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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 journey. We’ll hear how mental health and neurodiversity are connected and how teams in business can flourish when they truly embrace neurodiversity within the workplace.

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 better communicate with their consumers in the modern world and his passion for supporting entrepreneurs with great ideas and good hearts.

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 names backing this clever tech business.   So what you waiting for? Give it a listen now!   For an insight into WaitTime and how the tech works check out this link https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zacharyklima_stadium-arena-gate-activity-6961334764230365185-QMUX

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 choice!

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.

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.

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 Pete Hampton from the UKI Cisco Collaboration team where they delve into Hybrid Work from a collaboration perspective and share some of their favourite memories and shenanigans from across the years in the Dublin office!

Episode 5: Hybrid Work Special: Part One – Security and Enterprise Networking by 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, Collette and Rosie also have a chat with Shane Heraty (Managing Director, Cisco Scotland & Ireland) about the importance of building a diverse team, challenging the status quo and what it’s like being a dad to daughters in today’s world.

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 conversation with some of our most recent Cisco apprentices who share their apprenticeship journeys and career highlights so far!

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 themselves up for the year ahead through various self-care methods.

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 considered vulgar or offensive by some listeners.

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.

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 interesting business challenges. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.

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 automation and DevOps - and Aseem Anwar is Presales Director for EMEA at Turbonomic, and is a CWOM Technical Expert. During this podcast they share their unique view and expertise on the rise of the cloud and share best practices to help you in your journey.

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 returning to work after a long time away. Rachel noticed that businesses could do more to help people returning to work so in this podcast she shares her experience with our guests and what businesses and leaders need to think about.

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.

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.

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 the APAC region too. In this episode, we talk business communications, collaboration and…cricket! Plus, did you know you can have world class team collaboration tools in your small business for the same price as a cup of coffee a week? Nor did I! Listen in for more!

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.

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.

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 'Dragon's Den' (a.k.a. 'Shark Tank') investor, Piers Linney. Hear from the man who has been there, done it, bought the t-shirt and sold it for a pot of gold…over and over again! In this discussion I talk to the serial entrepreneur about how to scale for success, reducing risk in the competitive small business market and running a network that is fit for both my house and your business environment - yes, really!

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 well.

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 @justinwoolen, or find me on LinkedIn.

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 linkedin.

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!!

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 Medium Customer Technology needs. Come along to stand L26 to see all this technology in action and get some free gear.

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.

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 makes Data Centre Network more agile and secure. Enjoy the podcast!

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 – covering everything from disaster relief to commuter connectivity. If that sounds like something that would be up your street, or if you like what you’ve heard on this episode, then you can subscribe over at soundcloud.com/cisco_innovation or wherever you usually get your podcasts.

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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. They share their highlights, and insights from Info Sec and Mark, Joachim and I share our points of view. Hope you enjoy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Jackson. This all took place at the Cisco Ireland Partner Forum, and it was so much fun we decided to record it for the @CiscoUKI Podcast. Hope you Enjoy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode of the podcast, @justinwoolen and @m_jacks76 are joined by the Cyber Security Incident Response team again. They share with us how they use Cyber War Games (Red v Blue) to help customers test how good their Cyber security defences are!! Have listen and find out some real-life stories of the results of Cyber War Gaming.

In this episode we are joined by guest co host Joachim Mason @yoksmason and Collaboration Expert Scott O'Farrell @ScottOFarrell1. Scott shares some great new innovation in Cisco's collaboration technology, discussing bots, facial recognition and much much more techy ramblings

Scot Gardner, leader of Cisco UK & Ireland celebrates his first year in role by joining me for a podcast. We talk Brexit, the value of the network and the role Cisco plays in supporting the community and the nation. Find out what Scot is passionate about and most proud of, and the opportunity he sees for our customers and the business going forward.

The summer is over so what else can cheer you up... it's a podcast with our Mark Jackson @m_jacks76 rabbling on about all the new tech that gets him excited. We discuss SDN and Viptela, Nano technology, DNA Hacking and lots lots more.

