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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.
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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, 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)
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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.
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RTX

Welcome to the RTX community page on the WWT Digital Platform. WWT has partnered with RTX for years, and we are looking forward to strengthening our relationship in the future. This private community has been created to improve collaboration and discussion between our organizations to drive business outcomes. Within this community, you will find links to learning paths, labs, research, videos, podcasts, and a broad collection of digital content to support experimentation, education, and exploration.
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AI's Invisible Bottleneck: Why AI Stalls at the Network, not the GPU

For many, AI success isn't limited by how many GPUs you can buy; it's limited by how fast those GPUs can talk to each other without tripping over the plumbing. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of WWT's top networking minds —Justin van Schaik and Eric Fairfield — lay out the real choke points slowing AI projects to a crawl and how powerful, modernized network architectures are quietly rewriting the rulebook for scaling AI.
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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.
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RTX

Welcome to the RTX community page on the WWT Digital Platform. WWT has partnered with RTX for years, and we are looking forward to strengthening our relationship in the future. This private community has been created to improve collaboration and discussion between our organizations to drive business outcomes. Within this community, you will find links to learning paths, labs, research, videos, podcasts, and a broad collection of digital content to support experimentation, education, and exploration.
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Partner POV | Why is data center networking so broken?

Data center networks are plagued by human error, poor visibility and complexity. Outages aren't just frustrating; they're symptoms of a deeper issue. The way we manage networks is fundamentally broken.
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Partner POV | Nokia named as a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Switching

The industry analyst firm Gartner® published the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Data Center Switching, its assessment of the data center networking industry. Nokia is named as a Visionary in this first edition of the report.
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•Jul 10, 2025

Cisco Networking: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

This Learning Series covers essential OSPF routing concepts and skills, forming a critical foundation for modern network engineering. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, you'll gain practical experience configuring and troubleshooting OSPF in various environments. The journey begins with OSPF Foundations, where you'll learn about link-state routing, neighbor relationships, and area design. Next, you'll dive into OSPF Intermediate concepts such as network types, LSA behavior, route summarization, and redistribution. Ideal for aspiring network engineers, IT professionals, or anyone seeking to deepen their expertise in scalable, dynamic IP routing using OSPF.
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AI's Invisible Bottleneck: Why AI Stalls at the Network, not the GPU

For many, AI success isn't limited by how many GPUs you can buy; it's limited by how fast those GPUs can talk to each other without tripping over the plumbing. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of WWT's top networking minds —Justin van Schaik and Eric Fairfield — lay out the real choke points slowing AI projects to a crawl and how powerful, modernized network architectures are quietly rewriting the rulebook for scaling AI.
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The Versatile Data Center Smart Switch: Cisco N9300

The Cisco Nexus N9300 Smart Switch revolutionizes data center infrastructure with its convergence of high-performance switching, network security and application services. Featuring Cisco Silicon One ASICs and a Data Processing Unit, it offers intelligent, service-aware capabilities. Optional Hypershield enhances zero-trust security, making it ideal for AI, hybrid cloud and security-conscious environments.
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•Jun 25, 2025

Cisco Live 2025: Data Center Networking Innovation Key Takeaways

At Cisco Live 2025, Cisco unveiled a bold vision for the future of data center networking—one that embraces AI scalability, embedded security and cloud-operational simplicity. From game-changing switch architectures to hyper-intelligent security tools, Cisco's announcements focused on building the AI-native, zero-trust and observability-rich data center of tomorrow. Here are five of the most impactful innovations announced.
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•Jun 19, 2025

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Intermediate

This intermediate learning path on Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is tailored for network professionals who are ready to move beyond the basics and develop a deeper, more practical understanding of OSPF in enterprise networks. The path explores key deployment and optimization techniques including route redistribution between OSPF and other protocols, effective route summarization at ABRs and ASBRs, and implementing route filtering to control routing information flow. It also covers OSPF area types in detail, including standard stub areas, totally stubby areas, and Not-So-Stubby Areas (NSSA), with guidance on when and how to use each to simplify routing and improve scalability. Throughout, the learning path emphasizes best practices, common design mistakes to avoid, and hands-on configuration strategies to help learners confidently apply OSPF in complex, real-world environments.
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G42 establishes Europe & UK subsidiary, eyes AI infrastructure growth

The establishment of the new entity follows G42's increasing presence in Europe, which includes recent announcements of data centres and compute clusters in France and Italy.
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WWT at ONUG AI Networking Summit—Dallas 2025

At ONUG AI Networking Summit—Dallas 2025, WWT delivered fresh AI insights and real-world strategies that are reshaping networking, infrastructure and enterprise transformation.
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The $2.3 Trillion Question: Why 84% of Digital Transformations Still Fail

Discover why most digital transformations struggle and learn practical strategies for success! This post explores how shifting from technology-first to business-first thinking can dramatically improve outcomes. Get actionable tips for aligning technology with real business needs and creating meaningful change that actually works.
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From Cost Center to Strategic Enabler: Building the Business Case for NOC Modernization

In today's hyper-connected, always-on digital economy, businesses can no longer afford for their Network Operations Center (NOC) to be a passive, reactive function. What was once considered a cost center can now become a strategic enabler — one that drives uptime, customer and associate satisfaction, and competitive agility. NOC modernization isn't just a technical upgrade; it's a business imperative.
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Hidden Infrastructure Demands of Enterprise AI

As AI pushes the limits of traditional IT infrastructure, enterprises are racing to modernize their data centers. In this episode, Mike Parham and Bruce Gray walk us through the behind-the-scenes decisions that matter — from power and cooling challenges to GPU readiness and sustainability. Whether you're modernizing or starting from scratch, this conversation is your blueprint for AI-ready infrastructure.
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Day-2 Operations: The Critical Data Center Network Component

While Day 0 planning and Day 1 deployment capture initial attention, Day 2 operations—ongoing monitoring, automation, compliance and optimization—account for up to 70 percent of total data center network costs. Without a proactive strategy, enterprises face rising expenses, outages and security risks. To reduce TCO and improve resilience, organizations are adopting AI-driven and automated platforms like Arista CloudVision and Cisco Nexus Dashboard to streamline Day 2 tasks. Investing in visibility, operational simplicity and intelligent automation is now essential for long-term success.
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Cisco Networking: Configuring OSPF

This configuration workbook lab is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) routing in Cisco networks. Participants will learn to configure OSPF across multiple areas, implement OSPF neighbor relationships, and manage route summarization and redistribution. The lab will also explore advanced OSPF concepts such as stub areas, NSSA, and virtual links. By the end of the lab, learners will be able to validate OSPF operations using show commands and debug tools, ensuring proper route propagation and stable network convergence in real-world routing environments.
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The article below covers VXLAN encapsulation and how MP-BGP is used to learn and forward layer two and layer three traffic across the encapsulation. To better understand the content, we recommended that readers have prior knowledge of BGP and the MP-BGP routing protocol. For those unfamiliar with these concepts, we suggest reading our foundational learning path's "MP-BGP for the beginner" article beforehand. It's important to note that MP-BGP EVPN VXLAN may initially seem intimidating, but this beginner's guide will clearly understand how it works. It's a technology that has gained popularity over the last few years, with many companies adopting it.
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