#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we're talking with Cisco Marketing Manager Bill Shields and Cisco Principal Engineer Jim Leach, about our recent UCS launch. Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) moderates and AJ Kuftic and Chric Nickl are this week's Cisco Champion guest hosts.

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Cisco SME
Bill Shields, @hightechbill, Cisco Marketing Manager
Jim Leach, @JamesAtCisco, Cisco Principal Engineer

Cisco Champions
AJ Kuftic, @ajkuftic, Enterprise Engineer
Chris Nickl, @ck_nic, Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Highlights
UCS Launch Overview and Products
UCS Mini
UCS Director Announcement and how products align and converge
Deep Dive Tech Q&A

Links
UCS power calculator tool
UCS e-series
UCS Mini

Transcripts
CommsNinjaQuestions from the audience? Let's hear them!
chris_nickli have some
ajkufticgo!
MaherIf we build Saas type environment, using multi-tenant app. modules, do we still need virtualization?
ajkufticMaher, did I get that right?
chris_nicklany other questions??
chris_nickli'd see the CPU and memory limitations of the M-series being an issue
chris_nicklwith VMware
bwhaynesUCS mini info at www.cisco.com/go/ucsmini
LaurenFriedmanYou mean the UCS E-Series sits IN the ISRs?
chris_nicklAJ?
P2Vme Phil_JonesDomain Controllers, local branch, maybe a hub/spoke distribution app for the branch offices etc
MaherAre you going to build a new kinda system that reflects the different needs of the applications that run at hyperscale?
@ccie5022C Series storage. talk about the software on the box. BYO storage operating system