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Debunking the Myths of Cisco's Software-Defined Access (SDA)
Cisco Software-Defined Access (SDA) has evolved from a promising concept to a proven enterprise solution. Despite lingering myths, SDA is now a mature, scalable and secure architecture powering thousands of modern campus networks. In this post, we'll debunk common misconceptions and highlight real-world success stories that showcase SDA's true capabilities.
World Wide Technology and Softchoice awarded Global Enterprise Partner of the Year and Canada Security Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2025
WWT and Softchoice received multiple awards at the Cisco Partner Summit 2025, recognizing their excellence and innovation in delivering technology solutions globally.
Network Engineering Foundations
This Learning Series covers the fundamentals of network engineering. Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, you will develop the practical skills necessary to build and maintain robust networks. It is perfect for aspiring network engineers, IT professionals, or anyone interested in understanding the backbone of today's interconnected world.
The Battle of AI Networking: Ethernet vs InfiniBand
This article is not an exploration of who does Ethernet better so much as a direct examination of technology itself. Numbers will be reported as an aggregate means between major players in the AI Networking market and contrasted with equivalent InfiniBand performance. The goal is to answer, at an atomic level, one question: eliminating all other variables, is Ethernet good enough?
Top Digital Experience Monitoring Solutions for Employee Experience
Our experts have evaluated, tested and deployed eight leading DEM solutions in our Advanced Technology Center to provide insights into key strengths, capabilities and ideal use cases.
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 Intermediate Lab
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform serves as a unified management interface for diverse data center networks, offering a shared environment to operate Cisco's suite of data center services, including Nexus Dashboard Intersight and NEXUS Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC). This lab will guide the user on the necessary administrative steps to set up the NEXUS Dashboard platform. These include backup, remote storage, and other critical administrative tasks.
Cisco's Technology Announcements: Building the AI-Ready and Edge-First Future
Cisco Partner Summit 2025 in San Diego marked more than a celebration of partnerships. It represented a turning point in how Cisco and its ecosystem are defining the next era of AI, edge compute, networking and lifecycle services. The event showcased major technology announcements alongside a sweeping series of awards recognizing partner excellence. Among those honored, World Wide Technology (WWT) stood out for its innovation, customer impact and global execution.
The Role of AI, Cloud and Cyber in Digital Transformation with WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh and Cisco President Jeetu Patel
Technology is no longer just an enabler—it's the foundation of modern business. AI, cloud, and cybersecurity have moved from the background to the core of enterprise strategy. Jeetu Patel, Cisco's President and Chief Product Officer, discusses how these technologies are converging to redefine scale, resilience, and trust in an increasingly connected world. Executives will learn the new capabilities defining the digital frontier, and how companies can evolve to stay secure, agile, and intelligent by design.
AI Proving Ground: Cisco UCS C885A
Discover the latest addition to WWT's AI Proving Ground — the Cisco UCS C885A server. Technical Solutions Architect, Chris Braun, walks us through the unboxing of our newest hardware that is part of the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA environment. Equipped with 8 NVIDIA H200 GPUs, this powerhouse is designed for LLM training, fine-tuning, inference, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
SASE Architecture: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN With Zscaler (SSE) Lab
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), coined by Gartner in 2019, is a solution that blends networking and security into cloud scale architecture that optimizes end user performance and improves security for an organization. With the Zscaler and SD-WAN integration, you can rapidly gain access to cloud-delivered security in minutes. This market leading API automation makes it very fast and agile to deploy and manage the network and security environment of hundreds or even thousands of remote sites.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 (1g) Sandbox
The Nexus Dashboard Sandbox provides a self-paced environment where you can explore and experiment without guided instructions. Unlike a structured guide lab, this sandbox offers multiple isolated environments for you to practice onboarding devices, configuring vPCs, VRFs, network segmentation, and tenant connectivity entirely on your own. You can test external route advertisement, route leaking between VRFs, and the interaction of Border Gateways and Border Gateway Spines, as well as experiment with Multi-Site Domain integration. This sandbox is designed to give you hands-on freedom to explore Nexus Dashboard's centralized management, visibility, and operational capabilities, building confidence in fabric management through trial, error, and discovery.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1: VXLAN EVPN Fabric Deployment
Nexus Dashboard provides a centralized platform to simplify the deployment, management, and extension of VXLAN EVPN fabrics. In this hands-on lab, you will start by onboarding devices, then configure vPCs, VRFs, and networks to enable segmentation and tenant connectivity. You'll also implement external route advertisement, route leaking between VRFs, and explore the roles of Border Gateways versus Border Gateway Spines. Finally, you'll integrate multiple fabrics into a Multi-Site Domain, building a scalable, distributed architecture. This lab demonstrates the value of Nexus Dashboard in providing centralized visibility, streamlining operations, and simplifying complex fabric management across sites.
