrastructure business, for a candid conversation on what it really takes to build AI that works at enterprise scale.
Everyone is talking about AI. Far fewer are prepared for what it actually demands.
Mario breaks through the noise to explain why successful AI adoption has very little
404 Script Not Found: Unicorns
Ian finally finished his book, so naturally it is time to deep dive into it... "Be the Unicorn" by William Vanderbloemen, exploring what it truly means to be a unicorn at work—the rare, top-performing individual who goes beyond their job description.
Ian and Kat unpack several of the habits that set unicorns apart, such as being highly responsive (even when you don’t have all the answers). The h
Cisco Tech Stories - 34 - Kubernetes Networking : the new fabric ?
In this episode, we interview Marcos Hernandez who tell us about the Isovalent products and integration. From Live Protect, to Cilium which allows kubernetes container networking with the same level of abstraction, mobility and security as fabric networking.
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