In this month’s episode, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Cisco’s Networking Academy, Collette and Rosie chat to Guy Diedrich who oversees the programme globally. They also find out about some of the great ideas and initiatives born out of Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) programme as well as discover the colourful career backgro…

Welcome back to Tech Talks - a spin off from our main Cisco UKI Podcast where, in each 30 minute episode, we’ll deep dive into a specific area of technology with one of our favourite Cisco experts! In this month’s episode we discover ThousandEyes with Cisco's ThousandEyes Sales Specialist, Chris Walters.…

In this month’s episode, in recognition of World Mental Health Day 2022, Rosie and Collette talk Neurodiversity with Richard Everard, VP EMEA Service Sales & Executive Sponsor of Cisco’s Connected Disability Action Network (CDAN) as he shares his experience of being diagnosed as neurodivergent later in life and what he has learned throughout that j…

In this month’s episode Rosie and Collette chat all things CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) with Jay Patel, VP & GM at Webex Connect. Jay shares the story of his business IMI from start-up to acquisition by Cisco in 2021 to what we now know as Webex Connect. We hear from Jay about his career journey, how customers are utilising CPaaS to…

In this month’s episode Rosie and Collette meet Zack Klima, CEO and Founder of Wait Time - the industry leader in crowd intelligence, providing real-time data and historical analytics on crowd behaviour. They hear about the story behind how the business was founded, why WaitTime works so well with Cisco Meraki tech and discover some of the big name…

In this Cyber Security special Rosie and Collette deep dive into Talos - the world's largest non state threat intelligence organisation - with Cisco's Cyber security Sepcialist Martin Lee who shares with the girls his unique career journey, his advice on how businesses can best equip themselves against cyber attacks… and of course his Meal Deal of …

Welcome back to Tech Talks - a spin off from our main Cisco UKI Podcast where, in each 30 minute episode, we’ll deep dive into a specific area of technology with one of our favourite Cisco experts! In this month’s episode we discover SASE with Cisco's SASE Sales Specialist, Joe O'Gorman.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Welcome back to Tech Talks - a spin off from our main Cisco UKI Podcast where, in each 30 minute episode, we’ll deep dive into a specific area of technology with one of our favourite Cisco experts! In this month’s episode we discover Cloud Calling with Technical Solutions Architect, Nick Gray.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

In this two-part Hybrid Work Special episode, Collette and Rosie recruit some of their favourite (and funny) Cisco colleagues from around the business to tell us all about how hybrid working is having an impact on businesses from all different technology perspectives. In this second instalment they are joined by Gerry Keleghan, Barry Redmond and Pe…

Episode 5: Hybrid Work Special: Part One – Security and Enterprise Networking by Cisco UK & IrelandPar Cisco UK & Ireland

This month we’re launching a new “Tech Talk” series, a spin off from our main Cisco UKI Podcast where, in each 30 minute episode, we’ll deep dive into a specific area of technology with one of our favourite Cisco experts! In this month’s episode we discover Cisco DNA Spaces with Tina Gundersen, Global Sales Director at Cisco DNA Spaces.…

In this month’s episode we’re celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 (8th March). Collette and Rosie will be chatting to Wendy Mars (President of Cisco EMEAR) about her career journey and being a successful female leader at Cisco – as well as cheese sandwiches and her search for a new canine companion. Keen to get a different perspective on IWD…

In this month’s episode we’re celebrating National Apprenticeship Week! Collette and Rosie will be chatting to David Meads, Chief Exec of Cisco UKI, as he shares his thoughts on the importance of mentors, developing skills and diversity in the workplace - and puts the pressure on Collette and Rosie in a fun game of “Ping2Win”. There’s also a great …

In this month’s episode Collette and Rosie dive into the world of Cisco Meraki as they’re joined by colleagues Gary Daly and Joe Weiss to hear all about how Meraki’s technology is helping businesses to simplify the deployment of WI-FI, routers, sensors and more and to kick off the new year they’ll be discussing what they are all doing to set themse…

In part two of this special launch episode, Rosie and Collette chat to best-selling author, former primary school teacher and all-round funny guy Gavin Oattes (https://gavinoattes.com/) as he shares how we can inject joy into our lives every day and why we should always strive to be the milk. Disclaimer: This episode contains language that is consi…

In part one of this special launch episode, Rosie and Collette share their career journeys and talk about their current roles at Cisco. They also chat to former Cisco UK & Ireland Podcast host, Justin Woolen, about his job, his dog, his drill bits and how he really feels about handing over the podcast to two millennials.…