Key takeaways from Cisco Partner Summit
OPINION | At its Partner Summit, Cisco highlighted AI readiness, the appeal of a platform approach and the upcoming Cisco IQ interface for technical support and professional services.
Accelerate AI innovation with Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
The Cisco Secure AI Factory, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and strategic partners, is a powerful solution that propels enterprises toward secure and rapid AI adoption. This integrated solution combines cutting-edge AI infrastructure, inherent security features, and advanced AI software tools, paving the way for transformative possibilities.
Cisco UCS M8 Solutions with AMD EPYC: Redefining Data Center Performance
The era of digital abundance, driven by AI and next-generation workloads, demands infrastructure that is not only robust but also future-ready.
Cisco, NVIDIA and WWT bring Cloud Scale AI Factory to Market
The Cisco N9100 – An NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) Game Changer
Inside Cisco and NVIDIA's new N9100 switch and WWT's role in scaling AI infrastructure
Cisco's Will Eatherton and WWT's Mike Trojecki discuss the NVIDIA co-developed Cisco N9100 switch with theCUBE's Savannah Peterson.
Powering AI at Scale: Cisco UCS C880A M8
Cisco and World Wide Technology unveil the UCS C880A M8, an air-cooled, 8-way GPU server designed for large-scale AI workloads. This innovation enhances Cisco's AI infrastructure, offering exceptional GPU density, high-speed interconnects, and architectural flexibility. It represents a strategic evolution in secure, scalable, and automated AI operations, bridging current needs with future hybrid cooling solutions.
Partner POV | State of Observability 2025 Reveals Why Business Growth Runs on Telemetry Data
Observability practices in 2025 are uncovering insights that drive revenue, elevate customer experiences, and create innovative products.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 Fundamentals Lab
The Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 4.1 Fundamentals lab is a virtual environment hosted inside WWT's ATC. To access the environment, launch the lab, and the virtual application and simulated hardware will be reserved for the duration. Once the lab is reserved, credentials and remote access information will be supplied to access a jump box into the lab environment. A lab guide explores everyday NEXUS Dashboard administrative tasks, including backup, remote storage, software upgrades, and managing the platform, which are all included in the lab.
The base lab is designed to introduce students to the Nexus Dashboard, explicitly focusing on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the latest 4.1 release. This lab is ideal for individuals new to the Nexus Dashboard or who have not yet explored the latest features. The lab environment includes a 3-node Nexus Dashboard cluster with pre-installed NEXUS Insights (NI). The Nexus Dashboard has been prepopulated with online data, and snapshot sites are preconfigured to facilitate using NEXUS Insights in subsequent exercises. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nexus Dashboard GUI, helping students become familiar with its functionalities and features. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nexus Dashboard GUI, assisting students to become familiar with its functionalities and features.
Cisco SD-Access Fabric with DNA Center (2.3.5.6) Foundations Lab
Cisco DNA takes a software-delivered approach to automating and assuring services across your campus, WAN and branch networks. Based on an open and extensible platform, Cisco DNA allows you to build value on the network, so you can streamline operations and facilitate IT and business innovation. This lab closely matches the Cisco SD-Access Foundation lab.
World Wide Technology and Softchoice awarded Global Enterprise Partner of the Year and Canada Security Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2025
WWT and Softchoice received multiple awards at the Cisco Partner Summit 2025, recognizing their excellence and innovation in delivering technology solutions globally.
Partner POV | Unlocking AI Performance: Splunk Observability for Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
Artificial intelligence is reshaping every industry, and unlocking its full potential requires infrastructure that is robust, scalable, secure, and observable. As organizations expand their AI initiatives, managing complex workloads and ensuring consistent performance become mission-critical.
This is where Cisco AI PODs, the foundational building blocks of Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, combined with the deep visibility of Splunk Observability Cloud, deliver a powerful solution for building and running modern AI environments.
How Splunk and Cisco Bring Intelligence to Infrastructure
AI-driven workloads are revolutionizing infrastructure performance, demanding real-time visibility and intelligent automation. Cisco and Splunk's integration offers a unified observability framework, transforming telemetry into actionable insights. This synergy enables proactive operations, optimizing AI environments for efficiency and innovation, and empowering organizations to navigate the complexities of modern data centers with confidence.
Cisco Unified Edge: Powering the Next Generation of Intelligent Infrastructure
Cisco's Unified Edge Platform redefines distributed computing by delivering real-time intelligence and efficiency at data creation points. With energy-efficient design and centralized management via Intersight, it transforms industries from retail to healthcare. Experience the future of edge computing—intelligent, secure and scalable—wherever data is generated.