It's DockerCon time again! We are excited to be the Gold Sponsor of the conference this year and looking forward to engaging with the community to accelerate the momentum in container adoption.

If you are planning to attend this premier container community and industry conference, meet the Cisco team to learn how many organizations just like yours are deploying cloud-native applications and successfully modernizing traditional applications using Docker and Cisco products. We have an exciting agenda planned for you at DockerCon:

April 17^th, 3-5 PM and Wednesday, April 19^th, 3-5 PM Room 19B

Docker Networking with Contiv. Hands-on workshop

This is a must-attend workshop if you are interested in container networking.

Co-hosted by Docker and Cisco, this instructor-led hands-on workshop will take you from 0-100 in everything Docker networking with Contiv. Registration is free, but you must hurry as space is very limited. Register now for the workshop.

Monday, April 17^th, 6-7:30 PM

Welcome reception

Cisco is sponsoring the welcome reception. Grab a drink on us and network with the community in an informal setting. We have an exciting gift for you to take away. Don't miss the welcome reception.

Tuesday, April 18^th, 2:00 PM 

Networking for your Docker Applications from Dev/Test to Production

Attend this Cisco session to learn how you can address various container networking requirements for your applications and adopt containers beyond dev/test and in production with confidence.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 17-18^th8:00 AM-5:30 PM Expo Halls, Booth G13

Visit Cisco booth G13 in the expo halls to experience in-person demos:

1. Contiv

We will have multiple demos to showcase how Contiv enables production-grade container networking for your specific applications needs. Various networking backends -overlay networking, Layer 2, Layer 3 or Cisco ACI mode -we have all of them covered to demonstrate which mode suits best for your applications.

See Contiv's policy based automation in action. Automation is the key for speed, security and scale requirements of your containerized apps.

1. Validated Compute and Storage -Cisco UCS and FlexPod for Docker

Cisco and Docker are teaming up to jointly develop, and support unified and certified solutions for the entire application journey, whether you are containerizing traditional apps, refactoring apps to microservices, or creating new applications. Learn how validated solutions for Docker Enterprise Edition on Cisco UCS and Flexpod can provide your organization greater confidence and unique advantages as you adopt containers.

1. Welcome AppDynamics

We're very excited that some of the newest members of our family from AppDynamics will also be joining us in the Cisco booth. Stop by to see how AppDynamics supports the monitoring of Docker systems today and get a sneak peak of what we see as the future of monitoring containers in the context of your applications..

Follow @projectcontiv, and @ciscocloud for live updates from the conference.

Looking forward to seeing you at DockerCon!

Learn More:

1. Getting started with Contiv has never been easier using step-by-step tutorials. Get started now.  http://contiv.io
2. Learn more about Cisco and Docker strategic partnership and validated solutions. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center/dc-partner-docker/index.html?CAMPAIGN=cloud%2bstory&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=social%2bmedia%2bshare&REFERRING_SITE=blogs%2Ecisco%2Ecom&CREATIVE=cisco%2bblogs%2bto%2ucscontainers