Extra tags: networkAIModern ApplicationDigital Experience
Cisco kicked off Cisco LIVE 2022, the premiere networking and security event that brings together the Cisco community to showcase innovations, inspiration, and networking. Cisco has staged an all-digital Cisco Lives for the past two years, and this year will be the first ever Cisco Live hybrid event, with an expected 15,000 participants in person and a live-streamed digital event that people can watch from anywhere in the globe (register for the live stream and view on-demand content here).
“Through the challenges and unpredictability of the past few years, I believe we’ve seen the true power of technology. Digital transformation remains core to every business as we navigate this complex world alongside our incredible customers and partners,” said Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO of Cisco. “I’m excited for us to share our latest innovations with our customers this week at Cisco Live to continue to help them transform and adapt.”
New Technologies for the Modern Enterprise
Cisco Live showcased innovative networking, security, collaboration, and optimised applications technologies that help businesses achieve the productivity, resiliency, and agility needed in today's hybrid environment. These emerging technologies help to create a more inclusive future by providing:
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Unified experiences: Business agility and resiliency have never been more vital in today's volatile business climate. Cisco introduced expanded cloud management capabilities across the Cisco Meraki, Cisco Catalyst, and Cisco Nexus portfolios, as well as a new Cisco ThousandEyes product for enhanced WAN performance optimisation.
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Security resilience: Cisco unveiled its new strategy for a global, cloud-delivered, integrated platform delivering secure access and connectivity for organisations of any shape and size. Cisco is taking steps to realise its Security Cloud vision with innovations across the industry’s most complete portfolio.
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An empowering, connected hybrid work experience: The industry’s first phone for hybrid work – the Cisco Video Phone 8875 – maximises productivity and reduces meeting fatigue when hot desking is becoming the new normal in the workplace. Advancements to Webex Calling, part of the Webex Suite, improve work flexibility, reliability, and audio. Integration of ThousandEyes into Webex Control Hub provides better experiences for Webex Suite users by empowering IT admins to proactively monitor app performance issues. Salesforce and Oracle Eloqua are now integrated into Webex Webinars to provide flexible workflows for enhanced productivity.
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A reimagined application experience: AppDynamics Cloud, a cloud-native observability platform for modern applications built on increasingly sophisticated, distributed architectures and services, has been released by Cisco. It empowers IT teams to offer the excellent digital experiences that organisations, consumers, and end-users need. It is designed for simplicity, usability, and intuitiveness.
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New free open-source, API-first developer solutions: Applications are no longer simply an extension of the brand or an added channel to engage customers - today applications are the business. Cisco's Panoptica and Calisti apps, which are the newest additions to Cisco's collection of cloud-native, API-first products, are available today and provide businesses with modern application connectivity, security, and observability that are necessary for excellent digital experiences.
Innovation Showcase
Cisco will preview forward-looking technology in its “World of Solutions” at Cisco Live. This includes:
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Transforming automotive travel: A Ford Mustang Mach-E will preview Webex Meetings in-car capability. Attendees will also see a demo of Cisco connected roadways and intersections in action
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Real-world hybrid work space: Work isn’t a place you go, it’s what you do. And work can now be done anywhere – at home, in the office or at a coffee shop. Attendees can enter Cisco’s hybrid work stations to test the latest technology that enables a new way of working.
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Immersive 3D collaboration: With Webex Hologram, attendees will experience the industry’s only real-time meeting solution that takes advantage of augmented reality headsets to combine feature rich Webex meeting functionality with immersive 3D holograms.
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Extending video communications and collaboration into deep space: Experience Callisto, the unique vehicle-connected crew interface technology, that will be onboard the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission powered by Cisco, Lockheed Martin and Amazon.
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The fastest autonomous car: Software developers and network engineers are innovating using Cisco’s technologies and platforms – and even setting a world record for the fastest autonomous car. Attendees will see the Cisco-powered car that set the land speed record for autonomous vehicles (over 190 MPH).
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Asynchronous video messaging: With meeting fatigue more prevalent than ever, solutions that increase productivity and flexibility in the workday are much needed. Vidcast, part of the Webex Suite, enables users to easily record, edit and share video messages — all without waiting for calendars to align to meet live. Cisco will demonstrate its AI-powered editing features for the first time, which will make it easier for users to create polished videos by allowing them to use the transcript to clip/edit the video, remove filler words, and, in the near future, leverage custom text-to-speech models for insertions or overdubbing.
