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Cisco Presents Day 1 at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live EMEA 2025



Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live EMEA 2025

Dan Backman and Minako Higuchi presented for Cisco at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live EMEA 2025

This Presentation date is February 11, 2025 at 13:00-16:00.

Presenters: Brian Meaney, Dan Backman, Jacob Rapp, Jason McGee, Javed Asghar, Maurizio Portolani, Minako Higuchi, Mustafa Bostanci, Nishant Shrivastava, Phil Bedard

Presentation Agenda

  • 13:00-14:00 – Transforming Service Provider Networks through AI-powered Connectivity
  • 14:00-15:00 – Nexus Smart Switch and Hypershield Integration
  • 15:00-15;30 – Break
  • 15:30-16:20 – Cloud Managed Data Center Fabric (Nexus Hyperfabric)
  • 16:20-17:00 – Unleash AI Potential with Cisco’s Scalable GPU Server Solutions


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Transforming Service Provider Networks Through AI-Powered Connectivity


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Join us for an interactive Tech Field Day session focused on launching Cisco’s new Agile Services Networking, discussing why it’s important and the power of AI to drive transformation. Cisco’s Senior Technical Engineering experts, Mustafa Bostanci, Phil Bedard and Brian Meaney will walk through the new solutions Cisco is introducing across our Silicon One, Routing, Optics, Automation and Assurance portfolio, and also demonstrate how Cisco is helping customers monetize network capabilities, remove complexity, and assure experiences through AI-powered automation and assurance. Cisco will delve into the technicalities of Agile Services Networking, key customer challenges and use cases, and discuss some of the marquee customers already partnering with Cisco.

Personnel: Brian Meaney, Mustafa Bostanci, Phil Bedard

Cisco Nexus Smart Switch and Hypershield Integration


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In this session, Cisco introduces a new family of Nexus data center Smart Switches with DPUs, enabling stateful services to be embedded directly into the data center fabric at scale. Hypershield security services are integrated into the Smart Switch, covering a variety of use cases. Cisco provides a technical overview of Nexus Smart Switches, Hypershield, and their use cases, and also presents a demo.

Personnel: Jacob Rapp, Javed Asghar, Maurizio Portolani

Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric: A New Cloud-Controlled Data Center Fabric as-a-Service


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In this session, Cisco discusses new cloud-driven Data Center Network as-a-service.  They cover how the product works, key use-cases and how this also relates to new Hyperfabric for AI offerings from Cisco.

Personnel: Dan Backman, Minako Higuchi

Unleash AI Potential with Cisco’s Scalable GPU Server Solutions


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Discover Cisco’s advanced AI servers designed to handle demanding workloads with dense GPU capabilities and scalable, future-ready architecture. Built on the latest NVIDIA platforms, these solutions offer exceptional performance and flexibility, supporting up to eight GPUs for AI model training, fine-tuning, and inferencing. Join our session to learn how Cisco’s AI technology empowers enterprises to accelerate innovation and transform data-driven operations across diverse industries.

Personnel: Jason McGee, Nishant Shrivastava

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