Cisco Live Europe returns to London this year more precisely at the ICC Excel Conference Centre.
By focusing on "What You Make Possible",attendees are invited to hear customer testimonials and see Cisco's innovation solutions that showcase what is possible when partnering with Cisco.
As usual the event is divided between a series of educational programs,starting on Monday January 28 with a full day of technical seminars , followed on the 29, 30, 31 and even Feb 1stby a large range of opportunities
I will not detail all the activities. I encourage you to check the website. If you're in London you want to attend directly -If not you may want to check www.ciscolive356.com to discover a large choice of sessions that you can attend on line .
This year we are honored to haveNetApp as a Diamond Sponsor(Check John Rollason's blog on NetApp activities a Cisco Live) . If Cisco, EMC and VMware have been collaborating intensively over the past years with the creation of VCE , and solutions such asVBlock and VSPEX , Cisco and NetApp have also reinforced the partnership moving it to a next level with a recent announcement aroundFlexpod(chek the blog from Todd Brannon More of a good thing: Cisco and NetApp open the next chapter for FlexPod)
Remember the "Data Center of The Future?
" Going this year at Cisco Live London on the Data Center and booth you will find an impressive series of racks featuring the new face of "The Data Center of the Future " that we call the"Unified Data Center"built in strong partnership withIntel.
In addition we are presenting more than 25 demos coveringUnified Computing, Unified Fabric, Unified Management, and solutions such as hybrid cloud(check Shashi Kiran recent blog Lowering Barriers to Hybrid Cloud Adoption -Challenges and Opportunities),desktop virtualization( Check Tony Paikeday 's blog) andmission critical applications running on UCSsuch as SAP, Microsoft (Check Rex Backman 's blog) and Oracle.
Amongst the remarkable demos let's mention
This quick overview will not be complete without mentioning a series of41 theater presentations on Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday. A great opportunity to get a quick snapshot (10 to 15 mn) of the different solutions , presented by Cisco and partner expert and why not ...win some cool gifts.
Check on the booth to get the most recent agenda , or follow @cisodc ,hashtag#CLEURas I will send regular alert.
And for fun ?
Well, you may certainly want to participate to the "Challenge" organized around UCS .
You may also take advantage of the "Candy Station " Treat for tweet , The one-stop sweet shop for delegates needing a sugar hit:)
Wether you are in London or not expect to see a lot of social media activities with blogs, tweets and video -So check this blog , @ciscodc and facebook.com/ciscodc to know what's going on .