How does technology influence our lives, work and relationships? Join Cisco co-hosts Collette and Rosie as they embrace a balanced life in the tech world and interview inspiring guests. Disclaimer: We like things explained simple. We’ll take the tech acronyms out and put the fun in.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

The Cisco UKI Podcast is back after a few more months of lockdown. Joachim and I are joined by Jeff Dodd from Nomad foods who explains how and why Cisco Collaboration technology helped meet their business needs, kept the company thriving before and throughout the pandemic. He also shares some innovative ways how the technology is helping solve some…

In this episode of the Cisco UKI Technology podcast “Journey to the cloud” I am joined by some new guests. Kingsley Hughes Morgan is the Director of Worldwide X-Architecture at Cisco AppDynamics and an experienced advisor in digital transformation initiatives. Matyáš Prokop is Principal Architect at Natilik focusing on data centers, network automat…

The podcast team are back again and this time we are working out what ZERO TRUST is. Mark Jackson co-host and resident cyber security expert and I are joined by Andy Williams and Chris Sargent from the Duo Team. We discuss what is Zero Trust, how organizations and business can build a Zero Trust strategy and how Cisco can help.…

In this episode of the Cisco UKI Technology podcast we focus on the impact on people returning to work after a long absence. I am joined by Rachel Jackson linkedin.com/in/rachel-jackson-adifferentme, Polly Adams https://www.linkedin.com/in/polly-adams/ and John Parker https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciscojp/ who have all experience of what it is like r…

In this special edition we've teamed up with @WiredUK magazine to discuss conservation and technology. Featuring Cisco Global CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect, Dave Ward and our special guest Stephanie O'Donnell, Community Manager at Wildlabs.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

In this episode I am joined by Tim Wade NTT and Martin Henson Cisco. They share the amazing world record attempt by Cisco’s own James MacDonald and how Cisco’s Meraki Technology was part of the technology that supported him.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Join me for the second of our 'Small Business Specials', where we delve into the world of small business challenges, trends, technology and more! In this second #SBspecial podcast, I am joined by the new Director of Collaboration for EMEAR: Vaughn Klein. Vaughn hails all the way from Down Under and is a Cisco veteran, having led Collaboration in th…

In this special edition we've teamed up with @WiredUK magazine to discuss AI and IoT and how it will work for society. Featuring Cisco UK & Ireland Chief Technologist Chintan Patel and our special guest Adrian Lovett, CEO & President of the World Wide Web Foundation.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

The Cisco UKI podcast team are back together again with Mark Jackson co-hosting. We are joined by two time podcasters Brett Martin from Meraki and Jason Tyler from Cisco Enterprise Networks to talk all about the new Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 or 802.11AX.Dad jokes and banter galore.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Join me for this very special podcast, the launch of our 'Small Business Specials', where we will be delving into the world of small business challenges, trends, technology and more!In this inaugural #SBspecial podcast, I am joined by a very special guest! Chatting to me is none other than business influencer, small business champion and former 'Dr…

The Cisco UKI Podcast is back again and so is Mark Jackson. Funnily enough we are talking security, this time we are discussing SOC’s (Security Operations Centres) not Socks that go on your feet. Simon Crocker and Richard Dean from Cisco Security Services team share what all the different things that actually makes up a SOC and how they can help as…

Ahead of MWC, we’re getting the lowdown on everything you ever wanted to know about 5G. Mark Jackson is back from his long co-hosting hiatus, and we’re joined by two of the brains behind Cisco’s 5G RuralFirst project – which is connecting some of the UK’s most remote places. Get in touch with your questions and comments as ever; you can tweet me at…

We are back after a well earned break and Joachim Mason and I are talking Data Centres again and this time we are talking how Tetration protects your Applications and Workloads. Lots of fun chat, discussions about Motorhomes and our new feature Tech Swag. Love to hear what is your favourite conference swag. Contact me on @justinwoolen or on linkedi…

Internet of Things or IOT has so many different meanings. Well luckily, I am joined by Rich Grainger and Edwin Sutherland who are our resident experts. They explain what IOT is, the benefits it brings, security concerns and how it is being used in the automotive industry. Enjoy!!Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Its Podcast time again and in episode 65 Oli Kenward is co-hosting again and we are talking about Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). We are joined by our resident experts Tom Kneen and Ben Hopper who explain what AI and ML is and how it can benefits people, businesses and countries.…

This week Cisco is heading to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for SME LIVE on the 16th/17th October. Joachim and I are joined by Amanda and Dave from our SME Team to tell us more about what Cisco is doing and the solutions we have. They explain our Connect, Secure, Meet strategy, how Meraki, Umbrella and Cisco Webex meets our Small and…