In this amazing episode we meet with Cisco's Cyber Security Incident Response team who are the emergency services for Cyber Attacks. They share some stories of how they have helped customers who have been hacked as well as what you can do to protect your organisation and how Cisco can help. Any questions please contact the podcast @justinwoolen or @m_jacks76

In this episode of the Cisco UK & Ireland Technology Podcast we've got a room full of first time podcasters plus our resident co host @m_jacks76. We are talking about all the exciting stuff that happened at IoT World Forum, Cisco Jasper and also a very interesting partnership we have with Intelligent Telematics. Click here to find out more https://gblogs.cisco.com/uki/iot-podcast/

Software Defined Networking is still a buzz word in the industry and one year after our last podcast on the subject I have asked back our resident SDN experts Steve Kirk and Justin Rowling to get their views on this phenomenon. To bring some balance to the 3 older men in the room we are joined by Ben Brophy for his second podcast to bring some youth (early in career) to the conversation.

Do you want to know more about what the New Era of Networking is? Well in this episode I am joined by our top tech guru’s James Harrop and Ben Brophy, who talk us through the technology behind the Network Intuitive. To find out more visit http://www.cisco.com/c/en_uk/solutions/enterprise-networks/index.html

In this episode of the podcast I am joined by Ivan Duggan @IvanDuggan and David Goff @david_dgoff leaders in Cisco’s Enterprise Networks team giving their points of view of Cisco’s New Era of Networking announcement last week. The Network. Intuitive. And they explain more about the technology of the new network: DNA Centre, Software Defined Access, Network Data Platform (NDP), Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), plus Cisco’s brand new Campus Switches the Catalyst 9000 series. Click here to find out more http://www.cisco.com/c/en_uk/solutions/enterprise-networks/index.html

In this episode of the podcast we discuss the announcement of a new era of networking, the intuitive network, with two first time podcasters Rob Price @robbom3 and Oli Kenward @olikenward who work with our UK Partners. Rob discusses the current challenges the IT industry is seeing and introduces the 5 components of Cisco’s new network. And Oli talks about how Cisco Partners can help customers these new capabilities to take advantage of the digitisation revolution.

With the WannaCry Cyber Attacks happening a few weeks ago, it’s a perfect opportunity to spend some time with our resident Cyber Security Expert @M_Jacks76 to explain what actually happened and can be done to help prevent it happening in the future. To find out more about Cisco Security click here --> http://www.cisco.com/c/en_uk/products/security/index.html

In this episode, I am joined by Cisco UK Chairman Phil Smith @phsmithuk and our exec producer Sophie Robinson @sorobins. Phil shares what he has been up to in his new Chairman role and discusses productivity in business and working with other business leaders discovering how to make the UK even more productive.

In this podcast, we are joined by Sarah Eccleston @CiscoSarahE who lead @CiscoUKI Architectures and she simplifies the digitisation phenomenon that is sweeping industries and organisations today and explains how can Cisco help with an end to end architecture.

It's time for another @CiscoUKI Podcast. In this episode, I am joined by head of UK Data Centre Joachim Mason @yoksmason. We discuss all things Data Centre and things you need to consider when working out if Cloud is right for you. To find out more about Data Centre go to http://www.cisco.com/go/uki-asap

In this episode @JustinWoolen is joined by @honestcollabguy (Zubair Usman, Collaboration System Engineer)to talk about Collaboration Technologies including Cisco Spark! This podcast also has some retro collaboration references, a 10 year friendship and lots of passion for Tech. So please listen and enjoy! To find out more about Cisco Spark go to www.cisco.com/uk/spark

Guess what? @m_jacks76 wants to talk security again – Well this time he has a good reason as he wants to share Cisco’s Annual Cyber Security report and call out the top topics that Mark thinks is important. You can download it from: http://b2me.cisco.com/en-uk-annual-cybersecurity-report-2017?DTID=001467788&ECID=?keycode=001467788&OID=&CCID= ENJOY and thanks for listening.

In this episode of the @CiscoUKI #podcast @m_jacks76 and I are talking security again!! This time we are joined by Martin Lee @TalosSecurity. He tells us all about the great work they do in helping protect us all from the bad guys online.

