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World Wide Technology Honored as one of The Best Places to Work in 2026, a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award Winner
WWT recognized by employees as a Best Place to Work in 2026 and a Best Place to Work in the Tech Industry
Cisco's 2026 agenda prioritizes AI-ready infrastructure, connectivity
World Wide Technology recently published its IT infrastructure Modernization Priorities for 2026 report, which reinforced that the rise of AI has heightened the importance of IT modernization. Cisco's wide-ranging partnership with NVIDIA reinforces its plans to promote that kind of modernization.
Strategic IT Value Creation: Four Opportunities to Turn Spend into Impact
Discover four proven strategies to transform IT spend into measurable business impact, from license optimization to cloud governance and workload placement.
AI-Native Private Cloud: Scaling Enterprise AI with VMware Cloud Foundation & AMD
Join us for an in-depth panel discussion exploring the transformative partnership between WWT, AMD and Broadcom in enterprise AI. Moderated by WWT's James Harless, Team Lead of Virtualization & Container Platforms, this event brings together experts from AMD and Broadcom to unveil their joint platform—combining VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), AMD Enterprise AI software, AMD Instinct GPUs and WWT services. Discover how this collaboration empowers enterprises to build AI-ready private clouds that deliver privacy, security, flexibility and scalable performance. Panelists will address key challenges in AI deployment, including compliance, cost optimization, and workload management, while showcasing innovative use cases such as GPU-as-a-Service, agentic AI and secure content creation. Attendees will gain actionable insights into architecting, deploying, and managing AI workloads confidently on familiar infrastructure, with the flexibility to evolve as their AI strategies grow.
Featured News
CRN CEO Outlook 2026
The one thing nearly every major tech CEO is putting at the top of their 2026 agenda? AI.
Forbes' 40th Annual List Of America's Top Private Companies
World Wide Technology holds the 18th position on the publication's list.
St. Louis Men's Group Against Cancer Raises $925,000
The nonprofit's annual Men's Dinner fundraiser supports local cancer charities; since its inception in 1969, STLMGAC has raised more than $6 million for organizations serving the community.
NAF Welcomes Distinguished Leaders to Board of Directors, Strengthening Mission to Prepare Future-Ready Graduates
New Members Include Executives from Guardian Life and World Wide Technology
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WWT, National Grid Partners and NVIDIA Networking Reception at DTECH 2026
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AI and Data Priorities for 2026
The Latest
Why Good Backups Don't Equal Cyber Resilience: The Case for Minimum Viability
AI-driven cyber attacks challenge traditional disaster recovery by targeting backups, forcing organizations to redefine resilience. As attackers grow more sophisticated, businesses must identify their "minimum viable company" to prioritize recovery. Cross-functional coordination, AI-enabled defenses, and regular practice in consequence-free environments are essential for effective cyber resilience.
Partner POV | AI in Commvault Cloud
Commvault's AI-driven platform, powered by Metallic® AI, revolutionizes data protection with machine learning and intelligent automation. By adhering to ethical AI standards, it enhances threat detection, risk management, and user experience.
Partner POV | 5 Workplace Experience Trends to Watch in 2026: Connecting People, Space, and Tech
Logitech engineers, workplace experts, and experience leaders share the trends they're most excited to see in the coming year and beyond
The Ferrari Problem: Rethinking How Enterprises Build AI
As enterprises push AI out of pilots and into production, the constraints are becoming clearer—and harder to ignore. In this episode, Intel's Lynn Comp and World Wide Technology's Mike Trojecki unpack what 2025 revealed about AI infrastructure, why "AI equals GPU" is an increasingly risky assumption and how agentic systems are forcing organizations to rethink governance, sovereignty, and centers of excellence.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Foundations Lab
The Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Foundations Lab is a capability of the ATC designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. The environment that supports this lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Myshel Wilkins - "Good God"
Myshel Wilkins with The Worship Initiative
Prayer Call, January 28, 2026 - with Myshel Wilkins
Prayer Call, January 28, 2026 - with Myshel Wilkins
Netskope Data Loss Prevention
Netskope's Data Loss Prevention solution is designed to be easy to use but also highly customizable. Gain deep visibility into data everywhere, automatically discovering sensitive data and preventing it from leaking. Netskope prevents data breaches and helps to ensure regulatory compliance. In this lab, not only will we be looking at Netskope DLP but also Web Content Filtering, Cloud App Control, Remote Browser Isolation, as well as Generative AI Blocking.
