Cisco Live 2011

Customer Appreciation Event was pretty good! The food, music, and hats were all good. The chill room with the video games was a nice feature. The performers were doin their thing out on the pool - one word to describe that is "interesting."

Train was the headliner band. I got a video of them performing Hey Soul Sister, check it out below. Overall it was a good time. Thanks Cisco :-)

If you have never been inside of the NERV Truck, you've got to check it out. The truck itself is actually a production ready vehicle that responds to real disasters where communications have been knocked out. 

According to the woman I spoke with today in the truck, Cisco deploys the truck as a public service to assist public safety officials and rescue personnel after disasters strike an area hard enough to take local communication systems down. The truck is equipped with a conference room and enough cameras and phones to support several conversations at the same time. 

Connectivity is provided via a satellite uplink and the specific provider is negotiated based on the area that the truck is being deployed. 

Check out the video and the link below for more information.

If you've ever wondered what the network topology of a large conference looks like, check out the attached image. Cisco has displayed the topology of the Cisco Live network just outside the NOC on some screens. 

Pretty simple setup, but solid design for sure. Providing wireless for 15,000+ attendees is no small task!

Quite an impressive display this year in the World of Solutions! There are so many vendors and so little time, I don't know how I can make it around to each one. In my free time between sessions this week, I will be headed here to get one-on-one info from as many companies as I can. 

If you want more information about specific vendor or product, feel free to comment below and I'll see what I can do!

If you are attending the conference and haven't downloaded it yet, I highly recommend the Cisco Live App. It includes a ton of features such as what is pictured here, but when you log in it also gives you access to your schedule, people search, a find nearby feature that links with Yelp, and a messages feature to communicate with others using the app. 

Now I don't have to use those Internet kiosks or waste paper printing out my schedule.

The apple version of the app is linked above, but it's also available for berry and droid.

Cisco Live 2011 has kicked off and I'll be here all week partaking in the festivities. Got a full week of sessios scheduled, but I'll try to squeeze in some fun as well ;)

I'll be posting about some of the topics in the sessions I attend to share the experience with those of you unable to make it this time.  If you have any requests for videos / photos / topics covered, let me know in the comments and I'll see if I can accommodate.

Also, I'll be posting this content in it's own special tab just for the week to keep things organized. I might be posting some photos or videos that aren't really "front page" material, so if you want to see it check out the tab, otherwise just keep an eye on the main page for the standard stuff.