In this episode of the CiscoUKI podcast I am joined by Ellie Ulrich, Luke Hebditch and Sophie Robinson. They gave a fantastic overview of the Cisco Apprenticeship Scheme, what it's like to be an apprentice and what it's like after. In honour of the 10th annual apprenticeship week (that spans over the course of this week), it would only be fitting for us to have a special edition episode for all those youngster that aren't sure what's next for them.

In this episode of the podcast I managed to get out of the office and headed to Cisco Live in Berlin. I met up with some innovate Wi-Fi Solutions partners @PurpleWiFi and a new player in Wi-Fi Analytics @LoneRooftop I also bumped into a podcast fan Jonathan Gilad who talked to me about Digital Network Advisor and the best bit was I bumped into @Robbboyd from Cisco @techwisetv who shared with me some of the new innovations we are seeing at Cisco Live.

We are joined by @brett_martin1 for his hat-trick performance on the @CiscoUKI podcast. This time he is going to talk about Meraki and how they have made it so simple to manage and run a #fullstack network from the cloud.

In this episode of the podcast Mark Jackson @M_jacks76 and I are back in Architects alcove with Mike Badham who is one of our experts in Health and Social care. We discuss how technology is helping to improve medical and social care services and guess what we talk about security, funny that with Mark being on the podcast. Mark and Mike talk about the security threats in Health and Social care and how an architectural solution can help. Hope you enjoy!!

Happy New Year to all our listeners. In this episode Mark and I are joined by the Lead for Enterprise Networks EMEAR Ivan Duggan and he shares with the Vision and Strategy of the new Digital Network Architecture.

@m_jacks76 and @JustinWoolen have done a Christmas special podcast looking back over the topics they have discussed in the podcast in the past year and looking into 2017 at some technology trends.

In this episode I chat to Cisco UK and Ireland’s CTO Dr Alison Vincent, to find out about Cisco’s Culture Clash research. We explore the impact company culture can have on successful digital transformation, as well as what companies can do to get it right. If you want to find out more about the study you can download the full report here: https://emear.thecisconetwork.com/media/file-20160607213123-1220.pdf

In this episode @M_Jack76 and I are joined by one of Cisco’s top Architects Andy Dobson, he shares his views on how business and technology need to be interlinked for organisations to be successful. He discusses some examples where he is seeing this happening in UK Public Sector and how this architectural approach can be used successfully in any organisation. Have a listen as it was great fun to record and I learnt loads.

In this episode I am joined by one of my colleagues Peter Atkins and we talk about the value of the software that runs on our networks and how customers can get access to this innovation with CISCO ONE - our new way of purchasing Cisco software. So get downloading, stick the kettle on, and have a listen.

In our latest episode of the Cisco UKI podcast @m_jack76 and I are talking Digital Justice and how technology is able to help Police forces to become more connected.

In this episode I have gone on the road and attended the Cisco Tech Huddle. I did some interviews with the presenters, partners and customers to get their view on Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture #DNA just don’t tell @M_Jacks76 that I recorded it without him.

The first in our new feature which we're creatively naming "Dr in the House", we are joined by our own CTO, Dr Alison Vincent @draliv and co host Mark Jackson discussing all things from Connected County side to how technology can help people with disabilities and why Cisco procure other companies.

We are all back from our summer holidays are straight back into the swing of things. In this episode @M_Jacks76 and I are joined by Rishi Tank @rishtank as we chat about the most exciting things we saw at Cisco’s Global Conference in Las Vegas such as Captain Cloud, Security (no surprise) and Aimee Mullins @AimeeMullins who gave an amazing motivational talk to us all.

Cloud is a fluffy subject (get it?) which I don’t know a lot about, so @m_jacks76 suggested we get in our resident cloud expert Creg Page to explain it to us both. We talk about all things big data, automation, data analytics and how it can help businesses and organisations digitise. Earphones in and let me know what you think - @justinwoolen!

We are so lucky in Cisco as we have some really clever people working here, and Steve Kirk CCIE is defiantly one of them. He challenged me to explain all I know about IP version 6...which I couldn’t...so instead I asked him to join me and on the Cisco UKI tech podcast. Have a listen and see if you can work out what IPv6 is!