Suggested Communities
Army GEMSS Digital Modernization Community
The Army GEMSS EA is your one-stop-shop for Cisco network security, software, design and support services, and training. World Wide Technology is a Cisco Systems Gold Partner, combining our shared expertise to provide the U.S. Army with the latest Cisco products and innovations to serve the American Soldier.
Associate Academy
This Community Page illustrates and highlights key aspects of the various early in career programs the Global Workforce Enablement supports and serves as a centralized location of relevant topics for stakeholders.
Navy Digital Modernization Community
The Global Enterprise Modernization Software and Services (GEMSS) – Navy Enterprise Agreement (EA) is a five-year Navy program designed to maximize the Department of the Navy (DON) investment in the use of existing hardware while supporting the smooth transition of ongoing software maintenance for upgrades and patches to software subscriptions for the Department of Defense infrastructures already in-place at installations worldwide.
Tribal Community
This community brings together technical leaders within the Tribal communities to foster forward-thinking and innovative solutions with practical implementation.
Trending in Security
Secure All Together: 5 Principles for Building a Culture of Cybersecurity
Cyber adversaries are becoming more skilled — and more ruthless. Protecting your organization requires a team approach within organizations, with the broad partner ecosystem and across all industries.
Former NSA Cyber Director on the Emerging AI Threat Landscape
AI-powered nation-state cyber threats have entered a new phase. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Head of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Madison Horn joins former NSA Director Rob Joyce to break down what's changed and why business leaders should be paying close attention.
Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza on the New Math of Enterprise AI
In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza explains why enterprises are shifting from experimentation to intentional, top-down AI deployment. and why a strong data strategy now determines who captures real value.
Hands-On Lab Workshop: Zscaler Zero Trust – Branch Connector and Airgap
Join our virtual hands-on lab to explore Zscaler's Zero Trust Branch (ZTB) platform, focusing on Branch Connector and Airgap technologies. This session demonstrates how Zscaler's modern approach moves beyond legacy network architectures to enforce least-privilege access and advanced micro-segmentation. You'll see how each endpoint is isolated, dramatically reducing the attack surface and preventing lateral movement—crucial for containing breaches and limiting internal threats.
Participants will tour the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA), Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) consoles, and observe how policies and rule sets provide granular control over user and device access for both internal (East-West) and external (North-South) traffic. The lab is read-only, but you'll be able to view all Zscaler modules and their settings in action.
Trending in Cloud
The Cloud Advantage for AI
Discover how leveraging the cloud can help organizations accelerate AI adoption.
Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza on the New Math of Enterprise AI
In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza explains why enterprises are shifting from experimentation to intentional, top-down AI deployment. and why a strong data strategy now determines who captures real value.
Leveraging AI and Data Insights to Deliver Fresh Digital Experiences at Wingstop
Wingstop partnered with WWT to break down data silos, transform its daily operations and deliver seamless digital experiences that drive exponential growth.
Cloud Center of Excellence: The Missing Engine Behind Scalable Governance and Enterprise Cloud Success
Stop managing cloud. Start driving results.
Trending in Digital Transformation
Scaling AI Across the Workforce to Empower Every Employee
In 2024, organizations laid the groundwork for AI transformation, and now in 2025, it's time to cement your AI strategy. Join WWT experts David Rosenblatt and Mike Davis as they share insights from our 2025 Digital Workspace Priorities research report. You'll hear their unique perspectives on treating AI like a new employee and guidance on transitioning from proof-of-concept to organization-wide AI implementation so you can empower every employee.
How Actionable Data is Powering Smarter Operations at Jack in the Box
See how Jack in the Box is using its modernized point-of-sale system to unlock real-time data insights, drive operational efficiency and empower every level of the organization — from corporate leaders to restaurant managers.
How Forward-Thinking Leaders Integrate Culture and Tech to Amplify Organizational Success
How can my organization become a great place to work? This is a common question we hear from clients of WWT. While there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to culture, the most successful organizations integrate company culture with advanced technology to leverage data-driven insights and drive measurable business outcomes. Join WWT's experts Joe Berger, VP of Digital Experiences, and Krista Bush, VP of Global Employee Experience, as they discuss a framework for creating a sustainable and resilient company culture — a framework that has placed WWT on the Great Place to Work® list for 13 years running.
How to Clone Objects in C# .NET Core
There are numerous ways to clone an object in C# .NET Core. This article explores some of the approaches you can use to make a deep copy of an object and the pros and cons of each method.
