Cisco Smart Licensing Best Practices

Wednesday, January 20th 
12PM -1PM MDT

Cisco has been moving their licensing to "Smart Licensing" managed through the "Smart Account" portal.  Join ANM to learn more about the implications of this licensing module and how to take advantage of the "Smart Account" portal.  

PRESENTER:
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Collaboration

Help your team get comfortable with Cisco Webex

Deep dive into Webex tips and tricks that will greatly improve your whole team’s experience.

PRESENTERS:
Ryan Barnett, Sr. End User Adoption Consultant
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Network & Automation

Introduction to base automation with Cisco DNA Center

Learn the basics of intent-based networking and software-defined networking using Cisco DNA Center. This webinar shares use cases and applies best practices around SDN and assurance. Topics include: zero-touch provisioning and DNA Center device templates, DNA Center API, DNA Center Stealth watch integration, DNA Center QoS deployment, DNA Center SWIM and manual discovery, and configuration and provisioning of CAT 9800 WLC.

PRESENTERS:
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Network & Automation

A deeper dive into software-defined access in Cisco DNA Data Center

Join us for a closer look at intent-based networking and software-defined networking using Cisco DNA Center. Topics include: DNA Center ACI and ISE integration, DNA Center SDA provision micro/macro segmentation, DNA Center SDA EDGE switch provision, DNA Center sensor-driven test, DNA Center PSIRT audit and DNA Center assurance.

PRESENTERS:
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Security

Securing the remote worker

Find out how to secure remote workers on both user-owned and company-owned devices. Topics include: email security, multi-factor authentication, internet security and remote access VPN.

PRESENTERS:
Jonathan Woods, Solutions Architect
Ryan Woodard, Director of Information Security

Data center & Cloud

Hyperflex and Cisco ACI

Join our data center experts for a virtual demo of Hyperflex and ACI. Topics include: ACI overview (tenants, EPGs, contracts and VMWare integration), ACI configuration for Hyperflex, UCS configuration for Hyperflex, ESXi configuration for Hyperflex, ready clone snapshot demo in vCenter, and HX connect GUI/SCVM CLI statistics, monitoring and performance.

PRESENTERS:
Adam Ordal, Director of Data Center & Cloud
Matthew Good, Solutions Architect

Data center & Cloud

Cisco ACI anywhere

See how the Cisco Cloud ACI solution extends the ACI policy model to the AWS/Azure cloud. New functionality will help you create a truly agile and modern hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud data center. Topics include: challenges in building a multi-cloud, ACI anywhere architecture, ACI anywhere network connectivity options and ACI anywhere use cases.

PRESENTERS:
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect
Adam Ordal, Director of Data Center & Cloud
Matthew Good, Solutions Architect

Collaboration

Cloud collaboration with Cisco Webex Calling

Join ANM experts to understand why the transition from on-premises to cloud unified communications is happening. Get the information you need to determine if cloud calling is a good fit for your organization. 

PRESENTERS:
Ruben Gonzalez, Cloud Calling & Managed Services Specialist
Rebecca Bleicher, Sr. Systems Engineer

Data center & Cloud

Is your data immune to a ransomware attack? 

Join ANM and Cohesity experts to discuss best practices on preventing, detecting and responding to ransomware attacks. How is your organization preparing against the next big attack? 

PRESENTERS:
Greg Statton, Cohesity, Director of Sales Engineering Experts
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering
Fred Lauridsen, Sr. Consulting Engineer

Data center & Cloud

Build and secure your end-to-end infrastructure with Cisco SD-WAN

Join ANM experts for a virtual demo on Cisco SD-WAN (formally Viptela). Cisco SD-WAN is transforming how companies build and secure their end-to-end network infrastructure by simplifying architectures and eliminating needless inefficiencies faced by the enterprise. Learn how you can cut costs by becoming transport independent while decreasing your threat landscape.

PRESENTERS:
Troy Baietto, Solutions Architect 
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect

Cisco Live Highlights 2020

Join ANM as they review the main takeaways and new technology announcements from this year's Cisco Live virtual event on June 16th and 17th. 

PRESENTERS:
Vance Krier, Chief Technology Officer
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Security 

Breach Defense 

Join ANM and Cisco experts will share an in-depth overview on how to deploy Cisco Umbrella in minutes and utilize the threat intelligence and context to block threats before they become attacks.