Wi-Fi is so much more than connecting to the internet (and looking at funny cat videos social media), it can do so much more. In this episode I am joined by Wi-Fi Guru Brett Martin @brett_martin1 to explain how businesses and organisations can get more out of Wi-Fi by using analytics. Put your headphones on and have a listen, and let me know what you think @justinwoolen.

There has been a lot going on in the world of IT regarding Software Defined Networking (SDN.) As this is a topic I don’t know a lot about I decided to ask three Cisco experts to explain it to me. They talk me through what SDN is and how it can help IT become more agile, which can’t be a bad thing. Have a listen and let me know what you think.

In this episode we have a very special guest - we are joined by Dr Alison Vincent (@draliv) Cisco’s CTO in the UK and Ireland. She explains what a Smart City is, and how technology is helping deliver better services to the public...even making sure that your bins get emptied on time! You can find out more about Smart Cities here - http://www.cisco.co.uk/neverbetter

This time we are joined by our regular contributor Mark Jackson @m_jacks76. He's been busy attending security conferences (and other top secret activities) and has some great topics to share with us on both the “CyberUK In Practice” conference as well as “InfoSec”.

In this podcast I am joined again by Security Guru Mark Jackson @M_Jacks76 and Oli Wong @Oliver_Cisco_SE where we continue our network security discussion, and talk about how network security policy enforcement can be a fundamental part of an overall IT security strategy.

Cyber Security seems to be in the headlines everyday and in this podcast I am joined by our Security Guru Mark Jackson @M_Jacks76 and 1st time contributor Oli Wong @Oliver_Cisco_SE. We're discussing how you can enhance your network to help defend your organisation against cyber attacks.

Energy costs are rising so what can we do about it? Well, in this podcast I am joined by regular contributor Mark Jackson and John Clifford from Cisco’s Energy Management team. We discuss how can IT help in managing and reducing energy cost for organisations. Enjoy!

Cyber security is always changing with new attacks emerging all the time. The big new malware to hit is RANSOMWARE which encrypts a computer, leaving the owner to pay to get access to their files. To find out more about Ransomware and what businesses, people and organisations can do about it I am talking to regular contributor and security guru Mark Jackson @m_jacks76.

In this episode of the Cisco Technology Podcast we're joined by regular contributor Mark Jackson as well as Lee Davies, our resident routing expert. We are discussing what the Wide Area Network of the future look like through using the internet instead of more traditional MPLS. This may sound strange to many of you, so have a listen and see what Cisco is getting up to in this space...

Join us for part 2 as we continue to chat to our Wi-Fi Experts; Brett Martin and Jason Tyler. They share their knowledge of wifi, and I ask them questions on how Wi-Fi actually works, how you make Wi-Fi work really well, and things you need to watch out for.

Wi-Fi is such a common technology at home and in the workplace. In this podcast I am joined by two of our Wi-Fi Experts; Brett Martin and Jason Tyler. They share their knowledge of wifi, and I ask them questions on how Wi-Fi actually works, how you make Wi-Fi work really well, and things you need to watch out for. As we have so much to talk about we've made this episode into two parts. The next will be here shortly!

Making Staff more mobile is key to increasing productivity and one technology that helps to enable this is Wi-Fi. However in Public Sector this can be very daunting when trying to make sure the solution you deploy is compliant to Government security standards. In this podcast we are joined by Mark Jackson @m_jacks76 Cisco Government Security Experts on the things you need to consider when deploying Wi-Fi technology in Pubic Sector.

Part 2 of our podcast looking at Smart and connected Workspaces. Public Sector bodies and other organisations are under continued pressure to make cost savings in an age of austerity. This podcast looks into how IT can help in cost savings; changing ways staff work and help make staff more productive. We discuss in depth the challenges specifically in pubic sector and how IT Technologies such Voice and Video Collaboration, Wi-Fi, and Security can come together as a solution to enable brand new ways of working.

Public Sector bodies and other organisations are under continued pressure to make cost savings in an age of austerity. This podcast looks into how IT can help in cost savings; changing ways staff work and help make staff more productive. We discuss in depth the challenges specifically in pubic sector and how IT Technologies such Voice and Video Collaboration, Wi-Fi, and Security can come together as a solution to enable brand new ways of working.