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Cisco ACI Multi-Site vs. Multi-Pod
Understanding these two powerful yet distinct architectures is paramount to deriving maximum value from your data center network powered by ACI.
6 Steps to Understanding Cisco ACI
When understood, these six concepts will help anyone new to ACI to understand a more detailed technical discussion.
How Cisco ACI Anywhere Can Help With Business Continuity
Organizations are currently scrambling to enable a remote workforce. WWT recognizes the challenges this situation may be putting on our customers' IT resources and employees and are working with our customers to provide solutions for rapidly deploying IT resources. This article will examine how Cisco's ACI Anywhere solution can help organizations quickly ramp-up workloads in multicloud environments.
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 Vision and Reality of ACI Anywhere
A look at where Cisco ACI Anywhere got its start, where it is today and where WWT sees it going in the future through the lens of four business use cases.
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Hands-On Lab Workshop: SR-MPLS with ISIS for Network Engineers
Join our virtual lab workshop to learn Segment Routing with MPLS (SR-MPLS) using ISIS and Fast Reroute. This session covers SR-MPLS fundamentals, including simplified service deployment via the MPLS data plane and Prefix label advertisement through standard ISIS/OSPF extensions, removing Classical LDP requirements. Participants will configure basic routing and SR-MPLS with ISIS on Cisco routers and set up SR-MPLS over ISIS plus BGP L3VPN/L2VPN on Cisco XRv9000 virtual routers. Live Q&A with experts is included—ideal for Network Engineers interested in transitioning to SR-MPLS networking.
NVIDIA and Cisco Unified Edge
Cisco Unified Edge integrates NVIDIA technologies to extend the performance and industry-specific capabilities of the platform.
Cisco Unified Edge | AI-Ready Platform
Full-stack, converged compute architecture unifies compute, networking, & storage into one platform, backed by a vast partner ecosystem. Modular design, high-performance networks & pre-validated designs ensure fast, agile, uninterrupted AI ops.
Cisco Unified Edge Unveiled
Redefine edge computing with a full stack platform that delivers data center performance, modularity, centralized management, and built-in security where you need it most.
Part 5 — From Flannel to Cilium: Why Isovalent Enterprise Becomes the Logical Next Step
Let's discuss the natural evolution from just getting things working to adding all the bells and whistles, a Flannel to Cilium discussion, powered by eBPF, as the logical next step for Kubernetes networking. Looking at how Isovalent Enterprise enhances scalability, security and observability, offering a robust, production-ready platform for complex, multi-cluster environments. Transitioning to Cilium signifies embracing advanced capabilities for modern network engineering.
Inside the AI Factory: Why Cisco Believes Security Will Define Our AI Future
Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes and World Wide Technology's Bob Watson outline why the next generation of AI infrastructure must be engineered as a secure, observable, full-stack system — and why enterprises relying on pilots risk falling behind.
FlashStack for the Next Era of Enterprise Compute
FlashStack, a collaboration between Cisco, Pure Storage and Nutanix, redefines enterprise infrastructure by decoupling compute and storage, enabling scalable, flexible, and AI-ready platforms. Leveraging NVMe over TCP and Cisco Intersight, it offers operational simplicity and strategic control, empowering organizations to innovate without legacy constraints. Validate its potential with WWT's Advanced Technology Center.
Cisco Comply-to-Connect (C2C) Training in Partnership with WWT
Cisco's updated Comply-to-Connect (C2C) training, developed with WWT, aligns with DoD Zero Trust pillars and now includes third-party integrations like MECM, Tenable and Trellix to address mixed-vendor endpoint compliance. Delivered through Cisco U, it provides labs, videos, and six technical tracks focused on Cisco ISE configuration, policy and compliance, supporting secure C2C deployment across DoD environments.
A Journey of Collaboration and Impact
From Collaboration to Impact: How WWT and Cisco Are Empowering Associates Through Partnership
This blog spotlights Cisco's role in the Associate Academy, showcasing how collaboration, profitability and trust fuel growth for early-career professionals and partners alike.
Partner POV | Intel, Cisco Collaboration Delivers Industry's First Systems Approach for AI Workloads at the Edge
Cisco Unified Edge with Intel Xeon 6 delivers a future-ready AI infrastructure, boosting performance and security while reducing network traffic through real-time inferencing at the data source.
A New AI Operating System with Cisco's Jeetu Patel and WWT's Jim Kavanaugh
In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT Co-founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh and Cisco President Jeetu Patel break down the real constraints shaping the AI era and explore why platforms will define the next decade of enterprise innovation. They'll also talk about how secure, scalable architectures enable organizations to innovate confidently and compete at AI speed.
Business Innovation Summit Series: Unfiltered Conversations About the Future of Enterprise AI
This special episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast kicks off a weeklong series of daily releases from the WWT Business Innovation Summit — bringing you unfiltered conversations with the leaders shaping the next decade of AI, cybersecurity, cloud and enterprise strategy. Featuring insights from executives at Cisco, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NVIDIA, NightDragon, Morgan Stanley and more, this series offers urgent, real-time perspective on how AI is transforming the global economy, redefining risk, and rewriting the rules of competitive advantage.
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.