PRESENTERS:
Jonathan Woods, Solutions Architect
Ken Daniels, Technical Solutions Architect - Cisco

NETWORK & AUTOMATION

WiFi 6 Webinar: The next generation of wireless networking is here!

Join ANM for a technical deep-dive into Wi-Fi 6. The wireless market has been evolving to continue to meet the demands and expectations of customers and businesses. Get ready for the new standard of Wi-Fi. 

PRESENTER:
Troy Baietto, Solutions Architect

Data Center & Cloud

FlashStack: Unmatched simplicity, speed, and flexibility for your data center

Deep dive into what FlashStack converged infrastructure is and how it can help you meet the demands of your critical applications both today and tomorrow!

PRESENTERS:
Matthew Good, Solutions Architect
Supo Jegede, Systems Engineer - Pure

Cabling

Demystifying the Catalyst 9000 Series

Join ANM experts to learn about the different Catalyst models, their purposes, and roles in the network and how to best utilize them to get your best value. Catalyst 9000 switches are in-line to replace the 3000 series. Learn how the new switches fit in! 

PRESENTERS:
John Gallow, Solutions Architect

Security

Managing Security Events with ANM and Splunk SOC Monkey

Join ANM and Splunk security experts as they dive into a demo of SOC Monkey and how Splunk can help your security team. 

PRESENTER:
Mark Porter, Sr. Consulting Engineer

Security

COVID-19 Cybersecurity Impact

As companies continue to adapt to the impact of COVID-19, cybersecurity is now more important than ever. With more remote workers, threat actors are capitalizing on vulnerabilities in this new digital landscape. 

Join ANM security expert, Jonathan Woods as he dives into the complexities of a quickly changing business world and what that means to the security of your company.

PRESENTERS:
Jonathan Woods, Solutions Architect

Security

Does your company need a network assessment?

The network infrastructure can quickly be taken for granted... until something breaks. ANM experts will dive into how a network assessment can help avoid that situation before it is too late. 

PRESENTERS:
Klaus Mueller, Director of Solutions Engineering

Data center & cloud

Work Simple with Cisco Meraki 

Managing your network infrastructure to maintain reliability and security is not only essential, but can be extremely challenging for IT administrators! There is a new paradigm for centralized management, Cisco Meraki, which delivers on the promise of "Simple IT".

Join ANM experts to learn how you can easily manage your entire network: wired, wireless, security, and WAN from a single easy-to-use cloud dashboard. We will also show how you can unlock even more power when you need it through API integrations.

PRESENTERS:
Adam Lucero, Solutions Architect 

Data center & Cloud

VDI Made Easy 

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can support enhanced user mobility and remote access. today, IT teams need to securely and efficiently manage, optimize, and deliver top employee experiences across all remote devices. 

In this webinar, ANM experts would like to dive into how your organization can leverage VDI. Hyper Converged Infrastructure can quickly spin-up a scalable and secure VDI to empower your remote staff. 

PRESENTERS:
Chad Olsen, Solutions Architect

Data center & Cloud

VMWorld Highlights

Please join us as we review the main takeaways and new technology announcements from this year's VMWorld live virtual event September 29th - October 1st. 

PRESENTERS:
Adam Ordal, Director of Data Center & Cloud
Matthew Good, Solutions Architect

Network & Automation

DEMO: DNA Center Version 2.1.2 

Join ANM experts as they deep dive into the new features in the upcoming release of DNA Center 2.1.2. Now, let's go make your network faster, more secure, and more usable!

PRESENTERS:
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect
John Gallow, Solutions Architect

Data center & Cloud

Introducing the Catalyst 8000 Edge Family

The cloud has become the operating platform for the new enterprise, while SASE, multi-cloud architectures, and edge applications add new levels of complexity. It’s time for us to revamp the WAN edge devices that handle the network traffic, to address these needs while keeping our IT teams agile. 

PRESENTERS:
Brian Pitts, Sr. Solutions Architect

Network and automation

E-Rate Made Easy with Meraki

The Cisco Meraki cloud-managed solutions are uniquely suited to meet the growing needs and demands of a continually evolving digital classroom.   Learn more about "Simple IT" with Meraki switching, wireless, security, and SDWAN solution that is easily managed from a sing, central web portal.

PRESENTERS:
Troy DeBolt, SR, Systems Engineer
Clint Russell, Product Specialist, Cisco Meraki