Trending in Infrastructure Modernization
How to Automate Everything Right: WWT's 6 Principles of Automation
Automation plays a critical role in our daily work, touching solutions that span technologies, partners and industries. In our many years of working with clients, we've identified six principles that can help organizations automate everything right.
Scott Data Embraces AI Transformation to Offer GPU as a Service
Learn how a data center leader partnered with WWT to validate and execute a strategic vision for providing on-demand access to the advanced high-performance infrastructure required to run today's most demanding AI workloads.
Data: The Forgotten Ingredient to Automation and AI Success
Holistic automation and AI capabilities are possible when organizations mature their data practices.
Former NSA Cyber Director on the Emerging AI Threat Landscape
AI-powered nation-state cyber threats have entered a new phase. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Head of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Madison Horn joins former NSA Director Rob Joyce to break down what's changed and why business leaders should be paying close attention.
Top Labs
Cyber Range - Initiation
Initiation is a Capture the Flag (CTF) lab meant to introduce you to the WWT Cyber Range platform and serve as a tutorial for future events. You will be introduced to the features and functionality as well as provided tips for success during future WWT Cyber Range CTFs. This lab will also allow you to test your access using the same platform we use for our live CTF events so you can make sure you will be ready on game day.
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Foundations Lab (20.9.3)
The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of Cisco's SD-WAN solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Fortinet NGFW Foundations Lab
The Fortinet Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of the Fortinet NGFW solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 1
This lab is the Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 1, and after completion, the student can launch Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 2 to complete the entire lab. The lab uses the ACI virtual simulator based on ACI Version 6.1(3f), emulating an APIC, 2 leafs, and a spine. Part 2 uses a shared physical ACI fabric to complete the policy and verify data plane connectivity.
The ACI Virtual Simulator was needed to demo the building of the ACI fabric from scratch, bootstrapping the APIC, adding the spine and leafs, fabric discovery, and completing VMM integration. Since the Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab, Part 2 is a shared on-demand environment, to decouple the APIC build process from the APIC policy creation. Due to limitations, the virtual ACI fabric is a control plane-only simulator, and no data plane testing (Ping, SSH) can get done for validation. Cisco ACI Fundamentals Lab Part 2 uses a Tenant inside of a physical ACI, and data plane functionality can get tested ( Ping, SSH)
WWT Agentic Network Assistant
Explore the WWT Agentic Network Assistant, a browser-based AI tool that converts natural language into Cisco CLI commands, executes them across multiple devices, and delivers structured analysis. Using a local LLM, it streamlines troubleshooting, summarizes device health, and compares configs, demonstrating the future of intuitive, AI driven network operations.
Palo Alto NGFW Foundations Version 11 Lab
The Palo Alto NGFW Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of Palo Alto's solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Cisco AI Defense Capture the Flag (CTF)
Experience Cisco AI Defense in an interactive Capture the Flag (CTF), designed to showcase how Cisco is securing the future of GenAI.
Crafting Your First AI Agent
Embark on a journey to create AI agents with "Crafting Your First AI Agent." This hands-on lab introduces LangChain, LangGraph, and CrewAI frameworks, empowering you to build, run, and understand AI agents. Discover the intricacies of AI workflows and multi-agent systems, transforming curiosity into practical expertise.
Partner Spotlight
Vertiv
Vertiv provides equipment and services for data centers, along with cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network.
Partner POV | Building AI-ready resilient networks with serial consoles
In an era of AI-driven workloads and hybrid cloud systems, serial consoles emerge as vital tools for IT resilience. Offering secure remote access and streamlined management, they ensure uninterrupted connectivity and enhanced security, even during network outages.
Avocent ACS Advanced Console Server Lab
The Avocent ACS Advanced Console Server is a 1U appliance used by network, server and data center administrators to manage their serial-based infrastructure via SSH or Telnet. The ACS Advanced Console Server supports accessing the serial infrastructure both in-band and out-of-band. Using an RJ-45, DB-9, or DB=25 cable connection, ACS Advanced Console Server's IP address, by SSH redirection, or pass-through, or by out-of-band connection through an external cellular (4G LTE) or internal analog modem. The flexibility of these options makes the ACS an excellent tool for customers to remotely and security access their IT equipment.
Partner POV | Powering data centers in an AI-driven world
Flexible, scalable infrastructure designs are crucial for enabling AI innovation, as long as deployments and usage don't come at the expense of reliability and efficiency.