Oliver Kenward is standing in this week as co-host for this episode and wanted to talk about Virtual Reality. We are joined by expert Andy Bowker of Ebb3 as well as Tim Mabbutt and Pedro Oliveira from Cisco. We discuss what VR and AR is and how it can help industry. Thanks for listening.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Joachim and I have both had a nice summer break, we are back fully refreshed and ready to share another exciting podcast with you all. Software Defined WAN is one of the hot buzz words going around the tech industry, so we are joined by Ben Brophy and Rob McGuckin our two resident experts to explain it to us all. Enjoy the podcast…

Apologies We uploaded the wrong version of this podcast so here is the correct one Enjoy. Joachim Mason and I are talking about Software Defined Data Centres with our resident Data Centre Network experts Neil Trevains and Matt Brown. They explain the network challenges in the Data Centre and introduce Cisco Application Infrastructure ACI and how it…

Something a little different this week, as we’ve got a guest episode from a brand new podcast series from Cisco’s innovation team. This episode is all about smart cities, and takes a deep dive into the CityVerve project based in Manchester. The rest of the series is all about how technology is being used to make the world a better place to be – cov…

Cisco's got the kit to help SMBs grow. Don't take our word for it, listen to our first customer takeover podcast, featuring CiscoSMB customer, Del BrentaPar Cisco UK & Ireland

In this episode of the CiscoUKI podcast Mark Jackson, Joachim Mason and I are recapping on this year’s Infosec – the largest cybersecurity trade show in Europe, which took place in London this month.We interviewed Bret Hartman VP & CTO, Cisco Security Business Group, Mark Weir UKI lead for Cyber Security and Martin Lee Head of Outreach at Talos. Th…

It's @CiscoUKI #podcast time again and we are talking Hyper Converged which is the next gen Data Centre technology. Sounds complicated? Well Joachim Mason @yoksmason co host, DC Guru and I are joined by @MrHyperFlex Darren Williams to explain it all and discuss a bit of football (soccer) as well.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

We are back with another new episode of the @CiscoUKI Podcast and we are talking Webex with our resident expert Charlie Thorpe @Webex_se.He explains how @webex can help have amazing virtual or remote meetings and shares the new evolution of Cisco webex. Hope you Enjoy.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

In this episode of the @CiscoUKI podcast I meet with the @Softcat Cisco software team. In an era where Software is defining networking, the Softcat team share how they are using years of software expertise to take Cisco Networking Software to their customers.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

In this episode of the @CiscoUKI podcast Joachim Mason @yokmason has been promoted officially to co-host for this podcast with AppDynamics @AppDynamics. We meet with Luke Rogers SVP @lurogers who tells us the value that AppDynamics brings to customers and the moment he found out that @Cisco acquired them.…

Mark Jackson and I are back together again with Zubair Usman talking about how Cisco is using AI to help make meetings better. Zubair has us barking no really BARKING to demonstrate the kind of things Cisco is doing to help improve meetings.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Mark Jackson @M_Jacks76 and I have gone on the road to talk Cyber Security in Ireland and we have a new co-host Steve Docherty @stevedocherty. Steve hosts the Cyber Security Myth Busters show with a panel of Cyber Security Experts, Mark Weir Head of Cyber Security for Cisco UKI, Vitor Ventura a Security Analyst @TalosSecurity and our own Mark Jacks…

This episode of the @CiscoUKI podcast we are joined by Andy Brocklehurst @Brocky68 leader of Collaboration for EMEA. He shares how he sees the working environment changing and how Cisco technology is helping the workplace connect.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of the Cisco UKI Podcast. In this episode, we are discussing Software Defined Access (SDA) with experts James Harrop and Andy Dobson. They explain what it is, its benefits to an organization and considerations if you want to move to a SDA architecture.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

This is our final podcast for 2017 so @M_Jacks74 and I wanted to share our favorite podcasts we recorded and some interesting security topics that have been in the press recently. Mark also interviews David LaPier who is an expert on Cisco Trustworthy Systems. Happy New Year and hope you enjoy the podcast.…

@M_jacks76 has got us talking about IT security again!!! This time we are having a deep dive into Stealthwatch with Das Salter one of Cisco’s security experts. So if you want to understand how meta data and network analytics can help secure your network have a listen.Par Cisco UK & Ireland

In this episode of the podcast Mark and I are joined by Ant Newman again and we discuss General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We discuss what it is, how it impacts people, organisations and business big and small.Par Cisco UK & Ireland