Episode 135: Live and Let AI: Cisco Live 2025 Recap
<p>Recap the highlights of Cisco Live 2025 San Diego in this episode of Meraki Unboxed. From exciting product announcements to the growing impact of AI on the Cisco portfolio, we explore how innovation and customer focus took center stage. </p><p> </p><p>Tune in for insights into the event’s dynamic culture, networking opportunities, and what’s next for Cisco and its partners.</p><p></p><p>Host</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammy-brenner-she-her-7584425b/">Sammy Brenner</a>, Virtual Sales Leader, Cisco Meraki</p><p></p><p>Guests</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelgreene0206/" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Rachel Greene</a>, Inside Sales Director, Cisco Meraki</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemyin/">Mike Yin</a> is the Global Solution Engineering Director of Secure Network at Cisco. He is an experienced and successful technical sales leader with a proven track record in both startups and established companies.</p><p> </p><p>Having joined Meraki in 2012, Mike held sales engineering leadership positions in the biggest growth markets and propelled the business to over 60x revenue growth. Then, as the global SE leader, Mike helped establish Meraki as the primary platform for Cisco Networking and transformed the industry through cloud and simplicity. </p><p> </p><p>Mike is passionate about building a team culture that thrives on a sense of purpose in helping customers achieve their own mission. The team paved the way for many best practices such as demo mastery, API and ecosystem, and MEDDPICC adoption. This has not only resulted in astronomical revenue growth, but also a sustained world-class renewal rate. </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Catch up from Cisco Live:: <a href="https://cisco.com/" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">https://cisco.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Announced at Cisco Live: <a href="https://www.cisco.com/?socialshare=video-livestream" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://www.cisco.com/?socialshare=video-livestream</a> </p><p></p><p>Powering the future of secure AI infrastructure: <a href="https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-powers-secure-infrastructure-for-the-ai-era.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-powers-secure-infrastructure-for-the-ai-era.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Unveiling secure network architecture to accelerate workplace AI transformation: <a href="https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-unveils-secure-network-architecture-to-accelerate-workplace-ai-transformation.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-unveils-secure-network-architecture-to-accelerate-workplace-ai-transformation.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Transforming security for agentic AI era, further fusing security into the network: <a href="https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-transforms-security-for-the-agentic-ai-era-further-fusing-security-into-the-network.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-transforms-security-for-the-agentic-ai-era-further-fusing-security-into-the-network.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Powering AI-ready data centers, from hyperscale to enterprise: <a href="https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-powers-ai-ready-data-centers-from-hyperscale-to-enterprise.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m06/cisco-powers-ai-ready-data-centers-from-hyperscale-to-enterprise.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Cisco 8000 Secure Routers: <a href="https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/sdwan-routers/cisco-8000-secure-routers/index.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/sdwan-routers/cisco-8000-secure-routers/index.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches: <a href="https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/c9350-series-smart-switches/index.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/c9350-series-smart-switches/index.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches: <a href="https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/c9610-series-smart-switches/index.html" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/switches/c9610-series-smart-switches/index.html</a> </p><p></p><p>Blogs:</p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/the-new-family-of-cisco-smart-switches-built-to-power-whats-next" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);">Cisco New Family of Cisco Smart Switches</a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/from-agenticops-to-assurance-redefining-network-operations" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);">From AgenticOps to Assurance</a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/meet-the-cisco-deep-network-model-trained-by-the-experts-purpose-built-for-the-network" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);">Meet the Cisco Deep Network Model</a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/redefining-branch-networking-cisco-secure-routers-and-unified-branch" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);">Redefining Branch Networking</a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/wi-fi-for-the-ai-enterprise-scalability-security-and-simplicity-in-every-environment" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);">Wi-Fi for the AI Enterprise</a></p><p><a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/expanding-the-edge-of-possibility-cisco-agile-services-networking-for-the-ai-era" style="color:rgb(9,62,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Expanding the Edge of Possibility</a> </p>
