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Great example of the need for connectivity everywhere! Congratulations to you Samuel Pasquier Vikas Butaney and the entire IOT team for building “rock solid” products for every application! Best comment section I have seen in awhile! 😂 Cisco Cisco Industrial IoT

This week Cisco released a story with WIRED about our increasingly connected physical world. Today roughly 17B devices are connected to the Internet. That number will reach 30B by 2030. As the physical world becomes more connected to and dependent on the digital world, managing it all will get more complicated, but this complexity shouldn’t impact end users or hinder IT operations. The full article is on WIRED: http://cs.co/6041586XF I'd also add that one of the best things about #CiscoLive is the whirlwind of inspiring conversations. Talking with customers, partners, employees, press, and analysts is always incredible, and this week's Cisco Press & Analyst conference was no exception. Maria Poveromo Liz Centoni Chuck Robbins Gary Steele Jeetu Patel

95% of senior IT leaders believe AI will increase the workloads of their IT infrastructure, but less than half consider their infrastructure ready. With this week's announcements, Cisco is bridging that gap. Here are highlights from my keynote at #CiscoLive.

At #CiscoLive today I talked about digital resilience. For customers, digital resilience means that you can continue to deliver a good user experience in the face of any disruption. For IT teams, that means being equipped with proactive intelligence, predictive recommendations and if something goes wrong, automated remediation. With ThousandEyes, Cisco is helping customers achieve digital resilience with AI-native innovations that unlock digital experience assurance across not just your owned environments, but the unowned domains that you rely on, but don’t control. Powered by more than 650 billion daily measurements across millions of vantage points, ThousandEyes provides customers with a correlated and unified view, proactive insights, and automated actions across the entire global area network – including cloud, SaaS, and the Internet itself, for optimized digital experiences. The ability to see and manage the entire global area network is truly unique and it has the power to bring a transformative shift for IT teams to move from monitoring to action. I want to thank the Cisco ThousandEyes and Cisco teams for their relentless effort to continuously push innovation that truly makes a difference for our customers.

It feels so good to FINALLY talk about what Cisco and NVIDIA have partnered on — Cisco Nexus HyperFabric! This is an industry-first, AI-native solution that simplifies the deployment and operation of AI infrastructure. While the promise of AI is clear, the path forward for many just starting out is not. Customers often face economic and operational challenges to get an AI stack up and running. Cisco is committed to making the deployment and operation of AI infrastructure simpler. Together with NVIDIA, we are delivering a simple-to-deploy, cloud-operated AI-stack solution for on premise deployments that builds on our Cisco Networking Cloud platform vision for automation and simplicity. Like Cisco Meraki did for campus and branch, Cisco Nexus HyperFabric brings simplicity to the data center.

#CiscoLive with some of my favorite people! Let's gooooo! Chuck Robbins, Liz Centoni, Jeetu Patel, Dev Stahlkopf

I'm excited to share #5G news from Cisco and AT&T's partnership! First I'll say that the partnership between Cisco and AT&T is based on a shared vision to help businesses simplify operations. This week we announced a new digital buying experience that makes it faster and easier for businesses everywhere to take advantage of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). As businesses continue to digitize their operations and connect more people, places, and things to the network, digital resiliency will continue to rise in importance. After speaking with countless customers, it's clear that businesses need a better way to implement 5G FWA across their growing branch footprints. 5G FWA is transforming the way businesses connect to the global network, particularly in areas where fiber is not available. It's now faster and easier than ever for companies to reimagine their networks, so they can spend less time worrying about connectivity and security and focus on delivering unified experiences their customers can rely on. I want to thank everyone at Cisco and AT&T behind this announcement.

This week, Cisco was named the 2024 Extraordinary Partnership in Service Honoree by Covenant House International.   I’ve been thinking a lot about the special partnership between our organizations.   The story is as grassroots as it gets.   Ten years ago, seven Cisco employees gathered to Sleep Out. They gave up their beds for a night to fundraise for youth facing homelessness.   Word spread. The next year, more people showed up. And even more the next year.   Fast forward ten years … more than 700 people at Cisco gave up their beds in 2023, raising more than $2M for Covenant House! Cisco has grown to be Covenant House’s largest corporate partner, contributing $20M to date in charitable donations.   As a new Board Member of Covenant House International, it was my honor to accept the award on behalf of Cisco, alongside my friend Patrick Morrissey – an inspiring advocate.   This award represents the hearts and spirits of countless people at Cisco and Covenant House who believe in ending homelessness.   Several young people shared how their lives were forever changed by Covenant House. Futures they never thought possible. I left feeling inspired and hopeful.   The next Sleep Out happens later this year. Let me know in the comments if you plan to join us. Together we can drive an even bigger impact.   I really think that starts with each of us.   William Bedrossian, Raquel Cool, Chris Heckscher, Monica, Dan Stratton, Rachel Brosnahan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Erica Feinstein, Cristina Davidson, Larry Kaufman, Mark Heil, Truman Boyes, Christine Marron

I’m still smiling from ear to ear after a fantastic visit to Cisco Canada last week! I joined Chuck Robbins and Cisco leadership for many deep dives into Canada’s unique impact, including conversations with customers, partners, and the internal teams who went above and beyond to make this visit a memorable one. It’s no wonder why Cisco is ranked the #1 Great Place to Work in Canada. Thanks for a wonderful visit Shannon Leininger and team! Jeff Sharritts Maria Poveromo Carrie Palin Thimaya Subaiya Patrick Morrissey